[SampleMan]

I know you can get TV programming on-line, I've done it, but its always compressed for a small display.

Is it possible to download programming that is digital or would at least look good on my 42” widescreen?

Anyone know? Bueller? Bueller?

[TomGuy]

I know you can get TV programming on-line, I've done it, but its always compressed for a small display.

I have this set-up:

32" HDTV with long video and audio cables to laptop. Laptop is on wireless router or long network cable stretched across the floor.

I can play a video stream from hulu.com and it shows nicely on the TV, because the TV becomes a giant monitor via the RGB selection on the TV.

It will depend on (1) the website's stream. Sometimes they are glitchy. The stream from Fox's website is bad, glitchy. The same program streamed from Hulu is usually glitch-free.

(2) Your ISP connectivity. Sometimes my highspeed internet is pathetic. For example, I have had only occasional email connectivity for a week. Sometimes the web is snail slow.

[6SJ7]

Is it possible to download programming that is digital or would at least look good on my 42” widescreen?

I often watch streamed episodes of "24" via hulu.com on my Sony 46" TV. Video quality is slightly less than DVD, but well above VHS. The great thing is I watch the program on my schedule, not the network's. The duration of commercial interruptions on Hulu is also shorter, much shorter, than broadcast.

I reduced most of the digital artifacts in the picture when streaming video by fiddling with the TV's video settings menu. With modern digital TVs there are myriad setting options. On my own set, you can adjust settings for each input source (computer, DVD player, etc) independently.