What you Need to Use a Smart Tv?

Smart TV is the latest buzzword, and we take you through what it takes for a TV to be "smart", detailing some of the best features including IPTV, apps and web browsing.

What a Smart TV does?

Like a smartphone, a smart TV offers a number of "internet connected services" that normal televisions can't offer. It has the equivalent of a computer built into it, giving you a greater number of services. These televisions offer apps, media streaming, web browsing, games and, perhaps most importantly, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). is a specific type of internet video standard, but is now also used as shorthand for any video streamed via the internet to your TV. It can take the form of short clips or continuous "live" channels.

While these features aren't new, and have been a part of some televisions and set-top boxes since 2005, the term "smart TV" has given them a name.