Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Advantages of Watching Television on the Internet

By Joe Fischer

The ways you can savor your favorite TV programs has evolved tremendously.

However, a relatively small percentage of people seem to understand that this change has occurred and how to leverage this change to better enjoy their favorite shows whenever they choose.

I've discussed this with friends and family alike, and a common phenomenon is that they've heard about watching television with their computer but they still seem to perceive it as some kind of mysterious and complex process. Or they think it only involves illegally pirating material.

These issues aren't consequential these days. Viewing TV online is as easy as visiting a website and most of the big TV studios have started providing all their programs through their own websites as well as through specific free websites like Hulu. Almost all their material is available online these days.

Look at the bottom of this article to find links to a site which will carefully guide you through this process to find great sites to legally enjoy free TV on the Internet.

To start, you have to understand that most legal, legit ways to enjoy TV online involves streaming video, not downloaded video. To stream your show you watch it while it loads into your web browser instead of downloading a file to your computer.

Your streamed video stays in your browser's memory while you watch it. With a downloaded video file, you have to wait for the download to complete before you open the file in a separate application. The streaming technology means you can watch it right away and you open it within your web browser. No separate application needed!

A frequent misconception is that Internet video means low-fi video. This may have been the case a few years ago, but these days, between improved broadband access and improved video compression technology, you can watch lots of high quality video for free. You can even watch high definition video more cheaply than you would through cable or digital satellite.

Online video no longer only means distorted, heavily compressed videos of pets doing funny things. You can now easily find entire films as well as entire collections of specific shows all viewable in high definition for free.

Today you can watch everything from full length movies to the entire series (all episodes) of the latest hit shows online.

There are many benefits to watching video online instead of watching standard television. First of all, the price. Once you learn how to search and find different video sites, you'll understand that you have an almost limitless number of shows you can watch for free at no additional cost and at any time.

Say "so long" to those crazy over-priced digital cable companies.

It is time to free yourself from the restrictions of watching TV at certain time in a certain place. Would you like to watch TV out on your patio while you watch the sunset? Do it. Would you like to catch your favorite show even while you are on the road? Nothing's stopping you.

With the evolution and proliferation of broadband technology, the Internet is available through wireless and cell networks almost everywhere. And everywhere you can get the Internet, you can watch most if not all your favorite shows. - 23815

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