Telly Provides Mobile Television to iPhone

[maokh]

take the display with a grain of salt. this demo is a "mock up". Quicktime on the iphone will support live streaming video, but as you can see by the download progress indicator, it was not in live streaming mode. There were just downloading clips.

ATSC uses 8VSB, which handles multipath very, very poorly. It is almost impossible to make a useful mobile ATSC receiver. Over in europe, the DTV standard makes use of OFDM .. and its too bad they didn't adopt that here .. that technology works great in crappy multipath environments.

MediaFLO is an OFDM technology as well, and (obviously) works well mobile. There are also prototype stand alone receivers that look like small pocket tv's or video players that work well. The MediaFLO system does not require back channel connectivity to operate.

 

[DouglasP]

I am happy to see things move forward, no matter what it is, for the iPhone!

 

[kdarling]

This is a mobile cell phone network live streaming video receiver, with built-in WiFi access point. Its sole purpose is to add cell phone network live streaming video to mobile phones that don't natively support it.

I believe there's some confusion here.

The Telly receives over-the-air broadcasts, including DVB-H and MediaFLO. Those two have nothing to do with cellular 3G TV, such as Sprint uses. In fact, the point of carriers using them is to both avoid the unreliable quality of service on their 3G network, and to not overload it.

You're correct that they aren't marketing it to regular folks, but instead want carriers or others to sell you the device and charge monthly fees for authenticated access. So yes, you'd have to say, pay Verizon or ATT for access to their MediaFLO services.

I do wonder how many people would want to carry the Telly around, instead of just buying a DVB or MediaFLO capable phone. Or for that matter, why not use a standalone tiny TV instead, with free access?

Cheers - Kev

 

[scirica]

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I'll be more excited when the SlingPlayer app comes around.

Has to be Slingplayer for me. Any word on development?

 

[Anonymous Freak]

I believe there's some confusion here.

The Telly receives over-the-air broadcasts, including DVB-H and MediaFLO. Those two have nothing to do with cellular 3G TV, such as Sprint uses. In fact, the point of carriers using them is to both avoid the unreliable quality of service on their 3G network, and to not overload it.

You're correct that they aren't marketing it to regular folks, but instead want carriers or others to sell you the device and charge monthly fees for authenticated access. So yes, you'd have to say, pay Verizon or ATT for access to their MediaFLO services.

I do wonder how many people would want to carry the Telly around, instead of just buying a DVB or MediaFLO capable phone. Or for that matter, why not use a standalone tiny TV instead, with free access?

Cheers - Kev

You're right, I was oversimplifying. My point is that, at least in the U.S., they are not free, and they are run by mobile phone carriers. This is not like standard terrestrial television, where the broadcast station broadcasts their signal free to anyone with the proper equipment to receive it.

Also, in the U.S., tiny standalone TVs are about to become obsolete. The new U.S. digital TV standard, ATSC, is nearly impossible to implement a small mobile receiver for. Which is too bad, i'll miss watching my little 15-year old Sony Watchman. As for why not buy a capable phone? The whole point of this is when you don't want to have to replace your phone. For example, the iPhone. None of the current MediaFLO devices interest me.