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How To Watch TV on Computer-Tips and Tricks

April 22, 2011 By Chris Leave a Comment

Article by Nic Roberts

How great would it be to be able to watch tv and surf the web at the same time? Over the last several years, computers have worked their way out of the office and into just about every aspect of our daily lives. here are some tips:

1)PC TV Tuners The most common way to get TV or other video on your PC may be to use a tuner specifically designed to interface with your PC.

2)The basic principle of a PC TV tuner is that you connect the device to your computer, and then you connect your cable or antenna television source to the device, just like you would connect to any typical TV.

3)There is an interface to turn just about any available connection on your PC into a TV source, including: PCI, USB, Cardbus, PCI Express, and FireWire. So, it doesn’t matter whether you have a desktop or laptop, or if you are running Windows, Linux, or a Mac.

4)All of the tuning is done with a combination of hardware and software, so quality will vary from one tuner to another based on the quality of the tuner components and the design of the application and drivers.

5)Higher-end cards will provide better video quality during live television playback, and in general will offer more options and capabilities when it comes to recording and saving programs to your hard drive.

6)Computer Monitor TV Tuners The device connects between your computer and monitor, and with a press of a button or click of a remote control you can switch between your computer display and your favorite TV show.

7)Watch TV Online Some of the major broadcast networks now have programs available online, such as CBS and their CBS Innertube originals.

I hope you have found these tips useful on how to watch tv on computer.

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Optimize Your Computer-Tips to Handle Blue Screen of Death

April 19, 2011 By Chris Leave a Comment

Article by arial

Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) is a disaster for most computer users. As a huge number of reasons can account for such problem, when suffered, users may feel distressed and do not how to deal with the blue screen. Though many users may choose to restart the computers, it can not really help you solve the problem completely. As I have done some researches on how to handle blue screen, here, some tips may help you so as to optimize the performance of your computer.

It is to optimize your registry. In most circumstances, if the registry is missing, broken or crammed with junks, it is vulnerable for your computer to blue screen. When it frequently appears blue screen, you should check and repair the registry immediately in case of greater loss.

If you have already backed up your registry, it is easy for you to restore the registry in your Windows 2000/XP. When starting your computer, press “F8″, and choose “Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)” and then press “Enter”. After that, your registry is restored to the last state that you succeed in starting your computer.

If not, it is urgent for you to backup your registry as soon as possible. Here is a tip for you to backup registry manually.Click “Start” > “Run”, type “regedit” to start Registry Editor, and then click “file” > “Export”. In the dialog box of “Export Registry File”, type “regedit” in the “File name”, and choose “Registration Files (*.reg) in “Save as type”. Then set “All” in the “Export range”, choose the position for restoring your folders and click “Save”. So, you can save your system registry.

However, if you find it is really tough to backup registry manually, your can click here to backup your registry in a rather easier way so as to protect your computer from blue screen.

 

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