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Droid TV an App to Watch & Record TV Shows on your Android Phone

Posted Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 3:00 pm by AndroidTapp Writer 9 Comments

User Rating2.67/5

Droid TV. Watch TV on your phone in full HD-480p resolution with DroidTV. Choose from hundreds of episodes of the most popular shows from the major TV networks. Watch whenever you want, wherever you want. It’s TV the way you want it. It’s DroidTV. DroidTV turns your phone into a DVR and video player. Record and watch your favorite TV shows right on your phone. Episodes are played from your phone’s Secure Digital memory card, not streamed, so they are available anytime, even when you don’t have Internet access. Episodes play immediately, without buffering delays or reduced quality.

Price: Free, $8.99

Tested on: myTouch4G

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Pros & Cons:

Pros

• Watch and Record TV shows on your Android device
• Watch full HD 480p resolution video (which can be played from SD card)
• Virtual DVR, automatically record your favorite episodes plus shows can be watched offline
• Set Droid TV to only sync over Wi-Fi (great for cellular data caps)
• Hundreds of episodes (including major TV networks)
• Can store unlimited shows on virtual DVR

Cons

• Not all devices compatible due to low resolution
• Limited content, more episodes would be great

Droid TV is by far one of the best ways to watch hundreds of episodes all on your Android device. It givers users full HD 480p resolution video, the ability to watch your shows off your SD card and much more for free or a subscription price.

Features:

Droid TV is my favorite way to record and watch my shows all off my myTouch4G. Now matter where I am I can watch my shows with no difficultly at all. It gives you the ability to automatically record your favorite episodes, store the shows on your SD card, and unlimited storage on your own Virtual DVR.

One of my favorite features of Droid TV is the ability to store my shows on the SD card so I can watch them regardless if I have a data connection or not. Another bonus of these feature is that if you have a data cap or a limit on the amount of data you have a month then you can set it to only sync over Wi-Fi so you will not use all you data.

I have really enjoyed using this application. Many of the other apps like Droid TV do not give as much choice for such a small amount of money. The subscription is only $8.99 for six months worth of your favorite shows. That is cheaper than even Netflix and Hulu.

Now while I think this is one of the best applications on the markets it does have a limited amount of my type of shows but the variety is still quite nice. Hopefully in time they will be able to add more shows to their application to make it stay the best on the market.

Usefulness:

I find Droid TV to be a very useful application. It is a great way to kill time while waiting at doctor offices, while traveling (as long as you aren’t driving and watching, of course) and many other places. If you have an Android tablet, the larger display makes killing a few ticks convenient when not in front of the tube.

Ease of Use:

Very easy to use. Just download Droid TV open it up and check out the shows they have available and started watching or set it to record. Note: DroidTV supports most Android phones and tablets with a screen resolution of at least 480×800, a 1GHz processor, Android OS v2.1 and later and an external Secure Digital (SD) memory card with at least 2GB of free space.

Frequently Used:

I use this application about once a day. I love being able to watch shows no matter where I might be. Depending on how often you watch shows on your Android device will determine how frequently Droid TV is used.

Interface:

The interface is clean and simple. You can easily tell which shows are available to non-subscription and subscription services. It is very easy to maneuver throughout the application and record and play your favorite shows.

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