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Okay, serious question: why can't I watch over-the-air TV on my smartphone? It's got a screen, audio, and at least one antenna. I'm no electrical engineer but

Okay, serious question: why can't I watch over-the-air TV on my smartphone? It's got a screen, audio, and at least one antenna. I'm no electrical engineer but surely that's something that's at least theoretically possible...

sgrove 10y ago
This used to be very big in South Korea at least, before (modern) smartphones took off. I suspect it's less compelling than just watching internet video now that we have that.
- hudibras 10y ago
  I understand it for most things, but it's frustrating for live sporting events when I can't stream it without paying (if it's available at all) to my smartphone while at the same time I'm literally being bombarded with the free TV signal for that event.
  - iokanuon 10y ago
    If you are able to do that, you could stream it through the Internet from your house.
  - ryao 10y ago
    Buy a HDHomeRun and a TV antenna. Then you can stream the broadcast: https://www.silicondust.com https://www.silicondust.com
LeoPanthera 10y ago
ATSC-M/H (in the US) and DVB-H (pretty much everywhere else) was designed for this use case, but it did not see much traction. Regular ATSC/DVB-T broadcasts do not cope well with a moving receiver.
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omgtehlion 10y ago
Buy a chinese “smartphone” which is not an android, and you'll have a real TV in a pocket (with old-school telescopic antenna)
theshrike79 10y ago
In Finland DVB-H was killed by the local MPAA equivalent. They demanded that everything transferred via DVB-H would need to be licensed separately - even though DVB-T and DVB-C were already licensed. Pretty much no one paid for the licensing, thus there was no content. And as there was no content, no one bought the phones. Then came LTE and now we can just stream stuff over the interwebs.
Artlav 10y ago
It can be done easily, and most noname Chinese phones and tablets have it. Not sure about the modern digital TV, however.

sgrove 10y ago

This used to be very big in South Korea at least, before (modern) smartphones took off. I suspect it's less compelling than just watching internet video now that we have that.

hudibras 10y ago
I understand it for most things, but it's frustrating for live sporting events when I can't stream it without paying (if it's available at all) to my smartphone while at the same time I'm literally being bombarded with the free TV signal for that event.
- iokanuon 10y ago
  If you are able to do that, you could stream it through the Internet from your house.
- ryao 10y ago
  Buy a HDHomeRun and a TV antenna. Then you can stream the broadcast: https://www.silicondust.com https://www.silicondust.com

LeoPanthera 10y ago

ATSC-M/H (in the US) and DVB-H (pretty much everywhere else) was designed for this use case, but it did not see much traction. Regular ATSC/DVB-T broadcasts do not cope well with a moving receiver.

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omgtehlion 10y ago

Buy a chinese “smartphone” which is not an android, and you'll have a real TV in a pocket (with old-school telescopic antenna)

theshrike79 10y ago

In Finland DVB-H was killed by the local MPAA equivalent. They demanded that everything transferred via DVB-H would need to be licensed separately - even though DVB-T and DVB-C were already licensed. Pretty much no one paid for the licensing, thus there was no content. And as there was no content, no one bought the phones. Then came LTE and now we can just stream stuff over the interwebs.

Artlav 10y ago

It can be done easily, and most noname Chinese phones and tablets have it. Not sure about the modern digital TV, however.