Monday, July 16, 2012

Satellite TV On PC Isn't What It Looks

By Phil Sumpter


Today, a large number of Television viewers are looking for alternative choices to Satellite and Cable where they can save money. This may appear hard to do but now that Web television is gaining more popularity, things are beginning to look up.

Lately, more streaming media have entered the Web by providers who offer them free. When more interesting live and on-demand shows began to spread online, more folks started to take some notice and see them on their computers.

Since that time, Internet-ready mobile devices and TVs, hardware and software appeared on the market that gave viewers more choices than ever seen before.

Although this approach isn't exactly the same as seeing Cable/Satellite channels at home, it does seem to offer the next best thing รข€" if watching everything on a little screen isn't a problem.

Technology and Broadband still needs to catch up to streaming Net media content. There have been some enhancements over the years that made this method very appealing over the long run.

Even with the few drawbacks, there are way more pluses than minuses to watching shows over the web. As an example, viewers can get access to unlimited global content. Meaning they can obtain access to local, countrywide and international channels, radio stations, and videos at a moments notice.

There's no wire to connect or hardware to install or regular charges to pay, unless somebody wants to pay a subscription for a specific kind of content.

When employing a computer to look at television over the net, viewers now have an additional TV with no need to pay for one. With video and multimedia software already in the computer, there's nothing more to do other than surf the internet to find videos, channels, and shows to see.

As for the latter, technology has made some serious process that makes this task less complicated by using software that will streamline and organize the delivery of 1000s of channels and other kinds of free media to any computer, with mobile devices just beginning to tap into this new technology.

In many cases, viewers will receive DVD-like or HD-like picture quality with some 'choppy' video and blurred picture

Numberous channels that are available on paid TV networks and completely free to the audience to watch on the internet. When looking at this from a price tag perspective the question becomes why pay for Satellite/Cable when many of those channels are freely available.

Since paid TV networks don't offer 'a la carte ' programming where subscribers can choose and pay for content they only wish to watch, Web TV makes this option available.

Take for example, viewers can get access to many Web Television websites like Hulu where they can watch on-demand sitcoms/episodes. They can gain access to local channels such as CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox when visiting those web sites. In addition, they can gain instant access to world-wide programs which means it doesn't matter where the person the lives.

Once the free content is located over the web, then the decision comes down to selecting paid content. Still, this can be cheaper than going with a paid Television company. For example, Netflix offers all kinds of movies, even the most recent, at a price just under $10 each month.

There are sports websites like MBL, NFL, and others that charge a tiny subs to observe live football, baseball, soccer, basketball or whatever kind of sporting event is of interest. Once spectators highlight what free and paid content that interest them, this 'a la carte ' approach to watching television becomes better suited when saving money is the goal.




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