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watching tv on my iMac

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zoran

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whats is the most minimalistic but best quality way to watch tv channels on my iMac, signal will be coming from a TV antenna cable
 
depends on the country one lives, and can u see it live?
 
I don't know what it's like in America but in the uk pretty much all the main tv channels like BBC, itv, sky and channel 4 offer tv shows live and anytime. And of course there's sneakier ways of watching programs that aren't shown online by their broadcasters, like tv blinx for example.
 
mad-jamie16 said:
Have you considered watching tv online? now a days you can get pretty much every show online.
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if you can go to the hulu website and use there website to watch tv through the download through the internet cable company ..i get one of shows from down under one is called sea partol and along with the couple of my fav bbc shows i like on the hulu channel ..

i basic wait intill my days off and download them one after the another and watch them on the computer screen ..the only thing i do not like about the whole set up is the speed in which i have to get from the cable company ..

i had to go to the fastest speeds they had to be able to download the tv show and watch them ..
 
Slingbox.

Connects to your cable box and home network, and you can access live local TV from your computer or phone anywhere in the US.

One of the coolest things I own.
 
EyeTV works well, it's what I use on my HTPC (so I use it fairly heavily). It's not perfect, especially in my scenario (where the wife gets pretty pissed when the program randomly locks up and doesn't tape the Biggest Loser), but on the whole I like it. I think the last couple builds have included a fair amount of backend changes which have led to a some instability that have required more frequent updates than usual, but on the whole I'm satisfied with the product.
 
mad-jamie16 said:
I don't know what it's like in America but in the uk pretty much all the main tv channels like BBC, itv, sky and channel 4 offer tv shows live and anytime. And of course there's sneakier ways of watching programs that aren't shown online by their broadcasters, like tv blinx for example.
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in the uk, you can just use http://www.tvcatchup.com/ and... it's perfectly legal

people try to sell you "Online TV" on ebay, and TV on your phone/iphone/ipad, and all they are providing when you pay them is a link to tvcatchup.com
 
I use the EyeTV DTT stick. With a USB extension cable out the back of my iMac the stick itself sits inconspicuously behind furniture, and provides around 40-odd TV channels. It's a shame they don't currently offer an HD version for DVB-T2, but apparently they are working on it now that someone has released a low-power chipset.
 
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