Sunday, February 27, 2011

ZAAPTV IPTV Review


Hello everyone, 

Let me give you a brief review of the ZAAPTV IPTV device.
The device is small in size and so is the remote control. Setting it up was a breeze at least for me. Connect the RCA cable to the device and the other end to the TV. I did not purchase the USB Netgear adapter from ZAAPTV, I bought my own, it was also a Netgear model number WN111, I got it from CompUSA for $20 Refurbished !!! Hooked it up, and powered the device. The device immediately noticed the wireless adapter was connected, and detected my home network. It picked up an automatic ip address and I was able to enter the password for my home network. Within a few seconds the device was online and displayed the TV channels available.

There is about a 108 channels, and I tested a few channels, and the quality was pretty good. One note when you first select a channel the video will be centered and small in size. But if you zoom in the picture will be full-screen and the quality is almost tv like. Dont forget you are streaming over ip so its not High Def !!! There are a few good channels that we enjoy watching, Mehwar, Al-Yoom, Al-Haya, Melody, Alarabiya, MBC...etc.

Also, If you know the web address of a TV channel you can add it from the ZAAPTV website and it will be seen on your device, and you can watch that station on your TV. Also on the website there are many channels being updated and simply subscribing to these channels will add them to your device.

I have not had a chance to go through a lot of the other features but after I do , I may update my posts later.

Oh I almost forgot there is a bunch of old movies on demand, and the quality is excellent. They are old movies up to the 70's or so. I found a couple of movies I enjoyed watching.

The device works very well on a big screen tv, the quality is almost tv like. I have not tried the wired connection, but the tv has worked well with my 6Mbps high speed internet, with both my router and wireless usb adapter being "N", also both devices are Netgear. From the settings screen I saw, any device can be configured very easily.


If you have any other specific questions please don't hesitate to let me know by posting a comment.