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Watching Satellite TV on TV has become a thing of the past, or at least, for the older generation of folks out there. With every household in the USA owning at least 1 personal computer these days, greater innovations have allowed that computer to be transformed into a personal home entertainment device aka personal TV.

Historically, in order to watch satellite TV, one would have to do the following:-

1. Install a 20-inch satellite dish called DISH 500, which allowed subscribers to receive a satellite TV signals from two satellite locations simultaneously. Slightly larger, 36″x20″ dishes (called SuperDISH) were also introduced with capability to receive satellite signals from three satellite locations simultaneously. You could find yourself paying $99 for SDTV DVR receivers, and $299 for HDTV DVR receivers.
2. Pay a monthly subscription fee. The basic plans are certainly cheap, but they provide only limited number of channels. Satellite TV service costs vary, primarily according to the channels that subscribers choose to pay for. Some plans offer as much as 250 channels along with additional features such as recording features and even broadband internet facilities. Both DirecTV and Dish Network (the two main satellite providers in North America) offer basic packages for $20 to $25 per month. Add-on options for HDTV, sports channels, movie channels, and so forth usually cost anywhere from $8 to $25 per month each (or come in season-long subscriptions for sports such as NFL football, NBA basketball and so forth). Lots of bundles are available in the $30 to $55 a month range, but it’s easy to spend $100 a month or more on satellite TV services, especially if you like sports or movies, or both.

Alternatively……..

1. Set up your computers to receive live satellite TV feeds using the PCTV card. There are two kinds of PCTV cards available in the market. Both allow you to watch satellite TV on computer though the installation varies. One requires you to install the card within your CPU housing, meaning it is connected to your motherboard to utilize its circuit board architecture. This is a more complicated way. But fortunately, if you are technologically challenged or just cannot imagine yourself dismantling your computer, then go for the second option – use an external PCTV card. The external card can be connected to the computer via a cable to the USB port. There are even wireless versions in the market nowadays. Prices used to be rocket high when they first entered the market but they have more or less stabilized and dropped over time. Nevertheless, be prepared to come up with at least $200 for a decent card to watch satellite TV on computer. Broadband is the norm nowadays. Running the card on dial-up internet connection could be challenging though not impossible. However, you would realize that the transmission of TV signals would be slow and there could be a time lapse between picture and audio, ie poor synchronization. It is best that you have a broadband connection speed of 512 KB to watch satellite TV on computer smoothly.

Now…………………

Thank God for technological advancement….. nowadays you can simply watch satellite TV on your computer by using an Internet TV software. With that simple yet sophisticated software running, you can instantaneously receive thousands of TV channels from dozens of countries around the world.

Find out more about this revolutionary way to watch satellite TV on computer today at www.tvworldchannel.com

Roger Fuller is an internet savvy TV fanatic as well as consumer watchdog who values add his reviews and findings on the various Satellite TV on PC software in the market currently.
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