Site Devices

You might be a football fan, a movie buff, or non-English speaker who is missing watching channels in his/her native language – you think of an opportunity to watch live satellite TV of your choice as a God-send. Well, probably, you are not aware of the news, but the technology did make it happen – now you can watch thousands of live satellite TV channels, including ones that are not available anywhere in North America, even with the biggest paid satellite and cable TV providers!

What is even better – you can watch live satellite TV anywhere as long as you have a PC or laptop and an Internet connection available. In the office or while traveling – now you don’t have to sacrifice your favorite game and miss serial episodes. You can enjoy watching movies 24/7 and forget about pay-per-view mode.

Expand your outlook and watch all sorts of channels from all over the globe – both in English and local languages. The latest revolutionary product called satellite TV for PC software has made many dreams come true.

Of course, speaking about options to watch live satellite TV on computer (which means mobility and convenience), the software is not the only method. Free satellite TV streaming websites make a good alternative if you have found what you need in the very limited number of channels they provide.

Unfortunately, a slow streaming speed is a frequent complaint from the users. Other online satellite TV providers charge a monthly or per-view fee, which may be cheaper than what you would pay to your regular satellite TV company, but still quite a costly option. Read the rest of this entry »

read comments (0)

As Hamza Malik says, technology is evolving at a rapid pace. With new products, or better versions of older products being released every year, older products are rendered useless. Every household has an assortment of ‘outdated’ technology. Technology left unused for years, covered with layers of dust.

But often the usefulness of these ‘outdated’ products is only limited by our creativity and willingness to experiment.

I recently noticed an old Sony stereo system, and an old Dell Pentium III desktop lying around the house. At first I though about disposing of these, but then I thought better. I ended up with a setup that allows me to remotely play music on the stereo system using any device with wi-fi and a browser, whether it be a desktop, laptop, Palm Pilot, HP iPAQ, or a cell phone.

How it basically works:

The Dell computer, which is connected to the stereo system, acts as a server on the LAN. Other devices on the LAN can either stream songs to the server, or remotely access the server and launch locally stored songs on it.

The following explains how I accomplished this setup. It assumes that you already know how to setup a wireless router.

The following hardware was used:

• - Sony Stereo System
• - Old Dell CPU (500 MHZ Pentium III, 128 MB Ram, 6 GB Hard Drive)
• - A Y cable (male stereo 1/8-inch plug to two male RCA plugs)
• - An Ethernet cable
• - Speedtouch wireless router
• - Monitor
• - Keyboard
• - Mouse

Note: The monitor and mouse is only required when the computer is being set up. Once the software has been installed and correctly configured, the computer only needs a keyboard attached to it to boot up. If a laptop is being used as the server instead, the extra hardware is not needed. Read the rest of this entry »

read comments (0)