How to watch TV on your Computer for free! (Legally and illegally)

Hi,
In this short instructable I going to show you a compilation of my favorite legal and illegal methods of watching TV on your computer. You may be surprised of how many great tv shows you can watch on the internet for free totally legally. If you have any suggestions please feel free to leave me comment.

Step 1 Legal Method Number 1. Hulu

The first legal method and my personal favorite is Hulu. Hulu is a online web based service that allows you to many shows for free.Hulu has a wide verity of shows and movies ranging from BattleStar Galactica to Family Guy.
A Nice Feature of Hulu is that it has RSS feeds for each show.

Sadly Hulu is only available in the US currently (to my knowledge.)

Comments

[rdar]

hi I want to see Pakistani channels.What can i do?

[ivanjacob]

i dont know... in my country some tv providers have online tv

[dgurney1]

Hi other LEGAL methods would be to download the "readontv" player software which gives you well over 3000 channels direct to your PC free, live from al around the world. This piece of software is COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. True doing some GOOGLE SEARCHES for "readontv player" to find out where to download it from.

Also, for people who live within the United Kingdom, like myself, another good way to watch many live FREE TV CHANNELS ONLINE is to watch Freeview TV from a website called "tv catchup.com" You have to register your e-mail and create a password for this site, BUT this is all TOTALLY FREE, and watching CHANNELS here is TOTALLY FREE also.

There is yet ANOTHER FREE PC TV PLAYER I found recently which you need to DOWNLOAD YOURSELF FIRST FOR FREE. This is called. "mytvpal player", but once installed ALSO enables you to watch PC TV ONLINE completely free.

I hope I've helped some people out there who weren't too sure how to watch multi-channels via there PC totally for FREE? :)

[static]

Last time I log onto the Fancast, Hulu have less free content then they had in the past.

[dlym2302]

Here's the thing, there is not way to actually watch all of the shows you want unless you do it illegally. I know most people won't actually want to do it illegally so the best ways to actually get tons of shows and channels is to buy something. Sorry but its true. I have a program on my computer that gets like 3000 channels and it's very cheap for a one time fee. Check it out.

http://www.cbae.net/a/xcnb2602_vajqkou

[erattray]

Do any videos work outside of US?

[tracey158]

I would like to watch UK TV on my PC for free and movies, can u help

[dorristhecow]

My favorite program in the world lets me watch all the pay tv channels, over 3000 channels, from around the world on my laptop for free. The best investment I ever made. Stuff paying for tv when you can watch it all for free. lol
If anyone is interested here is the program I use: http://www.watchtvchannelonline.com/

[ducktape.mac]

YAY!!!!! thanks a ton man.

[liyideng]

www.tvunetworks.com


Try this one,! if it doesn't work mail me [e-mail]



FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! American chennels !!!!!!!!!

[pearson530]

I wouldn't trust these links. Buttermouth is filled with viruses and firefox blocks it.

[Encomb]

I live in Canada and I watch Hulu by using Hotspot shield
I can access content I couldn't otherwise get
Hope that helps people outside the US

[dorristhecow]

I found this great software. Works a treat for me. Tried it in Australia, SE Asia, Europe and in the US when I travelled and also works great. Check it out: http://www.watchtvchannelonline.com

[soldering iron]

There are also many software that can help you to watch television on pc

[yellowcatt]

Another torrent site that has a good selection of shows is The Pirate Bay
http://thepiratebay.org/tv

[Galas]

Well, honestly, the best way to watch tv on your pc that i've found is on this website

www.watchonlinetvfrompc.com

It's not a free program, but it's not really costly for all you get and it work pretty good

[shantae]

To watch US TV legally outside the US the only solution I can find is

www.mytv2me.com

Reason it is legal is because you have your own TV subscription which you are accessing remotely using a hosted slingbox

[dakotaht]

the first picture is so from hulu

[joejoerowley]

You are so right.

[Robert L]

The US Office is the greatest show on television EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joejoerowley]

I must concur!

[TVGuy]

A lot of the networks have started streaming their shows, but most have interfaces that I don't like, I think HULU is the best. -tv guy www.iWatchItOnline.com

[must invent]

On the intro step, I clicked and clicked and clicked and clicked! Oops, It was an image! LOL!

[Saturn V]

Me Too!!!!
I can't beleve I fell for it!!!!!

[acidbass]

 awesome trying it immediately

[hamdifaraj]

it is very nice . thanks ...

[marryjonthan]

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[tanyav23]

thank you,very helpful to it all.

[goodshow]

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http://softjohn.com/tv_on_pc/pctv.html

[jkoznek]

I did not read the other replies but Winamp offers a video/tv streamer. It shows movies and cartoons like family guy. There is also porn on there for those who are inclined.

[tubocurarine-D]

try out project free tv they have loads of stuff

[joejoerowley]

Thanks for the tip and sorry for the delay. ~Joe

[celticmoon]

Having a heck of a time downloading, could it be due to Windows Vista? All sites just keep saying "loading video". Thanks in advance!

[joejoerowley]

I'm not sure. check to see if your ports are forwarded on your router correctly... Sorry for the delay. ~Joe

[winful]

why is it that I can't see the whole blurb for each step?

[munya98]

nice

[Warlrosity]

Thats not abc...?

[ferrari484]

Or Azereus

[6843churchillrdlangley703]

easy as taking a...................

[blodefood]

On the legal means of viewing: Hulu doesn't work because you have to be inside the US. Fancast just sits there loading. Joost errors out. ABC, CBS and NBC are only available in the US.

So, to make this instructable more accurate, it should state somewhere in the beginning that this is for users in the US only. It means that if someone from another country wants to make an instructable on the same topic, there would be little duplication if any.

In Canada, try CBC, CTV, Global, TVO, CPAC, SRC, RDI, TVA, Showcase, etc.