MBCO's MBR0201 kicks it old school with Moba Ho TV

by Paul Miller, posted Dec 27th 2006 at 5:35AM

While all the cool kids are rocking 1Seg or some other DMB varient these days, once upon a time in Japan there was Moba Ho, a fee-based portable satellite TV service that launched in 2004. Apparently that service is still alive and kicking, and Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (which launched the network) just busted out the new MBR0201 player for viewing those glorious 37 channels. The player is designed for car installation, and can record shows to an SD card, but that's about as exciting as it gets here. With car and home kits, it'll cost you 65,000 yen (around $547 US) and you should be able to pick this up in Japan in January.

Filed under: Portable Video

Tags: mbr0201, moba ho, MobaHo, portable tv, PortableTv, satellite

Subscribe to these comments

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neutral

Mike @ Dec 27th 2006 8:29AM

I can't wait until Sirius releases its sat TV offering:

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9666152-1.html

Neutral

KYDS3K @ Dec 27th 2006 10:45AM

i, for one, can't wait to watch some Ho TV . . .

but for now i'll have to settle for the Playboy channel.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.