Meaning, anyone use it? If so, which ones would be the better ones you've used? Google has too many options with little results.

 

Are you talking about watching TV on your PC, or are you talking about streaming shows to your TV like Netflix or Vudu? I am no expert, but I do have an TV connected to the internet and stream movies through a blu-ray player and love it.

 

I used to be able to watch a bunch of shows via computer it seems like it harder to do now

 

"Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead" from AMC channel are two of my favorite shows. I use Dish Network as my satellite TV provider. They had a contract/price dispute with AMC and stopped broadcasting AMC's programs. So I paid a fairly steep fee for season passes to get those shows on Itunes. I have a 24" monitor, but still got tired of having to watch TV from my office chair when I have a new "smart TV" in the next room, and a wireless internet connection on my Blue Ray player on the other big screen TV that I use the most. I don't want to pay monthly membership fees to Hulu or Netflix, and since ITunes is free unless I want to rent movies at $4.00 each, I bought the newest version of Apple TV for video streaming to the big TV's. Got a great price on eBay with J&R Music in NY as the seller with free shipping. And after all that, Dis Network lost the suit and had to restore AMC to their broadcast channels, so I don't really need video streaming, but use it sometimes anyway because it works so well.

"Free TV" means "Old TV", because to watch current, new shows, there is always a fee to be paid. If you like to watch old TV shows from years-past seasons, then no problem for that on your computer.

There are a lot of different video streaming devices on the market, all claiming to be the best and the easiest to use. I just went with Apple because I trust the brand. Some of the video streaming devices use a hard drive to store the video going to the TV, and some, like Apple, use flash memory (that makes the device about the size of a deck of cards). So read up on the performance reviews of all of the systems before you buy. But if you don't have a digital TV, forget video streaming. The devices connect to the TV with a HDMI cable.