The name, free to air satellite tv, can be a bit misleading, as not all of the channels available are satellite-based, but all are available to be viewed on your personal computer, without the hassle and monthly expense of cable or conventional satellite tv.
Most personal computers that are running Windows XP and Vista operating systems can take advantage of free to air satellite tv, as the software needed to view the channels, MPEG-2 (Motion Picture Experts Group - 2, a compression standard for digital television) encoding is included in the software bundle that came with each of these operating systems at no extra cost.
Of course, with this technology, the sound is high quality (hope you have a high-end sound system that you can connect to your computer), and the streaming video bandwidth is condensed up to an aspect ratio of up to 55 to one. Unlike most cable and conventional satellite pay-per-view systems, the feed is unencrypted! What does all this technical jargon mean to the free to air satellite tv viewer? It means that you can view over 6,000 online channels of high-quality video and audio from around the world, without paying a dime for the pleasure.
What kinds of programs are available to free to air satellite tv viewers? Here are just a few of the possibilities;
*Lost
*Desperate Housewives
*Alias
*Grey's Anatomy
*Commander In Chief
*Bones
*'til Death
And, don't forget movies!
*Alone in the Dark II
*Andromeda Strain (2008)
*A Raisin in the Sun
*The Bank Job
*Conspiracy
And, NBC, ABC, CBS, the BBC and hundreds of other mainstream tv networks are broadcasting more and more of their popular sitcoms and news shows because that is where viewership is growing by leaps and bounds.
