iPad gets portable TV tuner
Stream to the small screen
You can now watch Freeview shows on your iPad or iPhone - on the move.
Making mobile telly possible is Tizi, a gadget from Equinux which combines DVB-T tuner, Wi-Fi hotspot and a battery to keep them both ticking over.
The £150 device picks up programmes and streams them over Wi-Fi to an app running on your tablet or phone. The app, in turn, points the tuner at the station you want to watch.
Out of the box, the Tizi app - which is free - won't record TV shows, but Equinux promised that an update that allows just that will be released later this month.
The box itself is a mere 71g - so it won't strain your pockets or bag - and has a battery capacity good for three-and-a-half hours' viewing, Equinux claimed. The power cell is recharged by USB - just use you iPhone or iPad adaptor. ®
COMMENTS
Why would you want one of these?
It doesn't use your wifi, it forces you to use a network specific to the device, so you can't use it and your network together (unless you happen to have a device with two radios as they helpfully point out).
It would need to retune if you take it anywhere out of your xmitter range (roughly 30 miles from where you last tuned it).
A rabbit ear is not going to get much of a signal where I live (Oxfordshire) and I suspect most of the non-metro bit of the country.
It requires a TV licence, or will shortly if Capita have anything to say.
Clearly, marketing to the fondle slab owners is their one hope.
TV Licencing will persue the Fanbois
It's all part of tyhe BBC/TVL/Capita plan to make everyone, not just people who watch TV programmes as they are broadcast, have to pay their Tax, whether they own a TV or not.
