Why move from one to the other for content? Why not have a home network where we can view, or record our favorite TV programs or record or view our favorite web sites? When will we not know the difference?
Having acquired interest in connecting TV to internet, we have decided to start this blog on the subject. Our purpose is to point to newspaper/magazine articles or urls that discuss this innovation in viewing TV and browsing the internet for alternatives to TV.. One of the sites that we have experimented with is HULU, viewed from laptop, as we prefer to avoid clutter on our PC.When we browse the internet, we are looking for information or shopping for aomething specific. : ) We like to compare prices with what is available from Amazon, E-bay, or Craigslist before we visit the stores that carry the product.
Another motive for browsing the internet is to search for news of the day and find sources that are not apparent when watching CNN, Fox, or MSNBC. One hour is enough as such cable channels repeat the same stories all day. Enough is enough?As we find a news articles on this subject, we will provide links or references here.
We encourage readers to examine nytimes.com/personaltech. A lot of interesting tech stuff can be found on this site. Presented inthe NYT on Monday, January 12, 2009, is an article in Page B6 Technology, “To Connect to the Internet, and Just Turn on Your TV.” What we glean from this NYT article is that we will see more TV products with capability to connect to the internet. Would it not be great the cable channels get boring? As the article mentions, what we would like to see is a TV with the same functionality as a PC and even screens that hang on the wall. We recently attended a wireless sig meeting and were introduced to the image on a screen that simulates a view from window is able to change the display day by day, so we see a different view each day (At least that is our interpretation of the window screen that is demonstrated on line.) A table with a “table cloth screen” is far out/cool.
Let us see what we can find today for free TV viewing on the internet:
Search term:“blog:tv/pc”
First hit was worldtvpc.com . You follow links for Free RV on PC you find such sites as freetvinpc.com, and you find there is no free lunch.So let us examine again Search term:
“blog:tv/pc”We find livechannels.net Onleft side are several ads by google. In the middle of the page are links. Let us see what we find. On extreme left are links to live TV channels listing many foreign countries. So, we select Ireland and find liveireland.com :An interesting screen, so let us see what we can find that does not present an initial surcharge:
At the top, Join the LiveIreland Network. So we bit the bullet and found a wealth of Irish Radio Music. O.K. what other features do we see on the page? The is a button on Liveireland.tv. Let us try it! Then we see video of street people on live TV. Hmm, was following links here worth the effort?
Let us go back to livechannels.net and we find Recorded news broadcast. Examine if your interest is in news.
As you will learn if you follow these steps, 99% of what you view are short clips rather than programs. You essentially have views ala YouTube style. For example, rte.ie news a video is news item on closing of Dell plants.So much for livehannels.net
Spreetv-watchtv shows online. We sign up for Spreety.com and the process was simple, just name and e-mail address to register and same to sign in after verification of e-mail address. At the bottom of the screen is an introduction to Spreety acknowledging that “The Internet today offers an amazing amount of free online TV. The challenge in enjoying TV on internet is simply knowing where to look.”
Examine one of the links from livehannels.net,
“Lot of Stress” video 1:48 all about
Philadelphia. It is almost funny! and PARKING WARS:
“LOT OF LAUGHS” is humorous.
What internet sites need is a batch file with favorite links that would cycle through your viewing or enable remote control to pass through a series of videos that are pre-selected.
If you actually go to the movies be sure and view Fandango.com
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