Having recently travelled across the pond to the UK, I came back feeling gloomy as I knew I would not have access to the UK's channel 4 Network, more like all the major local networks combined really!

With so much technology available online, surely there was a way to stream the content directly from the channel concerned onto my computer no? This is the United States after all and, if I could not find one such application, I was sure I could outsource the development of such software to some engineer in India for the price of a movie ticket!

Now, I am no charlatan, a capitalist maybe, but isn't that what this country is built upon?

Long story short, what I thought would be a long and arduous search for software that would be able to stream some video content onto my PC turned out to be serious research and testing of the many software currently strewn all over the internet!

In short, you can now literally watch television on your computer, streaming well over 3500 cable channels with no monthly or setup fees!

If you think this is probably some cheap content streamed from the Bulkans or Russia on a 56k modem, and mostly porn, you'd be dead wrong!

This is high-definition live content from all over the World! So crisp is the image I had to dump my cable company the next day... I kept their high speed connection though!

Now, the sad part about watching cable on the pc, is obviously the size of the monitor... imagine the whole family huddled around a desk as if searching for a morbid mosquito, all watching cable television on a 15 inch laptop monitor!

Perish the thought.

Good thing I have a flat screen, and these babies come standard with an hdmi and usb connection, plug your usb from the modem to the monitor, and Bob's your uncle.

A friend of mine has one of those HP Smart Touch screen Desktip computers, 22 inches in all and this pc ic a mac copy cat, everything's houses within the monitor and there's no bulky tower case etc.

I had no idea you could mount these pcs (more like monitor really) onto the wall!

Before I get carried away and start sounding like a bible pusher knocking on your door on a Saturday morning to spread the good news, let me just add that, there's a lot of software on the internet that will allow you to watch live stream online.

Word of caution though, most software come with monthly costs, some are sluggish when it comes to streaming real-time content, regardless of the internet connection.

You'd have to do your homework nonetheless. I have reviewed a couple I thought were the best and you can make up your mind where how to watch television on your computer is concerned.