Get A Free "TV Tuner" To Watch TV On Your Monitor   You really can get a free TV Tuner Card at PlanetVille.  This will allow you to receive and play TV signals on your computer, either by cable or airwave broadcasts.  The requirements:

• You need to be in North America to receive this offer (for now...)
• Windows 95 and Windows 98 compatible
• Internet Explorer 3.0 or better (with ActiveX)
• Pentium 100 MHz or better
• At least 16 MBytes RAM
• Video Card with hardware overlay support (even cheap cards can handle this)
• A free PCI slot (in other words, a standard expansion slot)
• TV signal (NTSC: cable, antenna, or satellite.)  PlanetVille is not broadcasting the signal over the Internet.
• An Internet connection

  So what's the catch?  Nothing major: you'll be watching TV on the PlanetVille web site, which gives them access to your consciousness.  They may plan to float some ads, for example.
  Go to: PlanetVille

  Planetville says it plans to create "a new type of interactive experience. We equip consumers with PC-based TV tuner hardware and MPEG software to allow the immediate convergence of broadcast television and the Internet. Get interactive while watching TV! By providing enhanced TV viewing functionality via the Planetville Web site, we offer unique benefits and opportunities to our 'Citizens' including geographically and topically relevant information and e-commerce capabilities."
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