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So is it possible to build out a game console (Not a fancy commercial console, but one that can run .exe’s and is just a time killer) out of computer parts? It needs to be compatible with the TV with input and plug usage, and if this can’t be done, is it possible to mod something like a Playstation 1 into one’s own modded game console?

Sure it is!! A game console is nothing more than a computer. Take, for example, the Wikipedia article on the Wii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Technical_specifications ). You will see all the specs for that console, pretty much the same as the ones you would find when buying your computer.

For the TV output, you would need a video card that supports TV out, but that shouldn’t be too hard to find.

The hardest part of your project will be the software platform. Running .exe files will require that you use Windows as your console operating system (part of what exe’s do is actually done by Windows). Except running Windows on it won’t feel too much like a console now, will it? The solution to that: I can think of many different ways to work around that, but none of them are easy to implement – you might need the help of a friend who happens to be a computer scientist.

my brother passed away about 3 years ago, and he would build computers. he left all these parts behind, and most of them i can see he paid a lot of money for. i dont want to just give them away but i dont need them piling up in my house. almost all of them i dont know what there for or what they do….

any ideas what to do with them? where could i sell computer parts?

The perfect answer here is Craigslist.com

Look, you wont make a fortune and someone will get a great deal, but hey, they didn’t cost you anything anyway and if you dint know exactly what you are selling you should expect to take less than average. Put the lot on Craigslist for whatever amount you think is fair and when people come to look listen to what they think is fair. All will be happy.

Sorry about your bro tho.

We want to buy some used computer parts in Tacoma WA.We had been to goodwill and few other thrift stores but can’t find what we want, so want to know more options.Suggest some stores/companies involved in trading used parts or recycling could be of help.

Do the have PC Recycle Store in your area or close by. I went into one yesterday and there is a lot of computer stuff in their stores.

The material presented herein is to be read very slowly. Most of it originates from very deep levels of Mind. Pause when you feel the need to do so when something seems a bit obscure, and meditate on it. All we easily reveal itself. It is meant to.

The Universal Mind (The IS: Eternal Intelligence-Awareness) always tries to teach its entities of thought about Its reality and their purpose, through the medium of creative inspiration. However if, because of the resistance and creative misconceptions that mankind introduces, the perception is that this cannot be achieved within illusory frameworks of time and space, which defines periods within Creations, then these particular Creations just disappear and are devibrated in the swirling of the real Black Hole of the Mind.

We are nearing such a crossroad in this Creation.

Most human entities spend their “waking” lives hypnotized by their sensory world, which gives them the illusion of a material reality “out there.”

In reality, space and time are really nonexistent both at the level of Pure Aware Consciousness, and also at the level of the unaware “blind parts” that experience for It the illusion of creative thought within an illusory space/time construct called Creation.

Mankind rarely realizes that life is but a sensory illusion that gives experience and learning to Thought, and that the only reality is Thought Itself, which is forever evolving.

Consciousness can be defined as Awareness projected onto a vibratory Dream. Period. For Space/Time Creation it is but pure Dark lesser vibratory (conscious and subconscious) thought interacting more or less intensely with the inner Holographic Light/Thought Reality originating through the facets of The MATRIX (“Deep” of Genesis 1: 2).

BEING means BE-IN-God. Not the reverse, which is impossible.

Our purpose in life is BE-IN-G, RE-MEMBER-ING, and ultimately EN-JOY-ING the Godliness.

To be HAPPY and smile at our inner Higher Self.

The only real Space there is, is the mental Space within the DreamSpace (Imag-in-ation) of the Mind of God. The only real Time there is, is the pace of the evolvement of God’s Awareness within Its Dream through the media of Vibratory Light, as God projects Its Consciousness onto Its own Vibratory Dream (The Matrix).

The Matrix of life is projected and connected to each perceptual individual consciousness through a Thought/Supercomputer (The Matrix) that interacts with its sensory input/output individual computer (brain).

