manishag 17 Report post Posted June 18, 2007 now more and more technologyies are getting launched in indian market. IDEA launched IDEA TV in Delhi. in this service one can enjoy all the popular TV channles on the popular sell phones. Application to use this service is java based so it is compatible with most of the handsets. also charges are not very high. Rs 150 per month and watch as many channels and as much as you want for whole month. Rs 10 per day and enjoy the unlimited Idea TV for the 24 hours. Rs 50 per channel per month and enjoy the channel as much as you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted June 18, 2007 now more and more technologyies are getting launched in indian market. IDEA launched IDEA TV in Delhi. in this service one can enjoy all the popular TV channles on the popular sell phones. Application to use this service is java based so it is compatible with most of the handsets. also charges are not very high.Rs 150 per month and watch as many channels and as much as you want for whole month. Rs 10 per day and enjoy the unlimited Idea TV for the 24 hours. Rs 50 per channel per month and enjoy the channel as much as you want. Is it live TV?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manishag 17 Report post Posted June 19, 2007 yes its live Idea TV uses progressive download for playing video. Progressive download means the application initially downloads some part of video file (buffers it), and then it starts playing the video file. While playing the video file, it simultaneously gets remaining part of the video file. This way you get the advantage that user need not wait for full download of the clip. Progressive download happens over http. Here you get the advantage that you are able to start playing 5 minutes of clip within 1 ½ to 2 minutes. If you have to do this over pure WAP http download and play user will have to wait as long as 8 to 9 minutes before the clip can be started. Also this is better compared to full streaming as in progressive download the quality of the played clip is same a Presenting IDEA TV. Idea TV uses progressive download for playing video. Progressive download means the application initially downloads some part of video file (buffers it), and then it starts playing the video file. While playing the video file, it simultaneously gets remaining part of the video file. This way you get the advantage that user need not wait for full download of the clip. Progressive download happens over http. Also the product plays commercials during user wait time, to take advantage of the situation. Client automatically downloads commercials whenever it finds additional network bandwidth. Server and client automatically manage this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2007 Progressive download over HTTP? What a load of crap. AFAIK, Idea uses GSM network. It doesn't have EDGE, EvDO or other high speed data connections. So its upto GPRS to manage. GPRS gives ****y speeds. At such speeds its impossible to "stream" live tv. Was it possible on your 56Kbps dialup modem? Nope. So why will it be possible on this?? Umm...one more thing, HTTP is the WORST PROTOCOL when it comes to streaming. RTSP is what is needed for "REAL" streaming. So its a whole load of crap from Idea. What do they think of the consumer? Are we stupid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted August 8, 2007 Rs 150 per month and watch as many channels and as much as you want for whole month.Rs 10 per day and enjoy the unlimited Idea TV for the 24 hours. Rs 50 per channel per month and enjoy the channel as much as you want. @manishag My dear friend its Rs.150/- only for the 20 channels which will be streamed in the starting phase and not for all channels. The subscriber have to shell out GPRS usage charges extra apart from Rs.150/- monthly. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
