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Watching tv on pc advise please

Chr15_2
Chr15_2 Posts: 301 Forumite
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I'm a great fan of US channels in particular and have been told that there are ways of viewing world channels on a computer. I thought I'd ask if anyone has any advise about the best way to do it, is there some USB type thing? Thanks

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  • Spank
    Spank Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    No you just have to find them, This http://www.cucirca.com/ site allows you yout to watch 72 mins ago (there are others). I don't know about routers (as I have a DSL Modem), but I have dynamic I.P so just disconnect from internet & clear history & reconnect.
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    cucirca.com isn't a legal way to watch TV. You won't be able to watch any mainstream US channels here, legally.
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • http://www.atdhe.net/terms.html is another site.

    David
  • Chr15_2
    Chr15_2 Posts: 301 Forumite
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    cucirca.com isn't a legal way to watch TV. You won't be able to watch any mainstream US channels here, legally.

    Thanks IS there a legal way of doing it?
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    Also not legal.
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    edited 7 July 2010 at 8:57PM
    Chr15 wrote: »
    Thanks IS there a legal way of doing it?

    The channels don't have the rights to broadcast it outside the US, so nope.

    The UK channels buy the rights, and they're the only ones with the rights in the UK. No websites etc can legally broadcast it to you.

    You just have to wait until they air here, or are available on DVD, or one of the legal catchup services like iplayer. There's a fairly new site started in the UK selling episodes, but the name of it escapes me right now.


    edit: got it! http://www.blinkbox.com/TV

    edit 2: http://www.seesaw.com/ as well
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
  • Spank
    Spank Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    They might be breaking copy write laws by putting the show on line, it is not illegal to watch them.
  • weegie.geek
    weegie.geek Posts: 3,432 Forumite
    Split hairs if you like. I'm not even necessarily saying the OP shouldn't use those sites, we should all make our own minds up. But they should at least be informed that the sites are dodgy.

    Just be sure the sites you're using don't use P2P for their video streaming, or you'll be guilty of distributing pirated material.
    They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it
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