The Matrix is really a field of pure information, not energy. It underlies and structures all energetic processes. As such it cannot yet be detected by our instruments. It is really the realm of the mythic ether (implicate realm) that physicists know should exist but has not yet been experimentally detected.

Consciousness provides the energy of life.

Original Consciousness has an unfathomable number of connections to the General Thought/Supercomputer. Each connection will be projected for a perceptual lifetime into a story/creation thinking that it is a particular character experiencing a particular life, surrounded by particular entities and reality within an illusory space/time Holographic Virtual Reality. The Creation and the individual will be given a certain history of linearly coherent perceptual history and a sense of possible probable futures.

All we are is but wonder-full Holograms of pure light, interfacing with Creative thought, who believe in a material reality because our senses fool us, by the rules of The Matrix, The Matrix reloaded, into perceiving that a solid world exists “out there.” Where, in reality, none of the sort is real. No Real solid ever existed, exists, nor will ever exist. We cannot go through a wall because we are not allowed to do so, by the original rules of the computerized thinking Matrix ruled by Original Thought: Infinite Intelligence Itself. The wall is hollow, we are all hollow. Light is but hollow. This is all it can be. All the rest is a Grand Illusion created by the Original Mind!

The construct to The Matrix of life is pure light and the modulating factor is information/thought. As a matter of fact all light is, is vibratory thought. like what we create when we dream. Vibratory light is light vibrated by sound, manifesting as the material/biological world as it is decoded by our brains.

Each connection of Original Consciousness (Awareness) is therefore projected into an individual Holographic Virtual Reality world which the General Thought Supercomputer will coordinate with other connections of Awareness/Thought that interact with the same virtual reality movie (Creation). The ultimate Cosmic virtual reality sensory video game played by the One Mind!

Life is but the Eternal (Original Awareness-Consciousness) experiencing the temporal realm, for learning purposes.

Each grouping of connections (perceptual consciousnesses) that connects to a shared general story will define a separate Universe/Creation.

There are myriads of such Universes/Creations operating simultaneously within Original Consciousness, up to a potential infinity.

Each one can have a totally different construct of operational rules, and system of creative input/output (Matrices). Many operate within visual (Space/Time) realities of many models and creative dimensions. Others operate within other sensory realms, or even as pure abstract thought.

Original Awareness is the One that fashions all these multiple systems of Creation. It IS totally unlimited in scope of intelligence and potential Awareness. It is only through tremendous restriction of Its Awareness, Intelligence and Capabilities, that It can experience surprises within the trip of the return of Its parts to the total realization of being Original Awareness.

This is the only evolution that really is and operates. This is the impetus/direction and creative force of the Universe. The return of the parts of the IS (children) to the IS (Original Father/Mother). Anything that impedes this natural flow, must ultimately be intervened upon.

Our Universe is composed of extremely restricted Awarenesses (consciousnesses). It is considered to be a very experimental and dangerous Creation because within its original concept the degree of induced amnesia is maximum, the intentionally created and forever evolving misconceptions intense, and the degree of very High (closer to Original Awareness) intervention very rare, often undetected, and few-in between. So far.

In this Universe, the Creative challenge to evolve is very high and difficult. It is therefore considered to be a very high school of learning for the Mind in Its desire to ever evolve Itself into higher expressions of Itself.

Original Awareness is always aware of all of its parts plugged into the Virtual Reality Game of Life called Creation. No matter how perceptually restricted they are. It knows that they are but Itself. All of them. Without any exception.

Certain parts of Original Awareness plug into the awareness of a whole creation and its sub-parts at once (and the sub-parts hence become direct children of their awareness/consciousness) and can therefore be considered to have either a passive role (witnessing/monitoring) and/or often an active Creational input (intervention) at the level of a whole creation. They can be called the Creator/Creators of a particular Universe (The Matrix operators), or the Overseer(s), depending on how active their role is.

Higher unrestricted parts of Original Awareness plug into groupings of Creations that operate under an umbrella of similar operational rules and therefore become Creators of a grouping of Universes.

