LiveTV4Me Review – Is it Legit or a Scam?
LiveTV4Me is a software download that’s supposed to allow you to watch over 1,000 channels on your computer. They claim that with their video player you’ll be able to, “Watch live sports, movies, news, music videos and thousands of other programs from the US and around the world.”
You get all this for just one low time fee of $39.95, since this does sound too good to be true most people want to know if this thing actually works, or if it’s just another internet scam.
Does LiveTV4Me Work?
The truth is that all of these TV on PC programs promising 1,000’s of channels deliver a product that is a far cry from what they advertise. Yes, you will get a video player download and access to many channels but this will not be the experience you’re thinking of when you first sign up.
The channels that you get access to consist primarily of foreign channels, homemade video content, free broadcast television i.e. NPR/Public Access, and a handful of American news channels.
Sure, if you’re a die-hard soccer fan you might not mind watching blurry South American soccer matches broadcast in native languages, but to most people who read the ad claiming live sports channels this is not what they have in mind.
The truth is that there is no legal way to get a quality live broadcast of major sports event like the NBA/NHL/NFL/MLB without their expressed permission. In fact this disclaimer is announced prior to the start of every event and is strictly enforced.
This is why TV to PC programs like LiveTV4Me never release their actual channel lists in advance; they’d rather let you develop your own fantasies of watching your favorite shows and events before you realize that by live sports they meant foreign minor league events.
So is LiveTV4Me a Scam?
It may not be an outright scam but there are some very serious red flags and areas of concern. For starters this is a nonreturnable product; they claim that since it is a download that once you agree to receive it you cannot ask for a refund.
This is a very sneaky way to prevent refunds for legitimate reasons, like poor selection and video quality. Also found in their terms and conditions is this paragraph,
All streams are provided by users. LiveTV4me does not approve or disapprove of user provided content. Users may not provide content that infringes on any copyrights. LiveTV4me does not make any claims of providing specific channels. Users should not purchase this software if their intent is to gain access to specific channels. Users agree to purchase the software on an as-is basis.
Basically saying that the content is user generated and there is no stable channels just whatever is available at the time.
All-in-all I wouldn’t recommend canceling your cable company just yet as I don’t think this company is the entertainment solution that it makes itself out to be.
If you're interested in exploring different ways to watch TV on your PC then you should check out our top recommended TV to PC Program ISoftwareTV and also check out our extensive list of Free TV on PC sites.
From 21 Reviews
December 16th, 2009 at 3:48 pm (#)
Thank you very much for reminding me that there's no such thing as too good to be true or if there is, it won't be this cheap. I'm one click away for signing in, they even cut the price to $19.99 I was thinking wow they really want me to sign up so I research the reviews on their product and i believe your logic. Thanks again and have a Happy Holidays . . .
December 28th, 2009 at 1:05 pm (#)
Thanks for the review...and thanks, too, to peteman's reply ... I was just about to take the bait of $19.95 also...guess I'll keep my $19.95.
December 30th, 2009 at 7:36 am (#)
I rarely accept that there is such a good deal as "free TV", so thank you for your review. I almost took the bait on this one. Jeff H., NC, USA
December 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pm (#)
While I haven't purchased LiveTV4Me. I would suggest anyone interested in "free TV" take a look at some alternatives. Free-To-Air satellite uses the same technology as DirectTV or DishNetwork; an 18" dish and a receiver. It requires some upfront out-of-pocket expense for the equipment and it's no substitute for pay TV but you can be sure its legal. In the USA you can receive around 200 channels (only about 60 are in English). You'll either need multiple dishes or a motorized dish to pickup all the channels(they are spread across multiple satellites). For internet-based TV you have a few options: Hulu, Fancast, TV.com, Crackle, and Youtube all have either TV shows or movies available on demand for free. For a service similar to LiveTV4Me that's actually free check out TVUNetworks. You can watch through their website or download their stand-alone player. The player is really free to download and use. They offer DVR record/playback features for a small monthly fee. They also offer subscription and pay-per-view channels in which the fee's are determined by the broadcaster. I've only tried the free service so I can't really comment on the quality of the DVR or the subscription content.
