Live TV On The Go...
from the it's-coming dept
Bob Cringely is simply amazed about someone who has created a $6,500 system that will let you watch live TV online. Basically it hooks into your home TV system, and then you can log into the server and watch it live. What's impressive about the system is that, after an initial bit of buffering it comes in clearly. Others have been working on similar solutions, and indeed, Cringely mentions a few similar efforts -- though, he can't vouch for their quality. One of them even plans to let you hook into your TV via your mobile phone. While it does sound cool, at first, I still wonder if people really value live TV that much. We've become a time shifting world, where we watch TV on our own schedules. Sure, there will be occasional times when live TV makes sense, but how often is that? And how much are you willing to pay for it?
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Hasn't this been done?
http://www.adlawbyrequest.com/international/JumpTV6401.shtml
In trying to offer TV over the Internet, these companies ran into all kinds of regulatory issues. I wonder if the guy featured on Cringely's article is going to wish he hadn't been featured...
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Reminds me of the ol' Onion article
New $5,000 Multimedia Computer System Downloads Real-Time TV Programs, Displays Them On Monitor
HOUSTON—The highly touted "Internet Revolution" took another major step forward Monday, when Compaq unveiled the breakthrough Compaq Presario 6000, a $4,995 multimedia computer system that enables...
3308 | 4 March 1998 | News
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yes, sports
i can see other would would want to get this card(although not at $6500).
armando
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any sport, any where, any time
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And didn't we just hear that Tivo killed live TV?
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I've had a TV tuner card in the last 3 computers I've bought.
50 buck and 10 minutes is all it takes.
Where the hell is my TV-B-Gone I ordered anyway ?
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