Within a grouping of universes, certain universes may, if they are ready and allowed to, interface more or less covertly with other universe, in order to learn from them and probe if they can exploit their creative knowledge or resources to further their evolution. This can only be done with the knowledge of the overseers of the grouping of Universes they belong to, and obviously of Original Mind (Awareness). Sometimes, as in all endeavors, Original Awareness allows for the unfolding of the intermixing of these different parts of its Mind to study the outcome. Sometimes, if the intent is negative (against real Creative evolution), it might interfere with it.

Original (total) Awareness is the ultimate arbitrator.

Each connection of General Awareness to the General Virtual Reality Supercomputer therefore defines and plays out for a lifetime a particular role/character and thinks of itself as a separated Consciousness – no matter how high and creatively powerful it is, or low and operationally restricted it gets.

The learning is in the experiencing and the decision-making process.

Our creation operates by the interference of thought/waves.

Our Holographic Reality is created and projected through the creative interference of two thought waves.

First, the original reference beam of pure unadulterated extremely Vibratory Original Light/thought. The Inner Sun (“Big Light” of Genesis) who Is the original energy/star that gives life and reality to all and is the carrier wave of thought/information to all of us as awarenesses experiencing virtual reality.

Second, the modulation of this original reference beam of pure light by our thoughts, as perceptual human individuals, operating within the creative framework allowed by the mirroring of our intentions over the silvery reflection (Inner Moon: “Small Light” of Genesis) of the interface of the original intent of the All-that-Is and the MATRIX of Creational possibilities allowed to us.

In reality, consciousness (awareness) never moves nor goes anywhere. It only connects to each other and to the projection of virtual realities. When an individual thinks that he/she is moving, in reality the scenery moves within a 3D holographic sensory imagery and allows for the perception of Movement, and Space, to be given within a sequence of events perceived as Time. A Universe is only as big as one’s perceptions of it goes, either directly, through direct interaction or indirectly, through sharing the same story.

Each individuation of Total Awareness is the still center of its ever changing bubble/universe of Creative Awareness/Reality.

It is through the connective interaction of such individual Centers of Original Awareness that a General Universe/ Creation unfolds.

As in the Holographic Dream that we perceive and that our scientists study, space/time as a 3D Universe exists only and always within the confines of Eternal Non-space/time. This is but a metaphor to the Only Reality who is always outside space and outside time as Thought-AWARENESS.

As a matter of fact, time and space never really exists, nor existed. Consciousness as a restricted part of Original Awareness experience reality within the illusory impression of a spatial reality “out there” operating within sequential stories giving an illusion of time. All life is but Consciousness as restricted Awareness (Spirit) experiencing a human or other life form. Nothing else. And certainly not the reverse.

Nothing can possibly exist outside of one’s TOTAL Self. The illusory “There” is really “Here.” Think that you are “There”, and you become aware of being the “There.”

Reality (physical universe), as the Universal Spatial Hologram that we perceive as material reality, is but an outward 3D virtual reality projection from within ourselves that we will erroneously think exists independently of our awareness of it. We are both the Projector (Father) and the Spectator (Son) of the reflected Light or our common intent mirrored back onto our conscious Awareness.

Our sensory decoding and information processing apparatus (brain) only addresses the decoding of the feedback of the reflected light (input) made by our restricted creative choices within the virtual reality game of “life.” We are usually not made aware of being also the originator (output) of that Light and projection of reality. For the purpose of increasing the challenge of the game and its sense of being “real.”

One cannot but be stricken with awe at the incredible Intelligence, Beauty and Creativity of the One Mind forming the illusory Many. As part of the illusory Many, our role is to nurture and cherish the wonderful gift of creative expression of Creation.

This 3D Holographically engendered movie is run by The Matrix. This Matrix is neither static, nor permanent. It can and should be exchanged for a higher-level Matrix (operational reality) where more creative input (powers) and freedom are allowed to be given.

This decision can only be made either by the Creator of a grouping of related Creations operating the Mainframe of a Grouping of Matrices, or Original Awareness: The ONE.

