Ways to Watch TV On Your Computer for Free by Bridget Mwape
Did you know that you can watch live TV and pre-recorded programs on your home computer for free without the need to pay any cable or satellite TV subscriptions? This includes access to most of the major television channels. There are a number of ways that you can watch TV on your computer. ... Instructions about how to install the card are included when you purchase the tuner card. ... A pc tuner card allows TV signals to be received by a pc or computer. ... TV tuner cards that support digital television broadcasts are also available and some of them can display HDTV (high-definition...

Watching HDTV on your Laptop by Preston Wily
Do you have a small laptop with a beautiful LCD display? Active matrix is now the standard for laptops and, as a result, the quality of images on most laptops is comparable to most desktops. Why should you let your TV and your desktop have all of the fun with high-definition programming? ... DVR-like attributes will be coming Along with the ability to stream HDTV to your laptop comes the ability to record programming to be viewed at a later date. ... The USB HDTV adapters available in the US right now do feature time-shift technology, but the ability to download the programming...

Dvico Fusion Dual HDTV DVB-T Tuner Review by John Applin
This is a PCI card which I purchased from The Glow Lounge to complete my Windows Media Center PC (for which I shall be writing a 'how to' at a later date) to place in my living room to take over from my dvd player, VCR, standard definition freeview tuner and hi-fi. ... One thing to consider in the placement of the card in your computer is that it can become quite hot, bearing this in mind I placed the card at the bottom of my system so that it was away form the graphics card because I didn't want the graphics card and tuner to mutually exchange heat and potentially damage each other.

Time For A New Television? by Julia Hall
The Super Bowl is on the horizon; the playoffs are in full swing, and what better time than now to look at some of the new big screen televisions that are on the market now to complement your satellite dish subscription? If those big Plasma televisions are too much for your budget right now, you... Other features included are integrated HDTV tuner, S-video, HDMI, PC monitor inputs and HD-components. ... It also features an integrated HDTV tuner (like the Sony above) for over-the-air broadcasts. ... As an additional feature, it has a built-in SD card slot for the viewing of digital camera...

What Apple Could Learn from Microsoft: Front Row Versus Windows Media Center by Daniel Dwase
While the iMac G5's software interface for multimedia – Front Row – is new to the Mac platform. Windows users have had similar tools – in Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition – for a couple of years now. Is it possible that, as Front Row matures, it could learn a thing or two from Windows? ... Media Center plays, pauses, and records television programmes; if the PC has a TV-tuner card with two tuners, it simultaneously record two programmes and play back a third. ... You can add an external TV tuner and digital video recorder, such as Elgato Systems' EyeTV, to the iMac G5, but Front...

A Peek Into the Near Future of Electronics Technology by Terry Mitchell
How long do you think DVDs have around? 20 years? 10 years? Actually, they have only been around for about seven years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs. That can be attributed to how rapidly we can become acclimated to some... Someone once described it as being like "watching a movie in the theater." Keep in mind that all HDTV is digital, but not all digital is HDTV. ... Many broadcasters plan to use their digital signals this way during times when they are not being used for HDTV programming.