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Monday, July 28, 2008

3 Ways to Download TV Shows

By Davion W

While there seems to be a lot of information online about how to download TV shows, it can be really confusing. People these days work long hours and probably can only find time to watch their favorite TV programs during weekends. But the sad truth is that many of such shows run on week day schedules. So if you missed it, the only possible to catch up on the series is by downloading the TV shows to watch during the weekend. To summarize, you can do so using the torrent networks, TiVO, peer-to-peer or paid services.

A direct and rather easy way to download TV shows is through TiVO. You will need to go to TiVO's menu and play around with their Messages and Settings tab. Activate the Media Access Key and remember the number. This is the number you will use when you log into TiVO's website to download the TiVO desktop 2.3. Install it and use the Access Key when prompted.

From TiVO, proceed to Manage My Account and find the menu button where you can choose and set your DVR preferences. Check the box for "Allow Transfers Once". Upon completion of the installation, launch the desktop and click on "Pick Recordings To Transfer".

From there, select the program you are looking for and activate the "Start Transfer" button. The download can take a couple of hours. Close down all the running applications if you can as this will free up the PC resources for the download. Once the download is complete, click the "Now Playing" button and watch.

Sounds easy to download TV shows? Well, this is only one method. There are other methods to do so as well. On the internet, there are many websites that offer these in several media file formats with the most common ones as MOV, AVI, DIVX.

Read this information carefully. Some download websites may not be legal, so be cautious and selective and only use those that are legitimate. You may also use LimeWire and other similar products to download. These products are called P2P or peer-to-peer file sharing. The files you will get are files from other people's computers, and you will be able to download the shows that you want with their consent.

Just be careful when downloading from unknown sources. You should check the website's background carefully, and if you are going to use P2P, ensure that you have antivirus programs installed. There are many websites and people out there whose intention is to maliciously send computer viruses. So, exercise caution because people who download TV shows from unknown sources are likely to get virus attacks.

The safest option is still to download TV shows from reliable sources like the membership movie download sites. All it takes is to pay a membership fee and you can easily access their frequently updated collection. No hassle, no malware or viruses and no copyright issues.

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