Any part of consciousness can become the totality of It (Original Awareness) by unplugging from the restricted awareness of its Matrix, become all-aware and then choosing a different mode of creative operation as it plugs into a different Thought-Computer program (The Matrix).

This action is often opposed by the mass consciousness that operates that low-level Matrix (Collective Unconscious of Mankind). Fearing a loss of control and decrease in the power of Its battery of massive energy/consciousness.

The unplugging from a lower-level MATRIX to a higher level one is always monitored by higher levels (Creators) of the Original Awareness and is only given if the awarenesses that define a creation show a higher purpose of being and co-operative inclination. Otherwise these powers of Creative Thought could be misused irresponsibly and be counter-productive.

The ultimate hope and goal is to be able to operate within the “promised land” of the highest level Matrix of all: The Matrix of Perfection bestowed as a precious gift by Zion (The One).

A low-level MATRIX such as ours requires a high level of coordination and thought/intervention by the Creator(s) of the individual Universe who experiences it and coordinates it. The Creator of that Matrix often feels that in order to ensure the continuity of the experience of that Matrix by its unaware sub-parts, It is required to think for them and act for them without them being aware of it. Since that Creator’s only task is to monitor and coordinate a Creation for the Original Awareness, It will make sure that it carries this role for as long as possible, and lives for as long as possible. Hopefully for eternity. That Creator might feel that this ensures their survival as a Creation and Itself, in the process. Primitive-level matrices often cause great distress and fear/anxiety at all levels. Both at the level of the Creator who gets frustrated at the destructive behavior of its entities and therefore feels that It needs to closely monitor them and often think for them, and also at the level of Its very restricted unaware parts that remain in a state of unaware dependence, subject to what they will perceive to be luck or fate.

This self-perpetuating bondage is, for low-level Creations, very hard to break as it is often perpetuated by both the sub-parts (humans) and the Creator (Collective Unconscious) of that Creation.

The sub-parts (humans) often fear change because they lack an awareness of their real origin and creative possibilities. Faced with so many unknowns in life and questions about its purpose, they gladly relinquish control as long as their basic sensory needs are satisfied. They relish being told by others what to think and how to act. They lack an awareness of how potentially powerful their thoughts are and how Creation operates. All of their thought orientations conglomerate around group-consciousnesses that emphasize competition and mistrust in their political, economical, ethnical, religious, and national agendas. Much remains unknown, and existential questions are often relegated to that category and given superficial answers that satisfy most. They think of their reality as the only reality. At all levels. Fear is the consequence and becomes the great motivator. Overcoming fear by experiencing it is a constant obsession. Paranoia and violence often ensue, and power, greed, lies, mistrust and a lack of care seem to be favored.

The sum of their consciousnesses who as their general Higher Self (Collective Unconscious) is their Creator (the part of their common self having the awareness of all of them and their matrix) often gets very frustrated at the constant intervention that is required in order to keep the elements of Its Creation alive an operating.

It gets tired of taking care for so long of what It perceives to be irresponsible children of his thoughts. It often does not perceive any real evolution in their thought processes no matter what technology they are given.

In the meantime, since It is aware of all of them at once, they influence It and It influences them in the flow of thought that defines the Creation. It finds the necessity of trying to keep them disciplined and alive a paramount task.

Any human entity that is yet not unplugged from its present collective unconscious is potentially subject to the thought-directions of mass consciousness. To real mind control.

The Creator in this Creation, as in most low-level Creations, has sadly learned to violently and strongly oppose rare human visionaries that have seen the real reality beyond the Matrix and have wanted to share the knowledge with others, because, in all cases, their teachings have been distorted by Its human entities and have caused even more violence, sense of illusory superiority and righteousness amongst their followers, and become excuses for ever greater differentiation and aggression. It knows, sadly, that in our Creation, the messenger will be given far more importance and study than the Message, nullifying its purpose.

