avd706
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
1 edit | Why woud i pay...
If I could get it free at home. (or with a digital tuner attached to my laptop?)
And why would I pay, if in the example of HBO, I pay for it already? |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | on demand vs broadcast
if i'm on the go, I don't want to see broadcast TV - I want on-demand clips and little more. I pay for TV at home, I don't need TV on the go bad enough to pay even more for it |
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bugabuga
join:2004-06-10
Austin, TX | And the answer to that is
Bundle it with the plan and don't let people to unsubscribe!
That's what Sprint just did -- their discounted SERO plans were thrown out the window and new ones automatically come with mobile tv (and are twice as expensive as old ones, of course). |
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whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by bugabuga  :Bundle it with the plan and don't let people to unsubscribe! That's what Sprint just did -- their discounted SERO plans were thrown out the window and new ones automatically come with mobile tv (and are twice as expensive as old ones, of course). While I commend sprint for bundling the TV service with the new plans, discontinuing the old SERO plans was in my opinion a bad idea. In my area sprint coverage can be a problem. I would not have even looked at sprint if it hadn't have been for sero, and the fact that the roaming was included. I had sprint years ago, and the coverage is largely the same, only difference is that now theres EVDOrA. |
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Jim_in_VA
join:2004-07-11
Cobbs Creek, VA | one word - SLINGBOX
After you buy one you'll never go back to a paid mobileTV service. Have TV YOUR way...anywhere.
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Frank
is chilling
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join:2000-11-03
somewhere
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to tiger72
Re: on demand vs broadcast
said by tiger72 :if i'm on the go, I don't want to see broadcast TV - I want on-demand clips and little more. I pay for TV at home, I don't need TV on the go bad enough to pay even more for it I'm the opposite, I want real TV and on-demand but not just little 5 minute clips. I had verizon vcast when it first came out and it sucked. All they would do was put measly little five minute clips which were very boring. If you want five minute clips of the daily show then vcast is for you.
The only time I even used this stuff is when I'm stuck in a situation of 'hurry up and wait' (ie: when i'm at an airport terminal, doctor's office, laundromat, etc.)
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
| reply to Jim_in_VA
Re: one word - SLINGBOX
said by Jim_in_VA :After you buy one you'll never go back to a paid mobileTV service. Have TV YOUR way...anywhere.
And with evdo caps, how does that help? |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
|  Not Watching TV in General?
Is it possible that people just aren't watching as much TV in general? I know the ratio of good-to-junk on the TV started to fall with the rise of "The Real World" generation and continues with the ridiculous amount of reality TV out there.
People seem to be viewing less and only certain prime-time shows at that. Are there any shows out there that come out during hours that you can't be somewhere with a TV (home/gym) and you just HAVE to watch it on your phone?
I can think of a couple of times when it would have been handy to have TV on my phone. During the ACC Tournament for instance, but not enough to have a 12 month subscription just to watch a weeks worth of programming on a teeny-tiny cell phone screen without any use for the remaining 51 weeks of the year. |
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Steve B
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA
1 edit | I think that....
The real reason behind this is because people don't want to pay for TV twice. If you watch TV, then you are already paying for cable or satellite at home. Why would you want to pay for it on your cell phone when the quality aint that great, the selections could be better, etc? If you are the small percentage that uses 'bunny ears'...free tv...why would those people want to buy tv for just the cell phone? It breaks down to if you want to pay for tv, you will obviously want to pay for tv at home. If you want free video...there are the 'bunny ears' or video on the internet. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | reply to whiteyonenh
Re: And the answer to that is
yeah...that will save sprint
SPRINT NXTEL CP(NYSE: S)
NEW Real-time: 7.69 0.86 (10.06%) 11:53AM ET
they're swirling..
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b10010011
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join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
·Comcast Formerly ..
1 edit | Who wants to watch a tiny screen anyway or PAY to do it?
Tiny TV's have been around for decades.
How many people really watch them?
Not many...
Of the few who would watch a tiny TV how many are going to PAY to watch it?
Even less 
Sorry, these streaming services on tiny screens are destine to be nothing more then a novelty. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to Frank
Re: on demand vs broadcast
i never have any use for it anyways. I'm not a big TV fan, so clips would work well since the little TV I watch I know precisely what I want to watch already... |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
1 edit | reply to avd706
Re: one word - SLINGBOX
said by avd706 :said by Jim_in_VA :After you buy one you'll never go back to a paid mobileTV service. Have TV YOUR way...anywhere.
And with evdo caps, how does that help? 160x320 resolution video is not very bandwidth intensive at all. Add to that the video is typically downsampled to 65k colors and the frame rate is typically reduced to 15fps and the bandwidth usage is minimal.
I can stream DVDs from my Windows Home Server to my WM6 phone at 320x214 with only 250Kbps of bandwidth. That's only 31KB/sec ... or enough to watch 44 hours of video. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
1 edit | reply to bugabuga
Re: And the answer to that is
said by bugabuga :Bundle it with the plan and don't let people to unsubscribe! That's what Sprint just did -- their discounted SERO plans were thrown out the window and new ones automatically come with mobile tv (and are twice as expensive as old ones, of course). That's the worst idea I can imagine - the safest way to piss me off so badly I willswitch toanother provider.
Stupid monopolist thinking.
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
| reply to Jim_in_VA
Re: one word - SLINGBOX
said by Jim_in_VA :After you buy one you'll never go back to a paid mobileTV service. Have TV YOUR way...anywhere.
And if you try Orb you would never pay for stupid Slingbox... 
...and on and on...
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | reply to b10010011
Re: Who wants to watch a tiny screen anyway or PAY to do it?
I agree, couldn't care less about stupid, lame US news channels - worst of all Western World news sources - or retarded "entertainment" clips.
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Jim_in_VA
join:2004-07-11
Cobbs Creek, VA | reply to avd706
Re: one word - SLINGBOX
...stream all the time via wifi, you do need a wifi capable phone of course. some of us have *no* caps
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to kamm
said by kamm :said by Jim_in_VA :After you buy one you'll never go back to a paid mobileTV service. Have TV YOUR way...anywhere.
And if you try Orb you would never pay for stupid Slingbox... ...and on and on...
A Slingbox can interface directly with your cable/satellite box. Orb can't do that without cobbling together a hackish TV Tuner/IR setup.
Slingbox is pretty much plug and play. |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | LIke I always said.
Another useless service that no one wanted in the first place. |
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hurleyp
join:2000-06-20
Ottawa, ON | reply to b10010011
Re: Who wants to watch a tiny screen anyway or PAY to do it?
Small portable TVs have been around in one form or another since the 60's. Like the man said, they are little more than novelty items.
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