A review of uber-cool South Korean Satellite TV Phone

Fresh from Infoworld.nl. We know the satellite TV phone is cool, but, really, how good is the reception?

For several hours I walked around central Seoul with the phone tuned in to one of the video channels. It worked flawlessly in the street, didn’t show any glitches when I sat down to lunch in a coffee shop, and kept in tune with the TV channel as I descended into the subway. Even on subway trains between stations, deep under the city streets, the gap fillers provided a strong-enough signal that I could continue watching TV without interruption — much to the interest of fellow passengers.

The source of the great reception is “gap fillers,” that operate a bit like cell phone towers. They broadcast the satellite data all over Seoul, so that even in the wake of tall buildings or under ground, reception is crystal clear.

Posted by Sam on Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 at 3:50 pm under Satellite Phones, Satellite TV.
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