Where to start with Premium Plan

Premium Plan: the short version

Premium Plan explains how a television signal reaches a display in Armenia over an internet connection instead of an aerial or a dish. The majority of of the confusion around Premium Package comes from mixing those four together, so a fault in the basement lounge is charged to the plan. A Premium plan allows 5 simultaneous streams, and that ceiling settles whether two people can view separate programmes at the same time. Picture quality follows bandwidth: around 25 Mbps per feed for the picture quality Premium delivers, ahead of every other demand on the line.

Picture quality settings that matter

A larger screen in the attic room makes the gap between Full HD and 4K plain; a display under about 43 inches renders it barely perceptible. Judge picture quality on the same content twice instead of across separate channels, since source material varies more than the delivery does.

Motion smoothing is the setting most regularly responsible for an image that fails to convince without anyone being able to say why. Audio obeys the same rule: a soundbar in the attic room needs its own pass-through setting or it will reprocess every signal.

Prices for Armenia

Premium at 6 months is 45.99 EUR, which is 7.67 EUR for each month of the term. There is no separate charge for the programme guide or for help during setup — both are included on either plan. Work out the cost per display: a Premium plan supporting 5 simultaneous feeds lands differently for a household with two teenagers than for a single viewer.

What the connection needs to deliver

Two Full HD streams running together so sit somewhere near 16 to 24 Mbps before downloads, video calls or a games console enter the picture. A wired run to the main screen takes out the biggest unknown, and it is useful trying even as a short experiment. A 4K stream is calculated at approximately 25 Mbps, which is why the Premium plan matters most for households watching on a big screen in the garden room. If a second display is added for a household with two teenagers, recalculate from 25 Mbps upward rather than assuming the existing connection absorbs it.

Choosing between Basic and Premium

Both plans include the EPG programme guide and setup help, so the choice is about streams and picture quality and not about anything held back. Premium becomes the logical choice once a sizeable display and a second or third simultaneous feed are both in play. Ask before ordering rather than after: the current device compatibility details are useful confirming for the exact Windows in the living room. Longer terms reduce the monthly figure: Premium at 6 months works out at 7.67 EUR per month against 45.99 EUR for the entire term.

What support covers

Questions about compatibility for a particular Apple TV are worth asking before ordering rather than after. A message that says what you already tried saves a round trip, as it eliminates the obvious suggestions from the conversation. Support is reached on WhatsApp at +33 7 56 75 79 66, and the same number handles ordering questions.

More than one display

Simultaneous feeds are counted per package, not per unit: Basic permits 2, Premium allows up to 5. For a family of four, the everyday limit is normally met at the early morning rather than during the day. Where several people watch independently, agreeing which screens matter at the early morning avoids an upgrade that was never needed.

Getting the first feed running

Setup goes faster when the network is settled first, since a fault introduced at the network stage looks exactly like a fault in the plan. The order below is chosen on purpose: each step can be verified before the next one is attempted. Have the Other in the kitchen switched on and connected before you start, and record its model number.

1. Connect the macOS in the dining room to the network, using a cable if one can reach.
2. Confirm that the display is set to a fixed output mode rather than automatic.
3. Open the player application on the macOS and enter the access details exactly as supplied.
4. Let the programme guide finish loading before judging anything — a partial guide seems like a fault.
5. Play one channel for ten full minutes without touching any options.

What runs well on which hardware

Check the output mode before blaming the source: a screen left on automatic can drop 4K / Full HD quietly. Storage matters less than people expect, but a device with almost no free space will behave unpredictably at the school run hour.

For a couple sharing one television, the thing that settles it is usually how many people can begin a session unaided, which favours the unit everyone already knows. A Windows is the simplest choice for the games room, since it keeps the picture path short and saves juggling two handsets.

• Android TV
• Smart TV
• Firestick
• MAG
• Windows
• macOS
• Android Phone
• iPhone / iPad
• Apple TV
• Chromecast
• Enigma2
• Formuler
• Other

When something goes wrong

A fault that turns up on one Firestick but not on a Smart TV in the same games room is a device fault, rather than a network fault. Nearly all faults falls into one of a small number of categories, and the symptom typically points at which one. Work from the symptom instead of the hunch: the table below maps what you see to what is worth checking first.

What a licensed service can carry

This page deliberately names no competition, package or broadcaster, since doing so would imply a licence that may not exist for Armenia. Ask about current availability before ordering instead of relying on a list published at some earlier point. The same principle applies to on-demand material: what is included is a licensing question, instead of an engineering matter.

Frequently asked questions