How to Watch Live TV Channels With Football Games on PCs

With a TV tuner, you can watch the Sunday's game right on your computer.

Thanks to improvements in display technology and video and graphics cards, computers are more than capable of displaying your favorite TV shows. You can use a TV Tuner adapter to transform the feed from your TV service to a format that is compatible with your computer's hardware. Once the adapter is hooked up, the native utilities in the Windows operating system can handle displaying the live TV feed so you can watch the big game right on your computer.

Things You'll Need

• TV tuner adapter
• Coaxial cable

Instructions

1. Insert the TV tuner adapter into one of the USB ports on your computer.

2. Fasten one end of the coaxial cable to the RF outlet on your wall that is associated with your TV service, or into the "TV OUT" jack on the rear of your set-top box.

3. Connect the other side of the coaxial cable into the RF jack on the side of the TV tuner adapter.

4. Click "Start" and click "All Programs." Click the entry for "Windows Media Center." Scroll through the sources to "TV + Movies" and click "Live TV" to begin watching the feed from your TV service right on your computer.

Tips & Warnings

• Click the "Guide" button to select from among the available channels.

References

• Microsoft Windows: Watch TV in Windows Media Center
• MIcrosoft Windows: TV On Your Computer