So can you watch proper live telly on the internet?

[DaddyCool]

i'm lowtech.

i saw an advert on the telly last night which advertised a toshiba laptop and they mentioned "watch live telly" soooo... can you actually do this? Can anyone direct me to a sight with info or where you sign up? Is it real telly where you can flip channels and watch things in real time?

And..

If i travelled/moved abroad, would i simply be able to open the laptop and start watching UK telly? (maybe for a charge)

site even! dumb-itus setting in.

ok. all the young whippersnappers in the office here have told me you can. can anyone direct me to a good site for this?

i'm off to meeting. if i don't get any responses whilst i'm away, there will be hell to pay

Sorry DaddyCool i cant help you with this,alas the only live telly i found on the computer on a bit of a snoop was darling boyfriends porn!!

DH is asleep - sure he'd know

I've actually got something put in my pc that allows me to use the screen as a tv,so can watch BBC1,2,ITV,C4 and C5.Not sure if this is what you mean though.

you all suck . i'm afraid there will be hell to pay (now... how do i pay out hell?...)

nope. i'm trying find a facility where that i could just open the laptop abroad, log into the site and watch a full range of UK TV.

For instance, i would like to go to say, the sky site, log in using a password under a paid subscription and watch tv and channel hop just as I would a normal telly, through a high speed broadband connection.

Is this a reality do you think?

Think you're dreaming DC

Unless someone else knows different??

Wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't happen soon tho but I bet it'd be expensive

is this any help?

Ok my knowledge on this is sketchy so forgive me any mistooks.
Yes it is possible.
I believe the newest version of windows, Windows Media Centre is specifically designed to do just that. As for sites, well, there might not be any yet but there will be, and you can expect the major media corps, sky/bbc/itv etc to run some kind of subscription service soon.

more here

that's excellent. thank you.

so, this isn't a complete reality yet. the site iota provided lists websites according to country which do provide some feeds which are specific to a tv channel (most obscure ones). but it's interesting and i'll have a play with it.

CarlK's info seems to say it all and answer my question. not a reality but watch this space because it's bound to happen, i guess.

we can watch TV through the PC.
We have like afreeview card in it so we can watch all the channels.
Hardly ever use it though, except for recording and putting on to DVD.

but can you use it abroad, away from your sat connection or cable?.. and flick channels just as you would a normal telly?

do you get all the big channels like BBC 1 2, ITV, ch4 and sky1?

Don't know about abroad.
Yes, you get all the channels that you'd get with Freeview, inc BBC etc.
I flick through the channels as you'd normally do, it is just like TV but on the PC. We got it mainly to record onto DVD. Think it gets recorded onto the harddrive, then put onto DVD. I know that SIL in LA is able to download whatever we record, from our PC. We record Eastenders for her and she downloads it.

DH thinks u need a tv card, works as an antena??

I've got a tv card but need an aerial to watch the programmes.Might just be because my pc is a couple of years old,though.

You wont be able to get channels which you pay a tv licence / monthly fee for (BBC1&2 / SKY 1 etc) without a TV card

However a quick Google and I have come up with these DC ... most (if not all) you will have to pay a one off fee to use the software and I don't know just how many / what channels you would get, but still might be worth a look...

here

here

here

and here