1. How to download an online TV software for PC or laptop

There are hundreds of internet TV software being sold online. Some of these software offer anywhere between 1000 to 10,000 TV channelsTV tuner driver from around the world. It’s however a big gamble to choose a good one. Most of these softwares don’t have good quality picture and sound and are simply not worth your money.

Once you have identified a good software, you can visit their checkout page for payment details. Most of these programs are retailed at low cost. On the payment page, they will request your card details and once done you are directed to a download page.

The actual download of the PCTV software takes anywhere between 2 -5 minutes. Since this is a digital product, downloading it is just like any other operating software or anti-virus that you have done before.

On downloading the online PC program, you can then save it in your computer and it will automatically create a short cut on your desktop. You will be using the shortcut to open the TV software once you need to watch internet TV.

2. What your Laptop Needs before you get PC satellite TV programupdate TV tuner driver installed

Most of the laptop online softwares will work seamlessly with your computer. Chances are that your PC or laptop is ready to receive and broadcast world TV over the internet. One of the softwares that I have used for some time now operates with all versions of Windows operating software from Win 2000.

Your computer RAM (Random Access Memory) needs to be at least 520mb to enable your laptop to have enough virtual memory to run the video files. Anything less will make your computer drag and give you a ‘not enough virtual memory’ error every time you try to run the satellite software.

A speed of 300Mhz is required for your PC or laptop to run the satellite software. This speed is necessary as it needs to be a match to your recommended internet connection. A better speed on your laptop will ensure you have no problems accessing the internet channels.

You can view TV on flat screen LCD or tube-type monitor. Both will give you desired results although the flat screen tends to make things a little fly. Most people enjoy watching online TV on flat screen LCD monitors. The normal type computer monitor will however do fine and you need not strain yourself buying a flat screen. I don’t use one personally.

Your computer CPU (Central Processing Unit) should be at least Pentium III and above although Pentium II would also be fine. This need not get you worried as most computers bought in the last three years should be three and above.

The program is compatible with most Windows operating system from WIN 2000. All the newer Windows i.e Windows 2003, XP and Vista provide you with easier to use toolbars.

The software will play with the default media player which comes together with your original software. However you might want to download the newer versions of other media players like VLC, NERO, Power DVD or Windows media player version 11. The windows media player version 11 will give you better sound and picture control. All the above media players are free to download from the internet whichever one you choose.

You will also need a high speed internet connection to download good quality service on to your PC. The best is broadband internet service. Cable connection seems to work best with online TV streaming although the wireless broadband also does the job fine.

Finally, you will need to get a good software like PC 2007 Elite Edition. This particular one is retailed online at around $49.95 for a one time life time membership.

Ways to Watch Free Satellite TV on your PC or Laptop

There are several means out there that you can use to be able to watch satellite TV online without the monthly charges. Some of these ways range from the completely free ones to others where you have to pay a little amount as a start up fee. Of course each of them have their own goods and bads.

1. Free TV online websites: this is the most popular and absolutely free way to watch online service. There are many websites out there that offer online service. All one needs to do is have a high speed internet connection and you are good to go. These internet websites are designed in such a way that they list languages and counties from which they have TV stations.

This is the first information you get on the websites home page. You will have stations listed either by language or region say, Arabic online, English online, online French or by regions for example north American, African, Asia or Europe web TV.

After selecting the region or the language you wish to watch TV in, you will get a list of world stations available in that language or region. The rest is just clicking and watching your choice online station.

The only issue with this form of watching internet TV is that it is usually too busy to get through to watch even five minutes of television broadcasting. The demand for really free online TV is so high world wide that the requests that come to these websites servers are too high for them to cope. The result, these websites are perennially out of reach.

2. Watching TV from Computer PC TV Cards: This is also a good way of converting your computer pc or laptop to a TV. This method of watching TV on pc uses a computer hardware card called a TV card. These are small gizmos fixed at the rear of your pc slots and have ports for the speakers’ outlet, the aerial, the remote control and a radio aerial.

The computer TV card also comes with installation software and usually uses its own drivers to play TV or radio channels.

The pc TV cards are designed such that they can function anywhere in the world. All one needs to do after installation is to scan the TV stations found locally in the country you live in and the software captures them automatically. This means it will mostly broadcast in your laptop, the normal TV stations available in your region and not those from outside the country.

PC TV cards require external aerial fixed and mounted on rooftops for easy reception of TV and radio waves. Once installed all you will need to do is scan the TV channel and keep them to the memory with respective numbers like channel 1, 2, 3. Later you will only need to come back and click on the channel numbers that you personally saved.

Watching TV on pc using this method is good for people who don’t want to buy extra TV sets for themselves but wouldn’t mind having a cheaper option. The PC TV cards cost anywhere between $20-$50.

3. Installation of pc TV softwares: This is possibly the best way of watching online TV which involves downloading a pc TV software online. The software is basically a collection of thousands on international online TV channels in as many languages. Some softwares offer 1000 plus channels while there are others which offer 10,000 online TV channels.

The online TV softwares are designed such that the user tool bar is an easy interface to use. Same as the online TV websites, the country TV stations are listed in their respected areas and all one needs to do is choose the country and TV station desired. I have later in this article described this method of watching satellite online free TV in detail.

The biggest benefit with this method of watching TV online is that you can in fact watch TV from any country and from any where in the world. All one needs is high a speed internet connection to watch local TV stations even in far away places. It has basically made TV become mobile and accessible everywhere.

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