How do I watch TV on my computer (Comcast)?

I wanted to watch the Seahawks game today on KCPQ, ‘Q13 Fox’, Seattle; but I was overruled. I have Comcast cable and Internet, and I’m under the impression that I can watch TV on my computer.

  1. Is this correct?

  2. How do I watch Q13 Fox and KIRO 7 from the Comcast website?

Dumb question, I know; but I’ve never tried to do this before.

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[li]Go to http://xfinity.comcast.net/[/li][li] Sign in.[/li][li] See what’s available where is says, Watch Live TV Online.[/li][/ol]
FYI, check and see if you have Comcast cable channel NFL Red Zone. They bounce among all of the NFL games, some live and some just seconds tape-delayed, of all the important plays inside the 20 yard line. Sometimes, more. At times it’s automatic channel hopping on steroids.

I see Fox News and Fox Business, but nothing that says ‘Q13 Seattle’. I don’t see anything for KIRO 7.

I do see on the Q13 website that they have ‘Watch football live’. Apparently I need to download a program.

I’ve never had to download anything to watch Comcast on my laptop.

BTW, no rush. The Seattle game is over. Really over.

Try sportlemon.tv

Comcast xfinity online streaming TV service is 30 a month in my market. If you have an existing cable feed and do not wish to pay for the xfinity service ( ie 360 a year) you can get these easy to use USB solutions. It’s what I do with my notebook and it works fine. You can T off the cable connection and feed one leg to the USB tuner. These run about $ 60 or so.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hauppauge-WinTV-HVR-950Q-USB-TV-Tuner-Stick-Hybrid-Video-Recorder-with-Remote-Co-/141147394813?pt=US_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item20dd0a52fd

Not necessarily. Comcast says they now encrypt all of their digital content. So if the signal doesn’t pass thru their box you will be SOL.

Yeah, and it’s because I wasn’t watching. Had I been watching, they would have won!

Just trying to prepare for a similar situation. :wink:

Well supposedly all the content coming across the cable wire is digital in my market and the feed goes directly from the cable wire to the USB tuner dongle without a decoding or channel selection box box necessary to view the few dozen or so channels that come in on my PC. Having said this my subscribed channels are not premium channels they are a basic tier of the regional network channels and shopping and religious channels. The premium ones may be encrypted but I do not subscribe to those. No decoder box is necessary for these non-premium channels.

I was thinking this the whole time in this thread. Best you do not drive the Prius this week or you may find yourself in a ditch. :slight_smile: