Philip Sumpter asked:


What makes a great TV is one you can call your own which eliminates watching the same old boring channels. It offers the next best thing to Satellite/Cable TV without the monthly payments. And gives you stress-free television, whereas you are not required to share with others. In turn, this often promotes arguing over the remote to watch what you want. So what do you do to get some piece of mind? You can start by seeking other options that will bring more freedom and relief to your at-home and on-the-go television issues. One place to look without spending more money than you have is Satellite TV PC software.

Taking this approach will not only give you relief at home but offers more television savings, variety, flexibility and mobility. There is no confinement when compared to traditional television nor the restrictions it brings. For instance, you already know that people today are using portability as a way to listen/watch/play videos, music, movies, and games while on the go. Satellite TV for PC software offers that type of mobility and delivers exactly what most people want–instant entertainment from any location and while on the go.

This hi-tech software is compatible to Windows/Vista, MAC, or Linux computer with an Internet broadband connection or wireless (wifi) connection. As of now, MAC users have another platform when installing virtualization software allowing them to run any Windows software on their MAC computer. This also means running any Satellite TV on PC software created for Windows/Vista computers on MAC operating systems.

The software is great for newbies as it streamlines access to tons of Internet media to watch all kinds of Worldwide entertainment. In fact, certain cell phones, PSP, iPods and mostly any type of computer can be used with a broadband or wireless connection. It works pretty well and provides access to a Worldwide source of entertainment that continues to grow perpetually.Using a laptop computer eliminates leaving from home without your favorite TV/Radio/Music/VOD entertainment you love. You get it all with a stroke of key while on the go. Subsequently, this fills a void when boredom strikes when traveling, isolated, or alone.

Whether traveling on a business trip or going to a relatives house, or when going to work or living in a college dorm–a top Satellite TV software package can resolve a lack of television entertainment at a stroke of a key. In fact–it harnesses the power of the Internet, and offers complete control when accessing any type of media Worldwide–free of charge. There is no looking over your shoulder as downloading/installing/user the software offers a perfectly safe, legal environment to enjoying the best of Internet TV.

According to a recent study, home video watchers are still tops today in the U.S., but the number of Internet video watchers are getting closer which has something more to do with the youth movement. Although all age groups from 12 on up to 60+ are showing more interest with a dramatic increase in Internet video watchers, many of them have downloaded Satellite TV PC software as their source of instant Internet TV/Radio/Music/Video entertainment.

Even if a person has paid-TV or an ailing economy has not restricted buying/renting videos, a top Satellite TV PC software package will enhance more television entertainment by offering access to a World of TV/Radio/Music/VOD–unlike what exist at home. In addition, users can also connect any Windows, MAC, or Linux computer to his/her home TV-set using an s-video, PCTV, or TV-Out video card and coaxial cable connector. This promotes more at-home entertainment with mainstream Internet TV which eliminates paying monthly subscriptions fees. In fact, users don’t have to do anything to their television set with the upcoming analogue to digital conversion on 2/17/09 (U.S. only).

Whatever television issue exist at home or while on the go, Satellite TV PC will do a well enough job to resolve the issue. While the software works well enough, it does not come without some flaws. Yet it continues to improve as the service provides free software upgrades, channel updates, tech support, bonuses, and perks.

JS Schultz asked:


In the 1970s and 1980s, the fastest way to transport lots of data between information devices was often to carry it down the hall on a magnetic tape or floppy disk–a method that computer scientists jokingly referred to as “Sneakernet.”

At my house, Sneakernet still rules, at least when it comes to multimedia networking. If I want to download a movie or TV show from an online service such as iTunes, for example, I attach my laptop to the 10-megabit-per-second cable modem in my office; if I then want to watch that same show in my living room, I have to lug the laptop downstairs.

But consumer-electronics makers have a different vision in mind, and they’ll be marketing it to thousands.The vision: consumers could simply point a remote control at their entertainment center and access video, music, or photos stored on their PC using a home broadband network based on old-fashioned Ethernet or Wi-Fi connections or newer technologies, such as powerline networking and ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless.

The gadgets that allow this integration are called “media adapters.” The category hasn’t yet attracted much attention among the electronics-shopping crowds at Best Buy or Circuit City. But at CES, where part of the massive exhibit area will be devoted to home networking, a number of companies will show off new or recently released models that they hope will appeal to entertainment junkies who want to get the most bang for the thousands of bucks they’ve already spent on the newest sound systems, high-definition (HD) LCD or plasma displays, and home computers.

For example, Netgear, already a leading maker of wireless routers for home Wi-Fi networks, will be promoting its Digital Entertainer system, introduced four months ago. The $280 device looks like a set-top cable TV box steamrollered to about 1.5 centimeters in thickness. It resides next to your TV and stereo system, where it communicates with your PC using a conventional wired network–if you’re lucky enough to have Ethernet cables built into your walls–or an 802.11g Wi-Fi wireless connection.

