Thursday, January 7, 2010

Satellite TV on Your PC - No Hardware Required

Remember when you were a kid and someone told you about the stuff that would be possible 'one day'? Growing up in the '70s there were certain points on the time line of my future that I really believed were going to be worth the wait. Jet packs to get around town; the meal in a pill; or even the one about world peace.

As a whole, we haven't really come as far as the futurists promised. Another case of marketing making promises and not clearing them with engineering. That hasn't changed, either!

But, while we do still have to load airplanes through a single door, drive our oil-spewing cars, and eat swiss chard, there have been some huge leaps, technologically speaking. Heck, my grandma remembers hearing the first time a car engine started and here I sit with 3,000 channels of television on my laptop.

That last sentence was NOT a typo -- 3,000- channels of television on my laptop.

This product is CERTAINLY the 21st century that my comic book heroes referred to way back when I had a head full of hair, a face full of pimples, and free time to, well, watch 3,000 channels of television.

Radio stations from Romania; soccer from Sweden; game shows from Greece; home shopping channel from Hungary; news from New Zealand; or even music videos from Macedonia. This software (which costs less than $50 for LIFETIME SERVICE and NO MONTHLY CHARGES) can literally take you around the world without having to ever board an airplane through that darn single door.

I downloaded this program 2 weeks ago and it has opened my eyes to a world of viewpoints that I might never have considered. The Satellite TV channels are easy to navigate and the response time is just like your living room box - but with a vocabulary that your old SONY won't ever understand. It allows you to search for channels by country and/or by topic. It is easy to find sports, news, and TV shows. It is quite fun to view TV shows from around the world. You might even see the next big thing, before Simon Cowell makes it the next big thing.

They offer a money back guarantee so you can try it out risk free. I find that to be extremely 21st century, and dare I say, perhaps even 22nd century. Some packages you spend your money, take a chance and if you're not satisfied you are out of luck. With Satellite TV for PC you download it, give it an 8 week workout -- and return it if you don't love it. I'm not giving mine back, but you might have more of a life than me.

I'd write more about it, but it's 3:00 PM in Luxemburg right now and my new favorite show, Luxemburg Ice Dancing, is about to being. And honestly, it's just not the same if you miss the opening.

Pick it up right now (link below) and quit paying that monthly $90 cable bill for a lousy 100 stations!

100 stations... geez, what is this, 2004?

Barry Friedman is a four time World Juggling Champion (stop laughing -- it's a great gig) who spends a lot of time on airplanes. He loves to write, play with electronics, read books, use software, and raise his child. When he gets something new he usually writes a review that promises to carry a two-laugh minimum.

His review home page is here: http://www.productandserviceguide.com

His juggling life (yeah, the one you were laughing about) can be found here:
http://www.raspyni.com

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Watch Satellite TV On PC For Movie Lovers

Movie lovers can watch satellite TV on PC nowadays with just an internet connection and powerful software. This convenience has afforded many people the choice of switching from satellite TV services. Satellite TV services are already wildly popular by today?s standards. Being able to watch satellite TV on PC has just made it even better. We will review what in the first place is so good about satellite TV and why to watch satellite TV on PC has become a craze in many homes worldwide, especially for movie fanatics.

Satellite TV services offer a wide selection of movie channels to their subscribers. People love the flexibility of choosing any movie channel they wish to watch instead of being constrained to one or two local channels. Another selling point of satellite TV is perhaps the viewing experience. Subscribers get no lesser than crystal clear picture and sound quality, parental watch locks and full systematic channel management and controls. It puts a viewer in absolute control of his or her entertainment experience.

If you have been a fan of HBO, you should know by now that it is no longer a single movie channel. With eight different movie channels from HBO, subscribers can now treat themselves to HBO-W, HBO-E, HBO Family, HBO Signature, HBO Latino and HBO Comedy. On top of that, satellite TV viewers can choose to watch satellite TV from other movie packages such as channels from Showtime (10 channels), Cinemax (5 channels) and Starz (8 channels). In short, this practically converts your TV into a mini theatre that offers hours of movie entertainment.

Satellite TV viewers are spoilt for choice with so many channels, but since the TV market is competitive with cable TV taking a larger pie of the market, the satellite TV service providers are always on the search for additional new movie channels. There are pay-per-view channels available to watch satellite TV screening the latest movies. Even though there are adult movie channels, parents can securely lock the movie stations so that children can be protected from such movies.

Technology is always improving and now people can watch satellite TV on PC. Movie viewers used to rely on satellite TV dish set up to receive TV feeds. To watch satellite TV on PC was totally unheard of. The old satellite dish system has a major drawback as transmission can be affected badly in poor stormy weather conditions, especially for states near the coast. Now, with a piece of software installed in your computer, be it a desktop or laptop and a broadband internet connection, you can watch satellite TV to your heart?s content. This is indeed the new generation of satellite TV technology. Since it is dependent on the internet connection for transmission, one can access many more international movie channels, TV shows, educational programs, documentaries and sports channels.

Discover through my blog how you too can enjoy great movies and watch satellite TV on PC starting from today. This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author's name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.

Davion is a successful webmaster, author and fan of TV shows. Discover how you can instantly watch satellite TV on PC, tuning into hundreds of LIVE world channels of news, movies, music and kids program at http://Watch-Satellite-TV-On-PC.blogspot.com

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