Mobile TV trial taking place in Oxford

PC_Arcade

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4271474.stm

Me and my g/f are two of the 400 testing this service, picked up the handset yesterday.

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:34 am **Post subject:**

Cool.

Is it any good? Do you have to pay to access the service (during the trial)?

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:49 am **Post subject:**

Sweet.

Conky · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:42 am **Post subject:**

I saw in the News they were testing it in Oxford.

The soundbites had positive feedback with alot of people saying that it came in handy having TV on their mobile.

But that it wasn't really something they would invest in

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:19 am **Post subject:**

DJBenz wrote:

Cool.

Is it any good? Do you have to pay to access the service (during the trial)?

No it's free for the duration of the trial, quality is pretty poor though, so I probably wouldn't pay for it anyway........
and the hanset is HORRIBLE

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:40 am **Post subject:**

We already pay through the nose for BBC anyway, so I can't see people shelling out again to watch what they already pay for (OK, you'll be paying the phone company rather than the BBC, but same principle).

Plus, what's the main time you would use it? Daytime. When TV is shit.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:36 pm **Post subject:**

Call me a skeptic but this is completely f*cking useless :lol:

TV on a handheld is like sex in a barrel, cramped, awkward and just not as appealing as going at it properally. You got to be pretty desperate to resort to watching tv on a mobile.

Big no to video on the move from me. Flip Flop

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:49 pm **Post subject:**

I couldn't agree more to be honest Spud, there are some quality issues too.

If I want video on the move, i'll encode stuff myself as the quality is SO much better

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:01 pm **Post subject:**

Being able to view vids is OK, but TV is pretty pointless.

Very cool sounding, but pointless.

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