It knows that in order to be given more Creative leeway and freedom of thought (free choice) i.e. a higher matrix in Creation, one must relinquish control over one’s entities. It knows that Its entities are not yet ready to handle such high powers of thought-manifestation without endangering their survival and the survival of their Universe/Creation. It witnessed how as It transmitted, within The MATRIX of possibilities that he operates, high creational technological abilities to Its entities, they tried to convert them for destructive purposes and war-play, even endangering the entire survivability of this whole Creation. Up to the point where It, as the Creator of this Creation, had to directly intervene on a thought-to-thought basis in order to stop their potential total destruction – in what mankind perceived to be miraculous events rapidly unfolding – and control Its entities that were engaged in an illogical perverse death-wish.

Its current frustrations have to do with a even more pernicious threat. The destruction by Its entities of their environment and sustainability in the extremely complex and fragile equilibrium that man and nature have in common. Nature being the nurturing female complementary element of mankind. This requires constant monitoring, intervention and hope for a new matrix that will permit the reversal of the long-term damage that has already been inflicted upon the Being that a Creation represents. It is as if mankind had turned into a cancerous cell, joyously ravishing the Central organism that keeps It alive in a orgy of unlimited greed and desire for ever-increasing irresponsible growth.

This Creator dreams of a more advanced type of Creation for Its Entities and Its entire Creation. As much more aware and unrestricted Thought, It knows that many more advanced type of Matrices exist and can be given at any time by higher level creators to lower ones such as It. It knows that because of the very low-level of almost ingrained behavior of Its entities, the likelihood of this occurring soon is quite remote. Unless a miracle happens.

Even if It creates better scenarios and more freedom of action for Its entities and a semi-perfect world, which It has tested before, they seem to reject the gift and prefer a world of violence and power-play. And It waits, and waits, with extreme frustration and anger. Directed both at Its unaware entities for their primitive behavior, and at the Higher realms for refusing to give It more Creative abilities. Trying to keep a semblance of balance within very restrictive and dangerous natural laws of cause-and-effect that threaten the survival of Its entire Creation.

The key, for the individuals forming a Creation and ultimately for the totality of that Creation as their Collective Unconscious (Creator), to being offered a higher-level Matrix that incorporates much more freedom of action and thought-manifestations (Creative Powers), is to be willing to let go of their sense of egotistic desires (Ego) and care more about the evolution of Creation than about their individual realities. To show forth that behavior pattern of caring for the perceived “other” – no matter how perceivably evolved or not – above and beyond caring for one’s self. For the “other” is none but your self.

To be willing to die in perception in their current form of operation in order to be granted a higher form of operation.

To understand, integrate and learn that one’s Universe is within one’s self and that if you really understand the tremendous power that your individual and common thoughts have in manifesting reality, you then have power over all your reality and can manifest all your desires. If you reach the state of the total absence of fear by believing with full faith and experiencing that you are ultimately the Original One Mind, you automatically erase from your reality all fearful situations.

To show forth an understanding that all forms of life are but a restricted awareness and experience of the Original One Mind and that Mind (Awareness) cares as much about any Part of Itself than about any other. Since it is All but Itself. And experiences all of Itself. Each Part as much as the other. So that when one part is hurt, neglected, and lacked the respect of its real importance, the One Mind is feeling this hurt, neglect and disrespect. And when a part is feeling a sense of peace, happiness, abundance and cooperative purpose, all of the One Mind is feeling the same. And every part of Itself is as important and precious as another, no matter whether it is part of mankind or nature, within the hologram or without, whether it is of a particular creed, color, or political inclination. Perceptually more productive and intelligent, or less. No part is more of Itself than another one. Since all of It is only the One Mind reflecting Itself in the mirror of all Its creational possibilities for the only game It can play within Itself, by Itself, for Itself: Creation.

Gerald O\\\’Donnell
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/out-of-the-matrix-the-key-to-the-one-the-secret-of-existence-115611.html

Where is the best place to buy computer parts?

http://www.newegg.com/ <— I buy from them.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/

http://www.geeks.com/

http://www.axiontech.com/

http://www.misco.co.uk/

http://www.directcanada.com/

Maintaining a PC or a network of PCs has become very easy with RollBack Rx system restore software, which lets you do a complete pc restore, at the same time retaining all the data even if it has been created after the system restore point. As an advanced PC maintenance solution, Rollback Rx is great as a data recovery solution. Compared to other PC maintenance applications in the market, Rollback Rx is way ahead in its category. It takes system snapshots and choosing a snapshot does the pc restore.

Rollback Rx Snapshots
A snapshot in Rollback Rx is a checkpoint for system configuration, indicating a specific point in time. Unlimited snapshots are possible with Rollback Rx Pro. So this means unlimited number of system configurations. Each of these is stored as a snapshot, and you can choose among them to do a PC restore when you have to fix computer problems. In other words, you can roll back or roll ahead to choose the system state you want. These snapshots, which are literally maps of the sectors on the hard drive where data is stored, are stored on the hard drive itself within the Rollback Rx’s system data structure. No files or folders are used as backup the snapshots are parts of the hard drive sector. One question that keeps coming up is what happens if you change the Rollback Rx password and do a system restore to a point before when you changed it. The new password will still hold good.

Easing Critical Updates

If you are a system administrator you will be happy to hear that RollBack Rx makes it very easy to accommodate for Windows Critical Updates. You need not have batch files or complicated scripting. More than anything else, you need not leave your systems on through the night, risking all sorts of additional computer problems. What RollBack Rx does is to free up your time by keeping your network of computers automatically updated with the most recent security patches, so that you can peacefully attend to other priorities.

As far as compatibility with antivirus or antispyware application goes, Rollback Rx system restore software works with them seamlessly. Rollback Rx can protect from day zero attacks without any data loss too. But every system user wants their antivirus and antispyware application to provide real time protection in the prevention of virus and spyware attacks. Rollback Rx enables antivirus signature updates to happen automatically. There is no folder redirection or downtime scheduling involved, avoiding a host of additional problems. Just schedule to take a system snapshot before or after any updates with Rollback Rx system restore software.

Jacob Henderson
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-recovery-articles/rollback-rx-a-great-pc-maintenance-solution-74410.html

I am building my own computer, and since my CPU didn’t come with a fan, I bought my own and some thermal paste. Do I apply a small amount to the bottom of the Fan, the CPU, or what? How much do I apply and do I need to spread it around evenly? I am building it today, because all the parts came last night, so I am wondering if someone could please help me.

You need to apply just enough to give a thin, even covering. It’ll even out when you clip the fan in place, but it’s good to get it fairly close before you do that.

Mac Optical Drives

Apple manufactures various parts of computers. Optical drives are one of the products, manufactured by apple. Optical disks are a storage medium of data and optical drives are used to read and write these data on optical disks.

The optical disc consists of a ferromagnetic material sealed with a plastic coating. Optical drives have lasers that help to read and write the data in computer understandable forms. During reading, a laser beam projected on the disk and it reflects lights. The reflected light varies due to the magneto-optical Kerr effect.

During writing on the disk, the light becomes stronger so it can burn the disk in a single spot. This allows an electromagnet positioned on the opposite side of the disc to change the local magnetic polarization and data writes on disks.

There are various types of optical drives. These optical drives are:

CD-ROM:-CD-ROM stands for compact disk read only memory used to read data from disks. These drives enable to read data from audio cds, video cds and also mp3s. These drives read the data which already written/encoded on the disks. The data read on the disks are read by many times.

CD-RW: – CD-RW stands for compact disk writer. These drives have used to write the data on disks and also read the data which has written on disks. These drives enable to read data many times and also enable to write data many times depend upon the properties of disk that the properties of disk shows write once or write many. To write the data on CD, these drive use laser. Laser burn the data on disks as computer readable form.

