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Online TV Network is in a class of it's own. The software has powerful searching, organizing and bookmarking tools built in and offers much more than other programs of it's kind. The bar has been raised.
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PRODUCT SCORE
96% |
| Date reviewed: | 27th July 2006 |
| Product Name & Link | Online TV Network |
| Price | $29.95 |
| Number of channels | 1000+ |
| What does this software do? | Online TV Network is a downloadable bit of software that lets you watch TV stations on your desktop or laptop computer. It doesn't require any hardware other than what's already on your computer. After installing and running it, you get a list of national and international TV stations you can watch as well as movie trailers, cartoons and games. Double-clicking a TV station brings it up in a media player with full audio and video. |
| Buying notes | The sales page made the product look really exciting and, for once, the product actually lived up to the hype. I was pleasantly surprised at the price tag, weighing in at a comparatively low $29.95. As you'll see in a moment, this tool does a lot more than another tool I've bought that cost me almost $50.
Online TV Network can be bought through ClickBank (who offer a handy 8 week money-back guarantee). I've bought a lot of stuff from them so I felt pretty confident. A few credit card details later and I was downloading Online TV Network with the usual excitement I get at this stage. There was no waiting for my download and I was soon installing the software. All straight forward stuff. |
| First impressions | If you've read my other reviews on the different PC TV software available, you'll know that it's been a mixed journey with a lot of junk programs laying strewn behind me. I've been really disappointed with the standard of some of the software I've tested out and I'm pretty critical. But when I launched Online TV Network for the first time, my initial thought was "wow!"
The first thing you take in is the really slick interface. You get a glossy metallic panel that resembles an expensive gadget hi-fi. The window is broken down into a large video player with numerous smaller menus, controls and buttons around it. The main window is pre-loaded with some content suggestions of things you should watch. At the time of writing this, it's recommending I watch an award winning cartoon and the current trailer for Spiderman 3 among other things. It updates regularly and offers suggestions for things you should watch. This is impressive because the other software I've tried is just so boring to look at and not a lot of fun to use. After all, we want to be entertained. You can browse the channels in the usual way thanks to a long list of countries. But you can also browse by Genres such as 'Movies' or 'Sport' - as well as a lot of other categories. Online TV Network has a really coherent feel to it that the other tools lack. It feels like a real entertainment product that's been tested and improved again and again. |
| What I liked | Full descriptions of each station
Each station is clearly described in a text box that pops up when you click on the channel name. Again, this is a real rarity among PC TV programs. And it saves a lot of time and lets you find things you're interested in really quickly - even if you've never heard of the station name before. Add bookmarks, search and manage channels At last - a tool that has a built in search feature. You can search for the kinds of channels you're interested in really quickly. The other thing that's really impressive is the 'Add to favourites' button which not lets you easily add a permanent bookmark in any channels you want to come back to. You can also create and manage bookmark folders. Excellent! Lots of important channel information As well as the station name and description, you get the status - such as Online, Updated. This helps you see any stations that have been modified, any that are having problems. You can also quickly see the bandwidth / quality of each channel before you take the plunge. This tool really does have too many great features to list here. Better quality video that other programs Although Online TV Network has less channels than Satellite TV For PC I suspect that it's simply removed the low quality videos from it's portfolio. I say this because I've been using the software for a little while now, watching lots of channels, and I can't find any low quality ones. There's well over 1000 channels to watch here. And it feels really full and 'fat'. Extras - play free games, watch the latest trailers & cartoons This is something I didn't expect. As well as the TV stations, you can choose to play flash games right in the software. Not only that, you can watch high quality versions of the latest movie trailers - which I love. This will save you downloading them from the web. You can also enjoy the web's best animated flash cartoons (many of which are real masterpieces you really need to see!) There's so much entertainment here it's just got to be the best kept secret out there. I hope they keep it updated because this is a really great tool. |
| What I didn't like |
Lower channel count than with Satellite TV for PC
This is sort of misleading, if you've read my comment above about the quality of channels on offer here. I definitely didn't feel like there were less channels. I'm struggling to find bad things to write about this software. Help files short I really didn't need to bother with the help files but I should mention that there's only 1 page I could find that didn't really have much on it. Not a major point as the software's easy to use, but I thought I'd mention it. |
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| The verdict | This is the tool to get. No two ways about it. It's light years ahead of everything else out there and, in most cases, cheaper too. I'm so happy with this tool and I'm sort of glad I found it after installing a lot of other programs because I can appreciate how right it's creators have got it.
If I sound like I'm over-enthusing about this software I apologise. But this program really does blow the competition out of the water. It's highly entertaining and whatever you're into, you'll get a real kick out of this. |
| Refund details | ClickBank offer a complete 8 week refund for this product if you decide it's not for you. Full details are included in the email confirmation you'll receive after purchasing the software. |
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