Using my computer as a TV
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From: fredericksburg, virginia
Originally Posted by Mexstan
"cuz the TV is in another room and I can't see it. My monitor sits in front of me at the desk where I work. It's 17", so the picture is quite good. I seldom watch TV but was thinking I may watch more if I could obtain more channels.
:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122221
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From: Kansas City & Maysville, MO
Anyway, to get back to the original question now that I understand it a bit better, I'm not getting a warm fuzzy from that website for some reason. I can't find anything bad about them anywhere, but the domain has only been registered since 9/05 and the name of the owner is blocked. Now I'll admit that my name is blocked on my domain registration, but I'm not a business, either.
The only place I know of where you can legally download TV shows is iTunes. Yes, the newsgroups are probably teeming with them and probably file-swapping networks as well, but those are at best borderline in the area of legality. The fact that you're not in the US might help you there, though.
Another consideration is the speed of your internet connection--in order for the recorded files to be good enough to watch without being just almost painful, they need to be fairly large. Figure around 1gb/hr or more. So if you're on dial-up that'll take a while to download.
The only place I know of where you can legally download TV shows is iTunes. Yes, the newsgroups are probably teeming with them and probably file-swapping networks as well, but those are at best borderline in the area of legality. The fact that you're not in the US might help you there, though.
Another consideration is the speed of your internet connection--in order for the recorded files to be good enough to watch without being just almost painful, they need to be fairly large. Figure around 1gb/hr or more. So if you're on dial-up that'll take a while to download.
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Another thing that I've read about lately is called Slingbox from Slingmedia (Click Here ). You send the TV signals to your computer.
Here is a quote from their site:
There was a bit of hype over them at CES this year.
~Rob
Here is a quote from their site:
Introducing the Slingbox™ — a groundbreaking piece of hardwired ingenuity that will literally transform the way you watch television. The Slingbox enables you to watch your TV programming from wherever you are by turning virtually any Internet-connected PC into your personal TV. Whether you’re in another room or in another country, you’ll always have access to your television.
~Rob
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Thanks guys for the answers so far. Keep 'em coming.
Just to clarify things, I have a high speed connection (DSL 1024). I do NOT want to hook into the local programming as it sucks big time. I have cable TV at home. Used to have Sky and it sucks even worse plus is more expensive. If I do get TV for my PC then it has to have the capability of obtaining US and Canadian TV programs. A dish for the US programs only works so-so down here.
Don't know if this makes any difference, but my computer is a "home brew". The CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 1800 at 1.53 Mhz. The Mbd is Gigabyte GA7VTXE 266 Mhz FSB, socket A . Ram is 512 DDR. May change the video card as it is giving me problems. It is a Pine GeForce MX 400, 64 Mb.
Just to clarify things, I have a high speed connection (DSL 1024). I do NOT want to hook into the local programming as it sucks big time. I have cable TV at home. Used to have Sky and it sucks even worse plus is more expensive. If I do get TV for my PC then it has to have the capability of obtaining US and Canadian TV programs. A dish for the US programs only works so-so down here.
Don't know if this makes any difference, but my computer is a "home brew". The CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 1800 at 1.53 Mhz. The Mbd is Gigabyte GA7VTXE 266 Mhz FSB, socket A . Ram is 512 DDR. May change the video card as it is giving me problems. It is a Pine GeForce MX 400, 64 Mb.
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