Are you one of those people who are always traveling with their computer and has a lot of downtime? Do you enjoy watching TV but never have the opportunity? You are now able to turn your computer into a TV and watch some of the most popular TV shows online. This article will talk to you about the advantages when you watch TV on the computer.

Advantage 1- The first advantage is you no longer have to plan your life around watching TV. If there is a movie showing at 7 and that is when your favorite TV show is, miss the TV show because you can watch it online whenever you want. You have the advantage of watching your favorite shows whenever you want, which allows you to do more and possibly watch more than you have ever been able to.

Advantage 2- One of the biggest problems with watching TV is commercials. You are enjoying and getting involved into a TV show and then a commercial has to interrupt it. When you watch TV online, you do not erase commercials altogether; but, you are able to have fewer commercial breaks than if you were watching through the TV. You will typically have about five commercials of 30 seconds each, and your show will be about 15 minutes shorter for an hour TV show.

Advantage 3- Depending on the TV and computer you own, the picture quality may actually be better. If you do not own an HDTV but do own an LCD computer monitor, then you are probably going to experience a better quality picture watching through your computer then you ever have watching through a TV.

Advantage 4- The final, and maybe the most important advantage, is you are able to save money. Watching TV on your computer is free. You have access to almost every episode of today's hottest shows, on your computer, for free. If you wanted to, you could stop paying for cable or satellite and just enjoy your TV shows through your computer, which could save you hundreds a month.

From opening your schedule to saving money, there are many advantages to watching TV on your computer. Being able to watch TV on the computer has many advantages, four of which have been listed to you in this article. It does not matter what reason you have, there really is no excuse to not being enjoying all of your TV shows on your computer.