Comments on: Phones As DVRs, Not TVs

By: The Guru

The Guru — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:07 +0000

Ori – thanks for chiming in, and thanks for giving disclosure. I don’t mind plugs if they’re relevant and helpful, which yours seems to be. :) I’ll give interbine a look and see how I like it.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:00 +0000

By: Ori

Ori — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:49:10 +0000

Another obvious option is to “DVR the Internet”.
The cost (like many things Internet) is virtually zero if you have WiFi on your phone.
Checkout Interbine.com for example. They “push” Internet videos to your phone automatically via WiFi, cellular and even Bluetooth, based on your selection of channels. You don’t get mainstream TV on your phone this way, but you can subscribe to your favorite video RSS channel this way. It’s a bit like choosing your programming from a TV guide. Such services have some unique features, like browser buttons that let you put any video from sites like YouTube on your phone.
(full disclosure: I’m affiliated with interbine)

By: Ori

Ori — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:49:00 +0000

By: Antoine of MMM

Antoine of MMM — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:00:55 +0000

I would totally use an N95/N96/etc. as a DVR. Makes sense for my lifestyle (mobile, not married). For those who have families, this might be a bit much, though I would guess that that wireless protocol for controlling home multimedia devices (Unpp or something like that) would be able to step in and have the mobile essentially become a media center and media controller for multiple TVs in such a home.

By: Antoine of MMM

Antoine of MMM — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:00:00 +0000

By: Matti

Matti — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:32:24 +0000

DVB-supports DVR functionality. I got DVB-T tuner on my iMac and use it as DVR. It’s my undertanding that DVB-H has same functionality. At least N92 comes with digital program guide and you can just choose programs to be recorded and watch them whenever you like.

DVR will never fully replace live-TV. Consider news programs for example. On-line news coverage is mostly just too shallow for proper news analysis, or tends to lag behind timewise compared to live-TV like print media

I’m actually thinking about getting a N96 mainly because of DVB-H. I live in Espoo, but work at the Helsinki intitute of biotechnology, and that means that it takes me about 40 minutes to go to work. I would love to catch morning news on my mobile. That would also allow me to sleep few minutes later. I think that mobile TV will actually become very popular in Europe and Asia, but propably not in America. Mainly because of differences in public transport use.

By: Matti

Matti — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:32:00 +0000

By: n95 user

n95 user — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:30:56 +0000

of coruse.. not deluding myself into buying n96, n96 is indeed appealing..
anyway, back to the live tv issue.. it is great to have it, and hopefully it is receivable worldwide and most importantly low cost..

By: n95 user

n95 user — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:30:00 +0000