In-Car Satellite TV Service

[Jason Tunzer]

AT&T Cruisecast, slated to launch this spring, promises to deliver satellite TV directly to your car. At launch, it will have 22 channels of satellite TV and 20 more of satellite radio, but will cost serious money: $1,299 for the system, and $28 a month for the service.

 

[Kem Poyner]

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I have been watching this product. Not alot of details on it yet that I can find. I wonder how it compairs to the tracvision A5/A7? I like how small the antenna is. I am anxious to see how well it tracks the satillite when corning and around trees. The Weather Channel does not appear on thier line-up yet. Not that TWC is a good chasing source, but I like to hear Dr. Greg Forbes during tornado threat days.

 

[J Kinkaid]

If you want Sat tv in your car now then it's simple and doesn't cost that much money. A slingbox will allow you to watch your home tv channels while on the road. The higher upload you have at home then the better the picture will be. Looks really nice with a 1 meg upload.

 

[Skip Talbot]

Its not really satellite TV though if you need an internet connection. That's the whole appeal about mobile satellite, is that there are no data holes. If they had a channel dedicated to severe weather reporting this would be a much more attractive product.