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The difference between streaming and downloading

If your going to watch TV on your PC live or in ‘real time’ then the data has to be sent to your PC over the internet fast enough so you can watch without any hold ups. If your connection isn't up to it and cannot stream the video quick enough, the end result will be freezing screen, and patchy viewing quality while your computer waits for parts of the program to load up.

However already downloaded content doesn't have this problem as you download the entire video file before you start viewing. The downside with this is that the files are very large so if your broadband connection is on the slow side, you could be waiting for hours or even days!

These big files can also use up any capped broadband package allowance if you have it. You need to keep an eye on how much you are downloading as a single episode of 24, Grays anatomy or Desperate Housewives, for example, will use up several hundred megs of your data allowance.


 Internet TV is here

Did you know that you can watch totally online TV on a number of connected devices and get your hands on great software downloads that lets you watch worldwide tv shows wherever you live. It is now a piece of cake watching online streams from the web. We have compiled a comprehensive list of internet television streams and websites which you can use for watching television on a range devices on the go with cell phones to computers, mobile phonesand the latest tablets. In fact most hardware that can be connected to the internet. Just make sure you have a fast enough broadband connection and the correct flash installed on your system.  From your pc you can see more entertainment than you ever thought possible in this rapidly developing market.

Configuring your PC to use the HDMI port

For reasons I don’t really understand, Windows seems to ignore the HDMI port when you plug something in, so we’ll have to power it up and tell the computer it’s fine to send a signal out on the line. That’s done by going into Control Panels and selecting “Adjust screen resolution”.

 

On that window you’ll see that it shows there are two different displays, but one of them will be disabled, as shown here:

 

To remedy this, click on the second monitor (here it’s identified as “2”), the choose “Extend the desktop onto this monitor” and click “Apply”. The HDTV screen should come to life and show you a Windows desktop background photograph. If it doesn’t, try again. Sometimes you have to select this more than once.

 

I recommend that you now tweak the resolution on the second screen to be at least 1100 x 650, depending on what options you have. I have very good luck with 1184x666. The goal is to have the background photo spread across the entire TV screen. Now make sure you have the sound unmuted and at a reasonable volume on your computer and on the TV and let’s get some content on the screen!