Watching Superior Satellite Television On Your Computer Screen

Are you among the multitudes of people who know that it is quite possible to enjoy satellite television on their personal computer but don't have a clue about how the process work?

Yes you heard right, most computers in many households are capable of playing entertaining DVDs, streamed video, and satellite television.

This is the major reason why I decided to sign up for a Satellite TV. If you are like me, I am a real Computer Jerk ?as they say. I always love to do things with and on my computer.

To join me in enjoying watching Satellite TV on your computer, below are the requirements:

First, do you have any idea about what the term Free to air (FTA) satellite broadcasts means? It is basically transmitted free for millions of people without any subscription or pay-per-view fees attached.

The only exception is in the United Kingdom where the purchase of a television license is mandatory regardless of the type of television signal you receive.

When your PC is enabled to receive FTA, you will have access to several interesting channels depending on the part of the world you are domiciled.

So what software and hardware requirements does your computer need to meet before it can receive satellite TV transmission? The first criterion is a Universal Serial Bus 2 (USB) which should not be a problem as most modern computers are equipped with this.

The maximum specification for the USB is 480 Mbs and can play virtually all kinds of videos.

The other system requirements are only available for Windows so this is operating system you will have to use. Others include:

VGA card with at least 32MB memory, P4 2G MHZ CPU or above, 256MB RAM or above, Sound card or on board sound chip, Microsoft? Windows? XP, Microsoft? DirectX9.0C or later, Microsoft? Windows? Media Player 9.0 or later.

You also need to purchase a digital satellite dish and LNB, plus a USB satellite TV receiver with DVB-S.

With all these in place, all you need do is install on your PC the software that accompanied the USB satellite receiver, then connect the USB cable into a USB 2 port, and finally run the software.

This last step should take you to the dreamland of being able to view satellite programs on your desktop. Trust me, you will definitely enjoy the benefit of watching your Satellite programs on your PC, like I do now.

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How To Record Satellite-TV And DVB Cards-Minidv Cameras-Video Capture Cards-Web Cams On PC

The article shows you how to watch and record video from any windows video capture device like satellite, TV and DVB cards, miniDV cameras, video capture cards, web cams including ones with hardware MPEG 2 encoder. The recording process is easy to handle. The detailed steps are as follow:

1. Connect your capture device to you PC and install the capture device driver. You'd better read the manual that comes with your capture device to see how to connect with PC in order to avoid any damage and installation problems.

2. Download AVS TV Box, run it.

3. Before you can start watching the channels, you need to configure them. Now, please press the Configure button on the main controls panel or select the Settings... option in the Express menu to activate the Configure window.

3. Select the Device Params tab of the Configure window to set device parameters. The availability of the settings depends on the type of the device. Take TV tuner for example, you need to select the Country of the broadcast, TV Source (Antenna or Cable), Video input, Video standard depending on the country and broadcast standard, Audio device and Audio input that will serve as a sound source.

4. Select the Channels tab of the Configure window. Click the Add Channel button to add the cameras to the channels list or Scan for TV or Digital TV tuners to search for the existing channels. Press the Add to Favorites button to add the favourite channels to the favorite list so that it could be displayed in the Favorite window and you could easily switch to it.

5. Select the Paths tab of the Configure window to set the recordings and snapshots paths.

6. Select the Record tab of the Configure window to set the video and audio parameters of the files that you will capture your video with.

7. If you want to set the parameters of the colors of the displayed video image, select the Colors tab to set.

8. After all settings are completed, click the OK button to accept all the changes and close the configuration window. Then you can start recording the video by clicking the Record button on the main controls panel, take snapshots, and watch TV shows on PC.

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