Discover Streaming Television
Discover Streaming Television
There’s a lot of information online about Streaming Television. Some of it is accurate, and some of it is not. As a result, people often find research of this topic to be confusing. So let’s discover what streaming television is all about.
Simply put, streaming is a new way to get your entertainment content like television shows and movies. The video and audio content is sent in a digital compressed form over the internet and viewed as it arrives. All that is kept is a temporary copy.
As a result, the viewer can pause, fast forward and rewind the stream but closing the stream deletes the copy. This process is different from standard downloading because a permanent copy of the content is not kept.
A Full Media Streaming Solution
There is a growing and well-supported streaming community online. Much of this community interact through forums regarding an open-source media center platform known as Kodi. Kodi is a media platform that can be loaded on just about any computer.
Viewers are able to access all types of content when additional apps (or addons as they’re called in the community) are added to the Kodi platform. This content can include movies, television shows, music and sports from online sources.
The addons loaded to Kodi scan the internet and access sources of content that already exist. The content viewed has already been broadcast and is repeated or replayed material. Viewers will find new content available hours or even minutes after the original broadcast is aired.
Popular Streaming Devices
The most popular option used to stream television and movie content are the various “Android Boxes”. Just like Android based tablets and smart phones, they have a wide variety of capabilities and perform a good number of tasks.
Especially relevant with these devices is that the streaming functions seldom stay up to date. As a result, the quality of streaming content can suffer.
There are a huge number of cheap “Android Boxes” on the market. But at a low price, customers often find that support is difficult to get.
Not Just Another “Android Box”
The streaming TV boxes from UPR are an unbranded HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer) using the Raspberry Pi 3. And in truth, that is all TV Boxes really are. They are just computers.
This particular computer uses an efficient operating system (OS) called OpenELEC. Because of this, users end up with a dedicated streaming media player. This means that our TV Boxes just focus on the streaming of content. As a result, the user gets a superior streaming experience rather than useless extra functions.
A mini SD card which contains the OS can be easily updated by our on-board updater function. This allows us to easily and remotely update the boxes with the best possible set-up of addons, functions and sources.
Most of all, it is important to note that we do not sell Kodi, or the OS of OpenELEC. We simply use this open source software to deliver you results. The backing and support of a solid system is what we really sell.
Recommended Upgrade
In the last few months, streaming viewers have found that it’s sometimes difficult to find a quality stream.
A premium link service is a great answer to this situation. The best premium link service we have found is called Real-Debrid.
These services allow you to access better quality servers on the internet and vastly increase your available stream selection.
To learn more about Real-Debrid, see our article here.
