[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.

[SampleMan]

I have cable access.

What I'd really like to do is tap into all of the Discovery, History Channel, type shows via the Internet and download them onto my TiVo.

Is it possible without putting the Geek Squad on retainer?