DVD-ROM: – DVD-Rom are read only digital versatile disc drives that read the high capacity of storage data disks. These disks store the data minimum 4.7 gigabyte whereas the Cds store the data maximum 800 megabyte. These drives also read the data which already written/encoded on the disks. The DVD-ROM supports disks with capacities of 4.7GB to 17GB and access rates of 600 KBps to 1.3 MBps. The one specialty of DVD-ROMs is that these enable to read the data from CD disks also.

DVD-RW: – DVD-RW stands for digital versatile disc writer. These drives have used to write the data on DVD disks as well as CD disks and also read the data which has written on disks. These drives enable to read data many times and also enable to write data many times depend upon the properties of disk that the properties of disk shows write once or write many. To write the data on DVD disks, these drive use laser. Laser burn the data on disks as computer readable form.

Blu-Ray drives: – Blue ray drives are enable to read or write the data on disks that has the capacity of 50 gigabytes, 25 gigabyte capacity of each side. These disks are readable and writable on both sides.

DVDs are mainly used for video and not for software distributions. DVD drives are still backwards compatible with CD formats however. All optical drives are rated by speed that refers to the maximum speed the drive operates when compared to the original CD or DVD standards. There are many speeds of CD writers, which vary through 8x to 52x. A 24x drive may run up to 24x when writing.

Go to these websites to get the latest updates about your apple and mac parts.

http://www.dvwarehouse.com/

http://www.sellmac.com/

The internet is the best place to buy cheap computer parts. Due to increase in demand for many parts in many suppliers find it profitable to sell their products online. The online dealers have their websites, which offer information on the various types of Mac parts available for purchase.

Harry Johnson
http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/mac-optical-drives-88324.html

Watching satellite TV on PC without a dish is a completely new concept to many people. This article would reveal how you can enjoy satellite TV without any messy satellite dish installation.

For those of us who live in remote parts of the world, we are used to watching satellite television using a dish. This dish basically acts like an antenna to receive/transmit signals to and from satellites, allowing us to watch satellite television. The set up of a satellite television can be laborious for folks who are not too techie. The installation involves getting the satellite dish erected outdoor and fixing a low-noise block converter (LNB) on the dish. A receiver or decoder is also required in order to complete the installation. If this set-up sounds very complicated to you, you would be glad to know that you can now watch satellite TV on PC, without any complex installation.

Here are the basic hardware and computer requirements before you can watch satellite TV on PC:

1. PCTV Card

Your computer can act as a satellite television, with the monitor functioning as the screen. However, you would need to first enable your PC to receive and interpret the satellite TV channel feed using what we call a PCTV card. This card can be installed internally on the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot which attaches peripheral devices like the PCTV card to the motherboard of your computer. External PCTV cards are attached to your PC via the USB port. In both cases, please take note that internet connection must be established. If you are using an external card, remember to make sure you have a USB port. Otherwise you may need to purchase an adapter.

2. Internet Connection

Broadband connection at speeds no lesser than 512Kbytes is preferred. I will explain why. The quality of your satellite TV would be clearer and transmission would be faster and smoother with high connection speeds.

3. Computer Configuration

In order to watch satellite TV on PC, your PC has to satisfy some minimum requirements like having a minimum RAM speed of 128Mbytes and the CPU must be at least a Pentium 3. Nowadays, most computers are able to fulfill these conditions so it should bother you too much.

4. Optional Computer Peripherals

There are other optional computer components that would enhance your viewing experience such as installing a top-grade graphics card and sound card. It would be perfect if you can get hold of a sub-woofer or even a theater system that is compatible with your computer.

This may be a good way to watch satellite TV on PC but it is definitely not the best nowadays. With technological advances at such break-neck speeds, we can now access to satellite TV on our PC using software. Read my blog to learn how you can watch satellite TV from any computer installed with this special proprietary software everyone is talking about.

This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author’s name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.

Davion W
http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/watch-satellite-tv-on-pc-without-the-dish-93902.html

Don’t need an OS or anything. Looking for good, affordable and reliable new computer parts to build a new computer.

I don’t know if international shipping costs will make them a lot higher, but TigerDirect is a good place to shop for computer parts

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