Will any Tivo Home Media features allow me to view Network streamed episodes?

[alangst]

This question may not be in the correct area, so forgive me for that...

My Series2 appears to have passed away as of yesterday, and with it alot of saved programs from this season's network programming.

I realize that I can go through the network's sites and view most of these missed programs through there streaming technology (which is great), but I don't really get the same enjoyment sitting in front of a computer, as I do watching of my TV.

I have my television connected to the internet through both the PS3 and Wii, but both browsers don't allow the streaming program to load.

Can anyone offer some advice or point me in the correct direction?

Thank you.

[wmcbrine]

You can get episodes of some shows through Unbox. You'd have to pay, though.

But if your TiVo is dead anyway...?

[Dan203]

BitTorrent is your friend. You can find almost every episode of any program on BitTorrent somewhere. Then you should be able to play it back using the media streaming capabilities of the PS3.

Dan

[ACraigL]

BitTorrent is your friend. You can find almost every episode of any program on BitTorrent somewhere. Then you should be able to play it back using the media streaming capabilities of the PS3.

Dan

With friends like that... (it is illegal, after all).

[Dan203]

Actually it's not "illegal" if the program was originally broadcast using public airwaves. In that case it falls into kind of a gray area where, for at least the time being, you'll be left alone. Downloading movies and/or shows from pay channels like HBO is a different story.

Dan

[ACraigL]

Actually it's not "illegal" if the program was originally broadcast using public airwaves. In that case it falls into kind of a gray area where, for at least the time being, you'll be left alone. Downloading movies and/or shows from pay channels like HBO is a different story.

Dan

Dan, that is absolutely NOT the case. No matter how it's broadcast, it is still owned and copyrighted content and therefore it is illegal to download television shows from any source not affiliated with the legal owners of those shows. Period.

This is no different than downloading of music -- "publicly available", in your terms, on the radio -- and we all know what happened there, and generally speaking, we seemed to accept that we should pay for our music.

I'm not saying it should/shouldn't be, but that's how it's legally represented in the US. As I understand it, Canada may allow downloads as long as they include the commercials. Since most broadcasters have made their shows available through some alternate authorized means, websites for example (note that they have their own commercials), the case for illegality is that much stronger.