The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    watching TV on the computer?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by AmazingGracePlayer, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. AmazingGracePlayer

    AmazingGracePlayer Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    236
    Messages:
    1,737
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Is there a program that allows you to watch TV programs on the computer?
     
    AmazingGracePlayer, Apr 14, 2008
    #1
  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,686
    Messages:
    3,982
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    You will need a TV tuner if you want to be able to watch live broadcast TV on your computer. If you just want to watch certain shows, some channels have special on-demand players which allow that, such as BBC's iPlayer.
     
    Budding, Apr 14, 2008
    #2
  3. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,400
    Messages:
    3,376
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Windows Media Center.
     
    McGrady, Apr 14, 2008
    #3
  4. kvehh

    kvehh Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    227
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    buy a tv tuner
     
    kvehh, Apr 14, 2008
    #4
  5. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    448
    Messages:
    1,715
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    You still need a tuner.
     
    Hiker, Apr 14, 2008
    #5
  6. BlackLight

    BlackLight Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    224
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    yes still need a tv card tuner with media center
     
    BlackLight, Apr 14, 2008
    #6
  7. kvehh

    kvehh Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    227
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    if u want to use windows media center, u need to buy a tv tuner that windows media center support. other wise u need to use the software that come with the tuner.
     
    kvehh, Apr 14, 2008
    #7
  8. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

    Reputations:
    4,009
    Messages:
    6,712
    Likes Received:
    54
    Trophy Points:
    216
    Jayayess1190, Apr 14, 2008
    #8
  9. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,194
    Messages:
    1,889
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You may want to check out the official tv shows website. Some of them, like fox, put up episodes of their popular shows. Other than that and watching streams, get a tv tuner as most people have already posted.
     
    jin07, Apr 14, 2008
    #9