Tuesday, July 08, 2008

How to Download TV Shows

By Davion W

Many individuals are baffled on how to download TV shows from the internet. There is a vast number of television shows out there that people may have missed and the opportunity to download them is just about equal. There are many websites that allow the downloading of videos, but some are restricted due to copyright. What other people can do if full download is not available is to do video streaming. People can also use Bit Torrent or TiVO when downloading. The most popular would be the paid download services.

A direct and rather easy way to download TV shows is through TiVO. You will need to go to TiVO's menu and play around with their Messages and Settings tab. Activate the Media Access Key and remember the number. This is the number you will use when you log into TiVO's website to download the TiVO desktop 2.3. Install it and use the Access Key when prompted.

From TiVO, there is an area called "Manage My Account". Go there and click on the DVR preferences. Check the box for "Allow Transfers Once". The installation by now should be complete and it is time to launch the desktop application. Remember to click on the "Pick Recordings To Transfer" button.

From there, select the program you are looking for and activate the "Start Transfer" button. The download can take a couple of hours. Close down all the running applications if you can as this will free up the PC resources for the download. Once the download is complete, click the "Now Playing" button and watch.

Sounds easy to download TV shows? Well, this is only one method. There are other methods to do so as well. On the internet, there are many websites that offer these in several media file formats with the most common ones as MOV, AVI, DIVX.

While it is convenient to find the television shows online, some websites are not legal so please exercise discretion in choosing a site to use. Other than that, you can also find products similar to Limewire to download. These are commonly called P2P, which are ideal for sharing shows that you find on other's computers with their permission.

As always, it is best advised to avoid downloading from dubious sources. Be sure to look and scrutinize each website carefully. When using P2P, the only security you can depend on is your own computer's security settings and the PC protection you have installed. Many sites are out to send viruses, adware and spyware to your computer to either spam you with advertisement popups or to spy on your surfing behavior. So, the golden rule is, do not download TV shows if the site is not a reputable one.

Other than TiVO, a good option these days is using a paid membership download site. It is not free but the fee you pay is probably less than $49 a month for unlimited TV shows and movies. At least you know for sure that you will not have any problem with insecured sites, virus-laden files, incomplete TV shows or even copyright issues.

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