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 on maybe one or two days a month?
The driver doesn't benefit from the system - they can't watch the TV either way and there's no programming FOR adults (it's all cartoons - and crappy ones at that).
Only way in-vehicle satellite TV works is if you're going cross-country in an RV. And then I'd just stick with a prepaid DishNow system or else just use free-to-air (and accompanying hacks to get onto Dish). Or if I were smart, I'd stray towards RV parks with free WiFi and just Hulu all the shows I want to see when traveling. #gizmodoremainders
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. #gizmodoremainders
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 proved me right.
@Onoskelis: This seems a lot easier to say from a different perspective, doesn't it? Typical liberal puppet? Who, pray tell, is the puppeteer? Is this just something cool to say?
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, they didn't just do this with Obama but our prior presidents as well as other foreign leader's speeches. Just saying, the apparent second coming Mr. Obama is not the first to be censored in China.
@ConfuciusMax: Chill. The article is really about the gray market for satellite TV in China, which makes it a tech article. If you can't handle that, you'll just have to ask Elaine for your Gizmodo subscription money back.
@phytonix: yeah, man, that government, man is like totally censoring us man. We should have like a..... A DRUM Circle....man.....
Theres no censorship here. If there was we never would have seen one of Bushes scripted speeches. The ones he "speaks good in". And people are some how "enlightened" becuase they travel the world. You are probably one of those people who worship Europeans, and say things like, "you know, in europe they use....". Come on.
@MDevonB: Censoring television is completely different here. There are channels that are not censored. Censorship here is more the government caving into the demands of parents than the government telling us what we can and can't listen to or watch. As for yelling "Fire!" in a crowded room, that is because it represents a clear and present danger to people. Other than that, you can't slander or libel people because you could potentially be taking away someone else' rights by doing so depending on what it is you say and to whom you say it.
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 or two and kill the broadcast due to 'technical difficuties'. It's just proving the point further when they're like "Did he say communist? Oh, turn off everyone's television" ...really? Could someone please explain to me what that is supposed to accomplish? The chineese people don't realize China actually sort of blows on occasion?
@92BuickLeSabre: I know, sending her all the way to China, having her infiltrate the country to become a citizen just so we can get the low down on their television habits.
...This is journalism. We are journalism. The world is journalism... Sorry, I have an Obama-complex.
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The driver doesn't benefit from the system - they can't watch the TV either way and there's no programming FOR adults (it's all cartoons - and crappy ones at that).
Only way in-vehicle satellite TV works is if you're going cross-country in an RV. And then I'd just stick with a prepaid DishNow system or else just use free-to-air (and accompanying hacks to get onto Dish). Or if I were smart, I'd stray towards RV parks with free WiFi and just Hulu all the shows I want to see when traveling. #gizmodoremainders
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5 seconds on youtube proved me right.
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Typical liberal puppet.
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It sucks you have to go through that shit.
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Like there is no censorship in the US... Thought you would have opened your eyes since you've traveled the world...
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Theres no censorship here. If there was we never would have seen one of Bushes scripted speeches. The ones he "speaks good in". And people are some how "enlightened" becuase they travel the world. You are probably one of those people who worship Europeans, and say things like, "you know, in europe they use....". Come on.
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Isn't close to the average country's level of censorship at all, but hey... its... somewhat there...
... okay, it just gets you a warning, until the cops think you're out to cause trouble instead of genuinely stupid.
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"And in the face of Communi...*TV snaps off*
*bangs set*
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"I guess I'll to outside." *lips keep moving*
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Taiwanese food is better though.
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Whatever they pay Elaine is not enough.
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...This is journalism. We are journalism. The world is journalism... Sorry, I have an Obama-complex.
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(And no, the different spelling doesn't fool anyone. ;) )