On Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:53:37 AM UTC-4, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 4/23/2014 6:29 PM, Home Guy wrote:



- is there really a market for watching TV on a cell phone or tablet?



There apparently is, because this company has sold out all of its

available antennas in some markets.

The only time I'd be interested would be when I'm sitting in the

basement with the power out during a storm, and I wanted to keep

abreast of the tv broadcast weather reporting.



But my biggest question is:



If people really do want to watch TV on their mobile devices, then why

on earth hasn't the makers of these devices (phones, tablets) responded

years ago by putting ATSC tuners in them SO YOU CAN WATCH LOCAL TV

DIRECTLY OTA WITHOUT USING ANY INTERNET / DATA BANDWITDH ?



It's more than the tuner. You also need a decent antenna - and you're

not going to be able to fit one inside a mobile device.

Good point, perhaps you've hit on the reason. The Aero TV company
uses a postage stamp size antenna, but presumably they are locating
their facilities very close to the Xmitter.