How Can I Watch NFL Games on My Computer?

Whether you own a laptop or a desktop PC, it is probable to send cable or satellite television signal to PC without much cost and some technical knowledge about PCs. The advantages of being able to watch television from PC are apparent but there is an extra advantage after a TV signal feeds through PC, you can utilize it as a temporary video recording device with digital video recording (DVR) software.

TV Tuner Cards for Desktops

1. TV Tuner cards, price around $80, are available for desktop PCs. The TV tuner card can work also to any upgraded graphics card, or as an alternate card, based on the model. These tuner cards install in tower in an available PCI or PCI E slot. Driver disks for tuner card come with device, creating installation a snap. After card is installed, attach TV cable or satellite coaxial cable to coaxial cable "in" port. If TV tuner came with a remote control unit and a sensor, attach sensor as initiated. Connect any sound cables into proper port on sound card.
TV Tuner Cards for Laptops

2. Tuner cards are available for laptop PCs for $80 to $100. Put one of these tuner cards into a free PCMCIA port on laptop and install the drivers.
Configuring the Device

3. After tuner card installed, generally you must organize card to recognize type
of TV signal. If you have regular cable TV service, this procedure is easy. In many conditions, when you first turn on tuner card, you are asked to set pass-through channel, which in many cable systems is either Channel 3 or Channel 4. For satellite dish systems, you must "scan" channels to locate pass-through channel. On Dish networks, e.g. pass-through channel is generally either Channel 3 or Channel 61. You can also organize graphic resolution on screen with sound levels.
Changing Channels

4. The remote control for tuner card enables to bring in all channels available to you by regular cable service. Utilize the satellite remote control unit that came with dish service to modify the channels on PC. If satellite feed line to PC connects to a satellite receiver box, and this is a shared box and line with other television, you face clashes. When other TV viewer modifies channel with their satellite remote, channel you are watching on TV will change also. The only way to avoid this is to have a separate receiver box installed for PC.
DVR Software

5. Few tuner cards come with integral software for scheduling and recording TV
programs to hard drive. You can buy DVR software at retail stores or download it directly. Ensure that you have much free disk space on drive to contain recorded TV shows. Install a bigger hard drive, a secondary hard drive for DVR storage, or utilize a USB external hard drive for added storage.