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:12 pm (#)
I paid for the service and i am not getting it
January 9th, 2010 at 12:03 pm (#)
I thank you for letting me know what I almost did wrong and that was buy Live4TV. I was really looking to if the streaming was good and now I know that this is not for me.
January 29th, 2010 at 1:44 pm (#)
DO NOT DO IT THANKS FOR THE FEED BACK FROM A SCALE FROM 1 TO 10 1 ALL BAD NO RE.
January 31st, 2010 at 8:17 pm (#)
Like everyone above, it sounded like a great offer. But I thought I would check out to see how the quality would be. So thanks your review saved me a tank of gas!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:24 pm (#)
Ditto. Thought that LiveTV4Me was too good to be true and this helpful webpage confirmed it. This has saved my $40 and the feeling of being cheated.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:16 pm (#)
Yea we got sucked into it and cannot use it at all. We live in an area where cable is not offered and dish is expensive so we thought hey this is great. Yea great for them they just got my money and I got nothing. I called and emailed to cancel and they tell me they offer no refunds at all. so basically we are out the monies. So to anyone that thinks this is great take my advise STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER. THEY WILL ONLY TAKE YOUR MONIES AND RUN!!!!!
February 18th, 2010 at 1:36 pm (#)
I was a sucker and bought into it only to find that it is worthless. Not only did they get my money but they charge it twice. I tried to contact them by sending an email asking to get at least one of the charges returned buy to no avail. I also found that they really don't want to talk to you. Dwight
February 19th, 2010 at 12:26 am (#)
I was almost ready to take that offer pf 19.99. But my gut said research this first. I am thankful I did.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:29 pm (#)
Saw this ad too and thanks for your reviewers remarks here and the warnings...! Do not need to throw away 20 or 40 bucks to some slick money grubbing marketing campaigns. I do use Hulu.com and I love it! Free, Reliable, and they have many many regular tv shows. Some offered dame day, sometimes they're delayed one day or 1 week. but when you look it up, a message appears as to when movie will be up for viewing. They also offer a "que", where you check off a box and you are sent a message when your favorite show pops up, so you can watch it at your leisure. Thanks and good luck to the rest.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:53 pm (#)
I did pay the full amount plus one extra fee for my other laptop. This site doesn't work. Do not purchase it at all. We don't need these on site companies to take our money. Make sure you let everyone know this is a gimmick. If we get everyone to write about it maybe they can stop ripping people off. Thank you and good luck
February 21st, 2010 at 7:01 am (#)
I DID NOT GET IT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP PEOPLE RRM/WASHINGTON DC THEY NEED TO GO TO JAIL WITH THAT RIP OFF
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:27 am (#)
I DID BUY INTO THIS SCAM ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO, AND JUST NOW DECIDED TO DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM, TO MY SURPRISE, SEVERAL OF U OUT THERE DID AS I DID, AND SOME WERE SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR AND DID NOT ORDER IT. i guess we live and learn.LIKE ONE PERSON SAID "IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS JUST THAT, TO GOOD TO BE TRUE" I WILL CHECK MY CHARGE ACCOUNT FOR A POSSIBLE DOUBLE CHARGE AS IT HAS HAPPENED TO SOME OF U.
February 24th, 2010 at 8:49 pm (#)
FOR THE CONTACT,THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PHONE NUMBER.THAT IS NON-SENSE .I GOT SUSPICIOUS AND WARY , CAN WE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AND TO YOU???
February 25th, 2010 at 3:05 pm (#)
It's not working properly. Many channels don't open. I want my money back, but there's no contact at all.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:44 pm (#)
i bought it and actually it's pretty good has decent quality most of the time. I've recommended it to some friends.... they seem to like it too. so far.....:)
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 pm (#)
Well, 1st of all shame on them for selling "NOTHING". And 2nd, shame on me for buying "NOTHING". They definitely have lots of (USELESS) channels.What a waste of money, especially since i lost my job and am collecting minimum U.I.benefits. All i wanted to do was receive local programs and some childrens shows for the grandchildren. They just stole my job hunting gas money.
