Friday, June 6, 2014

TV on your tablet – PC World

How to replace existing mobile device into a portable television and what is needed to receive the TV signal outside the home?

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mobile DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast Handheld) in Poland is virtually dead. Do not count on the explosion of popularity of mobile TV, as in Japan. The local standard for mobile TV, 1seg, is commercially available from April 2006. Despite limited opportunities and poor people of the Land of the Rising Sun fell in love with this solution. According to JEITA (Japanese trade organization uniting producers of electronic industry) two years later, at the end of March 2008, 64.2% of phones sold in Japan were adapted to receive the signal 1seg.

Europe Such solutions never adopted on a massive scale and phones equipped with mobile TV tuners are now only a curiosity. Fortunately, there are other ways to transform your smartphone or tablet into a portable television receiver.

Method one – portable decoder / tuner DVB-T

Your mobile device can work with mobile television tuner or decoder, which obtains the TV signal. For example, in an offering Mobile TV Cyfrowy Polsat to buy a decoder DVB-T, so that you can watch TV without using internet connection. Mobile decoder receives the signal through the built-in antenna, connect to the device via Wi-Fi, and the application for Android or iOS displays a list of programs and image. The advantage of this solution is not only total independence from the internet, but also rewarding choice programs – in Mobile TV is everything in a “normal” DVB-T, and also eight additional programs coded (for a fee).

Using Mobile TV Cyfrowy Polsat, do not use up valuable data packet, but you have to sign a contract with the service provider subscription time (14.90 zł per month with a contract for 18 months plus a decoder for the buck) or purchase access pre-paid (199 zł for MT decoder 5000 and 9.95 zł per package Extra). Current subscribers of Cyfrowy Polsat services have a discount. They pay 9.90 zł per month with subscription for 18 months. In any case, there is still promotion that gives 6 months free use of services.

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A hapless range – problem relates primarily to the reception Extra package that runs on the fourth multiplex Freeview. Good quality signal currently covers only the largest city in Poland.

Other broadcasters approach the issue of mobile access to the DVB-T channels with greater distance. Interesting offers missing. Fortunately, you do not need necessarily to decide on the solutions offered by a particular sender. Access to free signal channels is common. We must therefore take care of yourself with the right equipment. It suffices to look at the offers of dealers and online auctions to easily hit the mobile apps. Portable DVB-T you can buy a version for remote or with connectors adapted to specific phones or tablets. Their service is still needed compatible app, mostly available for free and works with Android and iOS systems. The prices of these starters are typically in the range of 100-200 zł. The set usually find the antenna, which is very important when receiving digital television signal.

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