Using a remote control and a simple graphical interface displayed on your TV, you can call up digital movies, videos, photos, or nonencrypted music stored on any PC or hard drive attached to your home network. Your computer will compress the files and send them to the Digital Entertainer in streaming form as fast as your network can handle them. That means up to 100 megabits per second for a wired Ethernet connection and 54 megabits per second for an 802.11g connection. Both are enough to stream HD video, if that’s what you’ve got stored.

Netgear’s competitors offer similar boxes in the same price range; D-Link’s Media Lounge DSM 320, for example, goes for $200. Buffalo Technology’s LinkTheatre wireless HD media player lists at $490 but goes for $283 on Amazon. But for people who don’t already have 802.11g routers for their computers or Ethernet connections in their living rooms, a few companies are offering media adapters based on newer technologies, notably UWB and powerline networking.

UWB chip sets from Hauppauge, NY-based semiconductor maker Tzero, for example, are finding their way into media devices from Audiovox, Siemens, ViewSonic, and other consumer-electronics companies. UWB devices send data over a large range of frequencies, rather than over specific channels, as Wi-Fi routers and most other wireless devices do. This protects signals against interference and allows time-based rather than frequency- or amplitude-based signal modulation, meaning UWB signals can carry up to 480 megabits of data per second over short distances (10 meters or less), according to Tzero. At CES, Tzero and Audiovox plan to introduce a UWB media adapter, to be marketed under Audiovox’s Terk brand name, that can connect PCs, set-top boxes, HD DVD players and DVRs, and big-screen displays without the usual tangle of cables.

And there’s one more way to link entertainment devices without adding new wires: plug straight into your home’s electrical outlets. Electronics vendors have been talking up powerline networking in the home for ages, but interference problems and bandwidth limitations have kept the idea from catching on (see “Are Powerline Networks Finally Ready?” June 2001). Arkados is one of the companies that will argue at CES that the technology is now ready for consumers. It’s working with GigaFast and other manufacturers to put its chips and software into small “bridge” devices that can connect a PC to any television in a home. The devices can transmit data at up to 100 megabits per second–more than enough for HD-quality video. (For $250, Netgear will sell you a powerline adapter for the Digital Entertainer.)

Apple may actually make the biggest home-networking splash at CES, even though Steve Jobs and crew will be 400 miles away at San Francisco’s MacWorld convention, slated for January 8 through 12. The company is expected to preview–or at least talk about–a set-top device dubbed “iTV” that wirelessly streams iTunes music, videos, or movies from any computer in the home to a TV set. Given consumers’ familiarity with Apple digital media products like the iPod, an Apple entry in the media-adapter market could severely limit the opportunities for competitors like Netgear or D-Link.

Despite all these newfangled networking technologies, Sneakernet may not be dead yet. Think of it this way: if you carry a 4.7-gigabyte DVD down a ten-meter-long hallway at one meter per second, you’ve effectively “transmitted” the data on that disc at more than 3,700 megabits per second–a speed home networks won’t be reaching for a long time.

Kelvin Ho asked:


Now that you have your PSP, dont you wish you could change up your music files while on the go? Wouldnt you love to be able to access your iTunes library from anywhere, at any time without having to rely on a dedicated computer set-up.

Well, for a minimal cost (just under $25 USD) and a little tweaking, you will be well on your way to attaining the freedom of listening to whatever music you choose anywhere, anytime via your PSP WiFi internet connection.

These instructions are for MAC users and require the following three components:

1. A MAC using a minimum OS X 10.3,

2. Software (shareware) called Dot Tunes,

3. A PSP with the 2.0 firmware upgrade on board.

The simplicity and innovativeness of Dot Tunes provides you with the capability to peruse your own iTunes library where you can then generate a webpage that shows listings by album and/or artist and then access them over an internet connection. After generation, this webpage can be bookmarked and synced to the web browser on your PSP. Utilizing the Dot Tunes web-based interface, you can then simply browse to your desired song on the PSP screen and finally, download your choice to the Music directory on your PSP.

One thing that should be noted here is that the PSP is very particular about where various media is located and in which directories it can be placed. In order to listen to the song you are downloading, it must first be saved in the MUSIC directory, in a play list folder that already exists. To accommodate this restriction, you need to scroll through your music folder, go into an existing play list folder and save your selection there. Incidentally, you must also re-name the file extension (.m4u) to MP4 before your PSP will recognize it as a legitimate file.

Once you have accomplished the above, you are now ready to add/delete songs to your hearts content, anywhere there may be WiFi access (Increasingly WiFi connections are being made more readily available in coffee shops and other areas), and provided you have a WiFi connection on your PSP.

Because your MAC will be effectively acting as a web-server, it is essential that you set it up so that it will wake up for Ethernet network admin access in the Energy saving preferences on your computer.

Additionally, the port that the Dot Tunes page being served is accessible through must be an open port and not blocked by your Internet Service Provider. Plus, your router or computer firewall must not be engaged.

It is also a good idea to add password protection to the PSP connection so that you have the security in place that prevents others from accessing any iTunes libraries not DRM protected.