Here"s Five Key Lessons We"ve Learned About TV on Your PC
Digital television has the potential to change our lives. It will do this by making any TV channel worldwide available to us simply and easily by the Internet and in timeframes we have control of. Because it will allow us unbelievable flexibility in our viewing habits it is a threat - a threat to the current TV channel operators who so recently spent billions upgrading their technology to give us SD and HD on our flat screen TVs.
What the TV channel operators haven't learned from the music industry is that the days of them driving our viewing habits are gone, over, kaput! Consumers drive the industry and will increasingly take full control of what they watch. The music industry finally learned this and is now growing using a very different delivery model.
There are already something over 4500 TV channels available to us on the Internet. Plus thousands of digital movies either via TV channels or able to be downloaded.
The choice for you is huge. The issue for you is how you best take advantage of the new generation of TV and movie accessibility.
We have found dozens of software packages on the Internet which will allow you to watch TV on your PC or laptop. The problem is which one should you choose. There are free packages and a wide range of prices for pay versions. The question is what is the right software watch TV on my PC.
Lesson Number One. Should you choose free software or should you buy?
There are plenty of free software packages. They generally don't have much value nor are they supported - if you have a problem you are on your own. Most don't have feature enhancements that make watching Internet TV channels more enjoyable.
We are of the view you should consider a paid package for several reasons. You generally get support and there is generally lots of information provided to assist you with channel guides, new channels coming on line, etc. The online TV streaming industry is so dynamic these aspects are worth paying what is a surprisingly small price for a great software package.
Lesson Number Two. Do your homework! Like anything you purchase online, you must do your homework. Carefully read the merchant's website content including any Conditions or Terms of Use. One thing we suggest is send them an email and see how long they take to reply. Make sure you compare costs and understand guarantee arrangements including how you will be refunded should you not be satisfied with the software.
One import thing to check is what exactly you are buying. How many TV channels are they offering, in what languages, are the downloads legal using their software? And an important one - do they offer movies via their TV channels or are they separate downloads. If movies are offered as downloads you have very different access possibilities than if the movies are streamed via a TV channel.
And, don't forget to check if the offering includes a onetime only fee or do they offer an ongoing subscription service; are there any free bonuses; do you get on-going software upgrades and channel updates. AND BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Is it real!
Lesson Number Three. Think about the content that really interests you. Are you into sport, documentaries, current affairs, etc? What does the merchant offer in the genre's you are interested in?
And a really big one -are the things you want to watch being offered in your language.
Lesson Number Four. Is your PC or laptop compatible with the software? There aren't currently many software packages compatible with Mac for example.
Understand system requirements to make sure your computer and software are compatible.
Lesson Number Five. Read any reviews you can find. We have undertaken a review of all the packages we could find and our website details are below.
We strongly recommend a paid software package as this gives you reasonably inexpensively ($25 - $100 for a onetime charge with full lifetime support) as being the best way to watch TV on your PC.
What the TV channel operators haven't learned from the music industry is that the days of them driving our viewing habits are gone, over, kaput! Consumers drive the industry and will increasingly take full control of what they watch. The music industry finally learned this and is now growing using a very different delivery model.
There are already something over 4500 TV channels available to us on the Internet. Plus thousands of digital movies either via TV channels or able to be downloaded.
The choice for you is huge. The issue for you is how you best take advantage of the new generation of TV and movie accessibility.
We have found dozens of software packages on the Internet which will allow you to watch TV on your PC or laptop. The problem is which one should you choose. There are free packages and a wide range of prices for pay versions. The question is what is the right software watch TV on my PC.
Lesson Number One. Should you choose free software or should you buy?
There are plenty of free software packages. They generally don't have much value nor are they supported - if you have a problem you are on your own. Most don't have feature enhancements that make watching Internet TV channels more enjoyable.
We are of the view you should consider a paid package for several reasons. You generally get support and there is generally lots of information provided to assist you with channel guides, new channels coming on line, etc. The online TV streaming industry is so dynamic these aspects are worth paying what is a surprisingly small price for a great software package.
Lesson Number Two. Do your homework! Like anything you purchase online, you must do your homework. Carefully read the merchant's website content including any Conditions or Terms of Use. One thing we suggest is send them an email and see how long they take to reply. Make sure you compare costs and understand guarantee arrangements including how you will be refunded should you not be satisfied with the software.
One import thing to check is what exactly you are buying. How many TV channels are they offering, in what languages, are the downloads legal using their software? And an important one - do they offer movies via their TV channels or are they separate downloads. If movies are offered as downloads you have very different access possibilities than if the movies are streamed via a TV channel.
And, don't forget to check if the offering includes a onetime only fee or do they offer an ongoing subscription service; are there any free bonuses; do you get on-going software upgrades and channel updates. AND BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Is it real!
Lesson Number Three. Think about the content that really interests you. Are you into sport, documentaries, current affairs, etc? What does the merchant offer in the genre's you are interested in?
And a really big one -are the things you want to watch being offered in your language.
Lesson Number Four. Is your PC or laptop compatible with the software? There aren't currently many software packages compatible with Mac for example.
Understand system requirements to make sure your computer and software are compatible.
Lesson Number Five. Read any reviews you can find. We have undertaken a review of all the packages we could find and our website details are below.
We strongly recommend a paid software package as this gives you reasonably inexpensively ($25 - $100 for a onetime charge with full lifetime support) as being the best way to watch TV on your PC.
