[opendtv] Re: Opinion: Mobile TV's New Free Market Economy
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:20:23 -0400
As a computer media nerd I think I would prefer mobile broadband, TV,
and phone with the receiver/antenna fashioned into a beanie-copter.
The geek-sheik triple play.
- Tom
Hunold, Ken wrote:
> I know that subsequent posts have made fun of this idea, but it's
> already happening, and pre-dated the iPod by almost two decades.
>
> Portable "walkman-style" FM radios have used the headphone wire as an
> antenna for many years. You could argue whether that application is
> more of mono-pole than dipole, or rabbit ears. You could also show lots
> of portable TVs that only use a single rod for an antenna.
>
> In response to another obvious tongue-in-cheek comment, three years ago
> I used a set of headphones that had an XM antenna hidden in the
> headband, and it worked quite well with a portable XM unit. No need to
> walk a certain way or orient your head to the south ;)
>
> Ken
>
>> Craig Birkmaier posted:
>
> Think of it this way. Apple made wearing white ear buds fashionable.
> Can the CE industry make it fashionable to walk around wearing rabbit
> ears?
>
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