We've all seen the adverts: Get 2000 TV Channels Free on Your PC! You may have even seen the websites, promising unlimited viewing of television channels from around the world. No more satellite dish, no more cable subscription, all the entertainment you could possibly want just a click away, on your computer and, of course, for free.

Well, almost free, as in order to join this internet TV revolution you just need to pay a one-off fee to get a fantastic piece of software that gives you access to all those channels. This can cost anywhere from about $49 up to $129 or so. Seems too good to be true? So where's the catch?

Like so many things on the internet this is not so much a scam as playing on people's ignorance. This software does, indeed, do what it claims. What the sellers don't tell you is that you can get he same service absolutely free!

The software for sale at these 'Satellite TV on your PC' sites do just two simple things. Firstly, they give you links to existing free streamed TV channels. There are thousands of legitimate TV stations that have internet feeds and these can easily be accessed for free from a number of internet TV websites. Absolutely no need for an extra piece of software. All you need to do is bookmark existing internet TV websites, such as WorldTVPC. You can search for others.

The second thing that these TV-on-your-PC sites do is search for individual programmes from existing P2P services. If you want to watch an episode of your favourite soap or comedy or sci-fi series, it will search file sharing networks such as LimeWire and others. You will still need to download and install each P2P software so, yet again, all you would be paying for is an extra interface level.

In short, the 'Satellite TV on your PC' software does nothing that you cannot already do. If you're really interested in watching TV on your computer then just bookmark existing streamed TV channels and look through what is on offer. And if you really want to download individual programmes then the P2P file sharing networks are the places to go.

All for free!

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