Re: TV on a Laptop? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20248496 en Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:53:40 EDT Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:53:40 EDT Re: TV on a Laptop? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20250851 djrobx : Lots of people watch movies on video iPods. The screen on the touch or iphone is pretty decent for personal video viewing. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20250851 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:52:47 EDT Re: TV on a Laptop? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20249064 EPS : The problem is that if you have better quality, then the mobile phone's battery consumption becomes too high- this is why they can't just use existing OTA signals.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20249064 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:22:51 EDT Re: TV on a Laptop? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248915 benc :
said by wierdo See Profile :

It wouldn't look very good on a laptop screen. The individual channels don't have a high enough bit rate.
I didn't think of that, but you're right.

To get a good enough bit rate you'd need lots of speed, which isn't available on mobile networks.

I guess TV through a mobile really is almost useless.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248915 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:51:03 EDT Re: TV on a Laptop? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248496 wierdo :
said by benc See Profile :

If this means using a mobile as a method to show TV on your laptop, then I don't see what's so bad. After all, even the smallest laptop screens are much larger than the screens on mobiles.

However, if all you can do is watch TV on that tiny 2-3" screen, then there's little to no point at all.
It wouldn't look very good on a laptop screen. The individual channels don't have a high enough bit rate.
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248496 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:29:45 EDT TV on a Laptop? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248456 benc : If this means using a mobile as a method to show TV on your laptop, then I don't see what's so bad. After all, even the smallest laptop screens are much larger than the screens on mobiles.

However, if all you can do is watch TV on that tiny 2-3" screen, then there's little to no point at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20248456 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:22:16 EDT