March 12th, 2010 at 10:54 am (#)
I bought it 4 days ago and I give it a solid 4 out of 5 stars. Its worth the $40.... and absolutely better than paying that dang cable bill every month heres what i found..... yes there are over 1,000 channels. there is no hbo, cinemax or showtime and other stuff like that. many of the channels are webcams and foreign stations.... BUT in all fairness I see 264 english speaking USA channels that are not webcams so those are good working channels.... and there are another 300 or so english speaking channels from European countries (my favorite so far) in all my count shows over 500 good (non webcam) ENGLISH speaking channels that are pretty cool.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:40 am (#)
I bought Network125 on 02/17/2020.I like it very much. It delivers what they say it delivers for the price of $5.55 and no continuing fees. I can get free new release movies from justin tv which is on their site.But on 02/19/2010, I saw on my bank statement that "I" had downloaded livetv4me. I immediately called the number on my statement.A recording came on and prompted me to a voice mail stating that all lines were busy and to leave a detailed message which I did on03/18/2010.Rachel from livetv4me contacted me by e-mail after I had left an e-mail,stating that I could not get a refund for the download because "I"agreed to their terms of a no refund policy.I called my bank about it and she said that after talking to Racek to come down to the bank and fill out a report so that they could investigate this matter since I had to close my old account and open a new one because I was being scammed.If I do not get a credit or access to the site,I will report them to the FTC and the BBB to resolve this situation that I am in.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:03 pm (#)
I almost ordered - glad i didn't and checked it out first. Note that their pay site IS NOT a secure site (https). That alsoi stopped me.
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:52 pm (#)
Nuclius by Triniti Communications will be the macaroni with the cheese as far as portable HDTV programming and Internet TV channels are concerned. I can't wait to get mine.
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:06 am (#)
Glad i read your review...i was gonna go for it. surfthechannel.com has the same thing for free.
April 3rd, 2010 at 5:46 pm (#)
I purchased this product but have not been able to download the required Microsoft Net framework Version 2.0 that they say you must have. Since I already paid for the software can anyone help me figure out how to download the Microsoft software? I keep getting an error message.
April 4th, 2010 at 10:40 pm (#)
Thanks for the the advice. I saved their e-mail advertisement thinking I would eventually down load it. From what I read I'm glad I researched it a bit more. $20 wouldn't brake me but I really wish these less than truth full advertisements could be banned and possible fined. I guess that's why we all have spam blockers.
April 5th, 2010 at 7:01 am (#)
I GUESS CROOK'S ARE OUT THERE EVERYWHERE NO MATTER HOW HARD TIME'S ARE AS THE SAYING GOES JEST SAY NO!!!!!
April 10th, 2010 at 11:16 pm (#)
For the people that paid for it, contact your credit card co, and see if they will reverse charges, sometimes that works!! good luck, robert
April 16th, 2010 at 9:31 pm (#)
Mary (and a couple of other people), quit putting an apostrophe on things plural! Crook's are out there?
April 24th, 2010 at 8:36 am (#)
well what i did was i ordered internet, then told the cable installer that i was planning on getting tv in a month i was just holding out for good deals, so he put tv filter on, see the problem with that is it filters out the tv aspect of it and even if it weren't there you wouldn't be able to watch it without a HDTV or a HDTV Converter box, but in order to get that little filter removed, take a flat head screw driver and jam it into the end of it and start unscrewing, just to let you know this is illegal so don't get caught with it off if you have your repair guy come out to fix your internet, next you need a HDTV or converter then you can start watching tv :)
April 24th, 2010 at 9:36 pm (#)
Thanx alot for saving me from heartache and misery. So glad I decided to do my research first. Them not giving a listing of their "over 1,000 channels" was a red flag for me. Others before have said this and I would like to repeat it so that it sinks into people's heads...If it SOUNDS too good to be true, THEN IT IS!!!! Oh by the way, the person who gave a "GOOD REVIEW" of the product more than likely works for the company and is probably just doing some damage control. Don't fall for it!!! Just say no!!! Thanx again for the heads up, Damon.
