Tuesday, November 4, 2008

How to Watch Cable TV on the Web

We all enjoy watching our favorite shows on television sets. But watching the shows on web is exciting. This is the new addition to the host of services provided to you with internet. Now the list of online shopping, e-mailing, photo sharing has an additional member in the list as cable TV on PC.

There are many advantages but first lets discuss how to watch satellite TV on web. There are three methods:
  1. You can watch the sites offering fee based TV viewing on the web
  2. There are online site from where you can watch TV without paying any fees
  3. Use a software to watch satellite TV on your personal computer
There are some TV stations which give you the facility to watch the channels on your computer by paying some fees. There are other stations which broadcast some of their channels on web without charging any fees. But this option is not as convenient as you don't have the option to watch the channels on your own terms because the channels are not always available at the time when you are free or when you are in a mood to watch the television. Also the channel does not start at once. It will take a lot of time to start which make the method inconvenient.

By paying fees you will get a better quality of television viewing on your web. It sounds to be a better approach than viewing it with free option on the web. But the amount you pay increases with the amount you watch. Hence as you get addicted it will slowly burn a hole in your pocket.

The third option of watching the TV on PC by installing the software is the most convenient method among all three ways listed above. This method requires you to have software that supports the TV and is called as TV on PC software, a PCTV card and an internet service provider. This method gives you certain advantages over the traditional method of watching channels on your television sets. Some of them are:
  1. You can enjoy more channels than you watch by traditional means.
  2. The method is affordable and you don't have to give those monthly payments to your service provider.
  3. You can enjoy your favorite shows even in bad weather
So, go ahead and install the software, attach the card and start browsing through the thousands of TV channels online. Enjoy the TV on web.

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