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more about #satellitetv dragon:ONE: In-car satellite TV never made sense - why waste $1300 and $20-30 a month on something you ever only use at most 30-40 minutes a day - and then only o... more » Bigbadbikernerd: There's a similar situation with a town listed as "Ioka, IA" near where I live. It's on Google maps, but there is literally one house there. #gizmodo... more » trs: What the hell kind if mac fan website posts a video that can't be viewed on an iPhone? #gizmodoremainders more » wanago: How else will we know what is happening on "SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!" more » TerryinSt.Paul: But how will I ever get my fill of local furniture store ads? Is it me or are the best/strangest local ads always furniture ads.5 seconds on youtube p... more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Why is that bad? Low budget commercials are always the best. more » Onoskelis: Elaine Chow = Whining about a country's polices and beliefs. Hate China? Good for you. You can leave at any time. Typical liberal puppet. more » strider_mt2k: You Rock, Elaine. It sucks you have to go through that shit. more » ceilingFANBOY: Wait, $300/year and you get HBO? How do I sign up here in the U.S? more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I don't know about that rest of that article, but my the looks of that picture China finally got something right. more » ConfuciusMax: My god there's censorship in China! NO! I'd like to award Gizmodo with the Madden award for most obvious post ever :-P. I still love you Giz. Also, th... more » phytonix: OMG Obama is censored in China the sky is falling!! Like there is no censorship in the US... Thought you would have opened your eyes since you've trav... more » Substance_D: Doesn't anyone think maybe it would hurt the cause to kill the broadcast right after the offending word? I mean, at least let it play another minute o... more » sime0n: Elaine Chow needs to write something positive about China for once. Enough of the Taiwan favoritism more » 92BuickLeSabre: Even having already read about the censorship, the perspective is fascinating. Whatever they pay Elaine is not enough. more » Kaiser-Machead: Humbug! If you can't keep your snot-nosed little ragamuffins from driving you crazy while you're driving, odds are some gizmo, or collective of gizmos... more » Shooting a monkey is now a hate crime: Or you could do what I do with my sons. It's called shut the hell up, keep your voices down while I'm driving, or I'll pull the car over, and whoop yo... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Wow, we are SOOOO lucky that cars have TV's in them now. Now children can finally travel in the car. Before this time, kids were knocked out w/ drug... more » -
#remainders
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton...10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings...AT&T's Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong...Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More » -
#advertising
Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
The WSJ is reporting that DirecTV has conscripted the talents of software startup Invidi to show targeted—meaning local—ads to its customers, starting in 2011. More » -
#china
How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China
While Americans had millions of ways to watch Obama's inauguration speech, here in China, I'm giving thanks for my one: gray-market Filipino satellite. Without it, I would've missed anything past where Obama muttered "communists." More » -
#satellitetv
AT&T Cruisecast: 20 Satellite TV Channels For the Car
Come this spring, parents will have another tool at their disposal when it comes to shutting up kids in the backseat. Called Cruisecast, it's AT&T's foray into car-based satellite TV, and it's expensive. More » -
#espionage
News Corp. Hires Hacker to Break Into Dish Satellite Network, Steal Security Codes for Pirate Cards
This is classic corporate espionage/sabotage at its finest. Dish Network is accusing News Corp.—which used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides its security tech—of hiring hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into Dish's network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. It sounds insane, but Tarnovsky admitted in court he was paid James Bond villain style, with $20,000 cash payments mailed from Canada hidden inside "electronic devices." More » -
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#satellite
Sirius SCV1 Satellite Tuner Brings Satellite TV to the Car
Sirius' SCV1, also known as Sirius Backseat TV, is their latest product that receives three channels of TV programming as well. The three channels—Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network— are all geared to keep kids entertained in the backseat while you're listening to regular Sirius music in the front seat. The SCV1 brings in 130 channels of audio, and works in 4:3 aspect ratio in just about any car with an on-board rear-seat video monitor. Retails in the fall for $300. [InfoSyncWorld]
