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Future TV on my computer - TV via internet migration

This is the end of television as we knew it

Our way for watching TV is changing on day to day basis. More than 70 years, television has been dominated by network broadcasters. Last few years, however, a whole bunch of new market players, such as web players and telecoms operators, have entered the market with ground-breaking platforms and innovative formats that utilize rising new technologies, and are changing our watching experience and viewer consumption behavior. Consequently, both the overall TV value chain and existing revenue models appear increasingly destabilized. In this transition, traditional players as well as new players fight to achieve better position in new established situation. While broadcasting satellite and cable TV operators were busy setting up, internet and TV started to integrate with common services on multiple devices.

This is not some kind of overnight thing or latest technology one season fashion. We can look at this like the result of three major development stages: PC and mobile devices become a means for watching TV – more and more content is either streamed or downloaded onto PCs or mobile devices using a variety of different service platforms, set-top boxes and gaming consoles provide internet-based video access – Set-top box manufacturers such as Roku or Syabas as well as major console manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft include software in their products which allow direct access to the internet and online video platforms, TV-sets include internet connectivity – Major consumer electronics manufacturers, such as Sony and LG, have started to include web applications in their classic TV sets, allowing the web to come to the living room.

Hindi channels - The future of televison

World's largest direct-broadcast satellite market by 2012.

Indian government decided for open market strategy for cable and satellite television in 1992. Today, 20 years later, India has the most competitive combined cable-satellite direct broadcast market with 7 operators, reaching over 134 million households (out of 223 million) with television sets, of which over 103 million have access to Cable TV or Satellite TV, including 20 million households are direct to home subscribers. In city areas of India, 85% of all households have a TV and over 70% of all households have access to Satellite, Cable or DTH services. Families with TV have been growing at between 8-10%, while growth in Satellite/Cable homes exceeded 15% and DTH subscribers grew 28% over 2009. Real number of households with television access is probably closer to 180 million, since roughly a third of all rural families have some kind of access to television.

India now has more than 500 TV channels covering all the main languages spoken in the nation. India will outreach the USA as the world's largest direct-broadcast satellite market by 2012.

Watch TV on laptop software

How can I watch TV on my laptop?

Are you planning to buy a brand new TV set for your house? Please, think again and inform yourself before buying any new pieces of equipment.

On the Web you can find everything, so you can watch live TV with more number of online channels in much cheaper price than your current cable TV service. I preferred to watch TV on my laptop from all around my house and backyard rather than buying a high priced TV set.

If you want to watch TV from laptop, then you will have to install the appropriate software. The software enables you to have greater access to all the favorite TV channels from around the world. Good point is that software programs are available at a very low price. You can pay online with your card or with PayPal and download the full version of the TV for PC software. While you install software on your computer you do not require any cable or USB hardware.

Watch TV via internet – Live Stream on your PC/laptop

If you want to watch live stream TV channels on your PC/laptop, you have to reconsider quality and speed of your internet connection.

Web connection speeds are highly exaggerated. 100 bits is not the same as 100 bytes. 8 bits = 1 byte. That’s like the car industry telling you that the car goes over 5,200 feet per minute, and you say “OK, I’ll buy”, but then when you calculate it you realize it only goes a mile a minute or 60 miles per hour maximum. If internet provider tells, you are getting 12 Megabits (12,000,000) bandwidth and when you do the simple math you’ll see that you are only getting 1.5 MB (megabytes). Then you realize you got scammed.

How to connect laptop to TV?

TV tuner for laptop?! No, thanks.

I really mean this. Why I have to buy this additional equipment?

Simply, you can watch TV on laptop with various free and paid software solutions.

Live TV via internet or TV tuners for around $50 and go up to $150?!

But, after purchasing some software for watching web TV channels on your computer, you will probably want to expand your laptop screen to your TV set. So, in that case and only in that case we can start talking about TV tuners.

In addition you can read more about TV tuners and cards in article from Tech Connect Magazine