News flash: mobile TV is
not enticing. Like,
at all. The viability of watching TV on one's handset has been
questioned for years, and now we've got the numbers to prove that interest is waning. Recent research has found that mobile TV adoption sits at just 1% now, and interest in all types of mobile TV is just over 50% of what it was in 2006. The report places the blame on "patchy network coverage, limited channel lineup, poor video quality, excessive prices and a penchant among high-end phone users for business handsets rather than video phones," and we'd certainly have a tough time disagreeing. That being the case, it was still found that 15% of those surveyed on the topic would actually enjoy watching recorded TV shows later on their phone, suggesting that a little bit of choice when it comes to content may not be a bad idea. Rest assured,
players in this space are already looking at ways to
make it happen, and for those with
SlingPlayer, you know all too well what we're getting at.
posted Nov 15th 2008 4:10PM
Disagree!!
My desired usage is specific. I want to watch NFL games live, even if I happen to be stuck shopping or elsewhere.
Go with Sprint then and get all of the NFL that you could ever want.
I have to disagree. I just got the LG VU with FLOtv on Sunday, and I've got to say...it's pretty much amazing. I was weary at first to pay $15 a month for TV on my phone, not thinking I'd use it enough to make it worth it. HOWEVER, seeing as my work is dead almost all the time, I've been watching Comedy Central and CNN like nobody's business, and then there are other channels that actually have good programming. It is worth it, and I was skeptical. I think that the problem is that people are too damn cheap. This would probalbly be one of the most widespread usage on mobile phones if it wasnt $15 dollars a month. But the way I see it, $0.50 a day to be entertained during an otherwise boring part of my day is well worth the money.
I have the TV on my phone as well. I agree, when bored Comedy Central is nice to watch. But that is all. Not much else going on there for me. Like the first poster said. We need NFL, as well as other pro sports.
This past summer when the Yankees played their final game at The Stadium I was stuck at the supermarket with my girlfriend. Being I was bored (as usual) I started playing with my phone. I saw ESPN was showing the game live. I went and sat in my truck for over a hour watching live. Give us more of that..
Slingbox does everything PERFECTLY! I love it! With Slingbox I need no other mobile TV. And I paid $30 and I'm set for life...lol!
I work security and I've been using a NHJ VTV 101 for 2 years and I need a small pocket tv that can get the digital signal in Feb 09, so far they're working on the MPH system and I hope they'll make a small tv soon, I need it real bad.
I want to watch live tv, not pre-recorded stuff on cell phone, like Verizon which don't even have channels that interest me, I want OTA tv so that I can watch tv shows like George Lopez, south park, Jay, Conan... and to watch the news in the morning since I work nights.
That survey they did is useless, they don't have good, small portable tv's in this country, they need to make them and sell them for $100 or less, then we'll see if the demand is high or not, do what they do in Japan, just make the products anyway, some people need them, like I do, so let's stop assuming there is not interest, plus if a good system is in place it can be used in cars too, with bigger portable tv's
I agree that the problem is the content, not the idea. Every time I show someone my sling moble player. they're impressed and quite a few are looking to get one. I use it often around the house watching the news in the morning, and on the road for accessing my DVR/VOD/whatever. The phone companies don't like it because they don't have the bandwidth available for more than a few people/cell to stream content, and because they don' t have the Internet connections necessary to pull off a wide scale rollout. Most of their content is on cashing servers in data centers, not over the wild Internet.