Isn't it more the fact that the humble pocket TV (like the good old Casio TV-480 that I've had for over 10 years) has no direct replacement in the new scary world of post-analogue broadcasting, so the DVB-H system is attempting to provide for (and at the same time cash in on through charging subscriptions to do the same job that free analogue broadcasts do at present) that audience?Well obviously it's not something for you Sput, and I respect that. But for the route I take, and the work I do, it would be ideal. There is obviously demand for it looking at how much money has been pumped into it, the companies that have signed up to it, and the trials being arranged in countries around the world.
Crikey, I respect your candour and understand it's not for you, but in return appreciate that very simply, for me, it is a function that would prove very handy.cwathen wrote:Isn't it more the fact that the humble pocket TV (like the good old Casio TV-480 that I've had for over 10 years) has no direct replacement in the new scary world of post-analogue broadcasting, so the DVB-H system is attempting to provide for (and at the same time cash in on through charging subscriptions to do the same job that free analogue broadcasts do at present) that audience?Well obviously it's not something for you Sput, and I respect that. But for the route I take, and the work I do, it would be ideal. There is obviously demand for it looking at how much money has been pumped into it, the companies that have signed up to it, and the trials being arranged in countries around the world.
At present I sometimes find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my pocket TV's screen at the expense of only it's own battery life paying no money to watch a real TV channel.
In the future with DVB-H, I might find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my mobile's screen at the expense of mobile battery life paying an overpriced subscription to watch naff on demand content.
I fail to see why the latter is better than the former.
I know, sad isn't it. Which PDA do you have cdd?cdd wrote:You're a mobile phone junkie, Row!
Personally I enjoy loading up my PDA with a few good episodes of... erm... uncopyrighted video content, and watching those on the bus home.
It does irritate me that there is a lot of crap on phones which you can never get rid of, and simply slow it down/complicate things. A pic n mix of functions would be nice in an ideal world.all new Phil wrote:Well I bought myself an LG Prada phone, purely because it's pretty.
I'm getting bored of mobile phones that do all these things that aren't really necessary. Something I can make calls on and take the odd picture with is all I need, really.
