Streaming TV Over WiFi to a Laptop?

PigAlien asks: "I use my wireless network to sit outside in the backyard and surf the internet. I'd like to be able to watch TV outside on my laptop. I see that the new Qosmio laptops come with a WiFi TV router. Is this the only one available (in Japan only)? I couldn't find any others with a google search. Alternatively, I have an extra computer in the office. Is there streaming software I can install on that computer that can handle a live cable TV signal and software to change channels remotely?"

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Or do it the old fashioned way

[human bean]

Get a cheap part fifteen TV modulator, hook it to a wire antenna, tune it to a channel unused in your area, and then stick a commonly available tv tuner card into laptop.

Not as cool as doing it over wireless networking, but think of all that bandwidth you will save...