April 25th, 2010 at 5:54 pm (#)
Thanks for the warning. Whenever I am about to buy something on the internet I check. I search the web for input. I did not fall for this scam. Tom
April 28th, 2010 at 8:10 pm (#)
So glad I checked with you first. I was that close_ _ to almost taking it also. Thank you so much. Anise
April 29th, 2010 at 8:02 am (#)
Yep, I thought this was a scam. TANSTAAFL. (There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) $40 saved
May 1st, 2010 at 7:46 pm (#)
great review. Red flags to be aware of. 1. No channel listings on website = waste of money. Any service worth it's investment money would list Actual channels it carries not vague categories with no real content 2. Testemonials. I always get leary when I see scores of testimonials on the advertisement page. Usually a bad sign. 3. Navigating off the website prompts an confirmation popup: VERY BAD sign. 4. No secure pay site. Any legitimate site taking yuour money should be using HTPPS with proper security and encryption to protect your information. If they don't care enough to invest in a secure pay site they don't care about your business or privacy 5. Lack of Phone support. One of the biggest markers of an internet scam is lack of a legitimate customer service phone number for billing and other related inquiries. and finally: the fact that you heard about the site through an UNSOLICITED SPAM EMAIL. Come on people. If you didn't ask them to send you an ad then why would you even give it merrit. How many LEGITIMATE businesses advertise through UNSOLICITED junk email. At the least you can be sure that they BUY and SELL email lists. In the worst cases junk email can include links to identity thrft scams, financial scams, and malware scams. MOST unsolicited email advertisements are pure junk. They should be gleened through and deleted.
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:34 am (#)
Lack of a listing of some of the major channels made me investigate further. I am very happy I did else I would be out $40 at least. Thank you for offering this service to those of us who would otherwise be taken in by these unrealistic offers.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:38 am (#)
it sucks, they got 42.00 plus got no tv stay away wish i saw this web site before i bought, will contact my credit card company and file complaint to get my $$ back.
May 4th, 2010 at 8:02 pm (#)
No good for nothing!!!! What a waste!!!! What a bunch of crooks!!!!!
May 21st, 2010 at 6:38 am (#)
I've seen this ad a couple of times in my spam filter. Finally opened it. Saw all the issues others have mention here (no channel list, unsecured pay site, no CS contact number, etc...). Decided to do a little research, found this page, which just confirmed my suspicion, "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is". Saved my money. I also deleted all cookies in my web browser, in case this site downloads spyware. And ran a virus/spyware scan on my computer. Cannot be too careful these days.
May 22nd, 2010 at 9:12 am (#)
wish i saw this before i down loaded it. i wasted 28.00 and can't get it or find it on my computer lol. I 've been had
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:22 am (#)
This is nothing but, A Scam! I lost my money to these people and got well, Don't fall for it.
May 29th, 2010 at 6:19 am (#)
They almost got me too. Thanks for all the websites. I knew about some of them but not all.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:07 am (#)
Yep, I thought this was a scam. TANSTAAFL. (There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) $40 saved
June 20th, 2010 at 5:35 pm (#)
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June 21st, 2010 at 12:23 pm (#)
whos got a telephone number for these people.....help asap
June 27th, 2010 at 8:45 am (#)
In my opinion for the price it was great product. I received over 200 English channels of course no premium like HBO and stuff but at least the ones i have i enjoyed I mean for the price is better than not having any cable at all. for those who like different channels and a wide variety of things is a great entertainment
June 30th, 2010 at 9:51 am (#)
I WANDA JACKSON ORDERED LIVE TV AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT IM NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF MY COMPUTER AND I HAD MY COMPUTER FOR YEARS AND ITS MINE AND ITS IN MY NAME AND I CAN"T GET IN TOUCH WITH NO ONE ITS SAD IFEEL THEY JUST TOOK MY MONEY SO IM GOING TO HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE