Watching live TV on Windows 7 is very easy and an extra ordinary experience, you can control what you want to see. Windows Media Center facilitates you to watch Live TV on your PC. If your computer has the necessary hardware, you can use Windows Media Center to watch, pause, and rewind live and recorded TV programs on your PC.

To watch live TV in Media Center, you need two things:

• A TV tuner (a device that can be connected to your computer through an internal expansion slot or an external expansion port, such as a USB port).
• A TV signal source (such as from a TV antenna or a cable TV jack).

If you don’t have a TV tuner or don’t want to buy one, you might be able to use Media Center to watch Internet TV (TV shows that are streamed over the Internet) depending on which region you live in.

There are two primary ways to control Media Center: with a mouse and keyboard, or with a Media Center remote control. Most of the procedures in this topic refer to the mouse and keyboard method, but the remote control method is often a more satisfactory experience. There are many types of Media Center remote controls available to buy—make sure that the one you want is compatible with your computer.

Watching TV in Windows Media Center: frequently asked questions.