Watch TV On The Computer Today: Four Tips

Did you know that thousands of movies, videos and TV shows can be accessed through your computer? Your laptop can be used as a portable television allowing TV viewing wherever you have Internet access.

Things are even more interesting if your Internet connection is wireless. These are just a few of the benefits of watching TV on the computer and this article will give you four tips on how to do this.

1) If you enjoy movie classics, documentaries or simply have a desire to revisit the shows that you watched as a kid, try looking for them in the public domain. Anything with an expired copyright that was never renewed is considered to be in the public domain and is free to be used in any way that you wish.

Try looking for this material on a search engine using phrases containing 'public domain' plus 'film' or 'video', etc. With just a bit of persistence, some real gems can be uncovered.

2) If you wish to view the shows that your television receives on your monitor, then you may want to purchase and install a TV tuner card in your PC. Many tuner cards will also record television programs into your computer's hard drive for later viewing.

Because tuner cards input the same TV signals that your television does, no Internet connection is required for their use. The price range for a good TV tuner card can vary from $100 to about $200.

3) Of all the ways to watch movies on your PC, there is one method guaranteed to give you DVD quality: Insert a DVD into your CD-ROM drive! If you don't have a media player with this capability, you will have to find one that does.

You can get a freebie at Realplayer.com. Look for and click on the 'Get it free' button. Follow the directions after this. After installing it, Insert a DVD, start up the player and open the 'Play' menu. Then click 'Play CD or DVD'.

4) One of the more popular ways to watch TV on the computer involves the use of software that allows you to watch satellite TV over the Internet. Since the TV shows come over the Internet, no satellite dishes or other hardware is required. All that you need is a PC and an Internet connection.

This software can cost from $40 to $100 and will give you access to over 3000 channels and shows world wide. Once the software is purchased and installed, a lifetime of unrestricted access is yours.

Hopefully you now see your computer in a whole new light and will take advantage of the enormous entertainment possibilities available at your fingertips. With time, Internet TV and video will only increase in number and quality.

You really won't know what you are missing until you take the time to check out Internet TV for yourself.

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Marc Sandford is a video and Internet TV fanatic. Get more details on how to watch TV on your computer at www.squidoo.com/how-to-get-tv-on-your-pc/.

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