Watch free satellite TV with the comfort of your computer
Satellite television actually originated in the space race between the United Stated and Russia, which began with the launching of the satellite Sputnik by Russia in 1957. The first communication satellite was developed and launched by large corporations of business and government entities in 1963. It was named Syncom II and achieved an orbit at 22,300 miles over the Atlantic ocean.
Although Satellite communication technology has already been established by that time, it was only after 15 years that regular television signals were transmitted via satellites. Television started to broadcast with satellite on March 1, 1978 and from this point all of the major television networks adopted this style of communications as the main means of distribution to network affiliates through 1984.
In the early 1980s, Direct To Home (DTH) satellite receivers were developed. These receivers allowed people to receive television programming in rural communities where cable television was previously unavailable. After learning the hard way that people could illegally receive satellite signals through the Television Receive Only (TVRO) system, satellite providers began to scramble their signals so that subscribers would then have to buy a decoder in order to descramble the signal.
Nowadays, independent computer programmers have created software products, that allow users to watch satellite tv through their computers. These products are becoming more and more popular (due the their lower price and quantity of the channels) among the computer users and have put satellite television service providers into consideration for their services, as well for possible margins of competing these newly arrived products.
Satellite Direct is one of these products.
With Satellite Direct, the future of television, you can watch free satellite TV directly on your computer, or even hook it up to your TV, for a one-time fee of $49.95. Pay once and that's it.
Say Goodbye to Cable and the Dish
What is your MONTHLY cable or satellite bill? $80.00? $100.00? Even more? With Satellite Direct you are not going to pay a monthly bill again to watch TV. With cable and satellite, you pay month after month. Have they ever raised their monthly rates? Of course they have, seemingly every few months. Even their best introductory offers are $30.00 or more per month for the lowest tier of channels. If you want to add more channels, such as movies or additional sports, your monthly fee goes up. By the time monthly taxes and the other hidden add-on fees are figured in, your bill is far more than the $30.00 introductory price.
There is no reason to continue paying such a huge monthly bill from cable or satellite.
Instead, pay $49.95 just one time. No ongoing commitment, no recurring bills, no more payments for your television viewing. Just imagine what you could do with all that extra money each month.
Satellite Direct is unlike any other satellite service! With Satellite Direct, you can watch TV over your computer, using your Internet connection, and get instant access to OVER 3,500 satellite TV channels from nearly 100 different countries around the world.
You don't have to own a satellite dish, cable box, or receiver to watch TV. In fact, all you need in order to run this revolutionary PC satellite TV software is your computer or laptop. That's right- for less than half of what you're probably paying for a single month of your current Satellite subscription, you can enjoy the unlimited access to thousands of television channels, right from your PC (or Mac).
With crystal clear picture and sound quality, exceptional customer service, and a lifetime of television for less than you'd pay for just one month of cable service, Satellite Direct is probably the best way to get the most for your TV dollar.
Having taken a lot of great reviews both from customers and PC Magazines it is now considered the No. 1 PC Satellite TV software.