Most years, I watch the Masters. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to catch great drama (Tiger Woods coming back to win on a Sunday, Mickelson winning, the Shark's collapse).
This year, I'm watching a lot of Thursday and Friday action on my iPhone. The Golf Channel is totally lame, even in HD. I believe they are restricted from showing the front 9 (by agreement with Augusta) so their morning coverage is all talking heads while players tee off on the front nine. Total waste of life to watch it.
But my iPhone is giving me live coverage the moment golfers hit Amen Corner (10, 11, 12). The same coverage that will be televised starting at 1pm, except I'm getting it three hours early and live.
I had the bright idea of up the iPhone to the TV with the special cable and watching it on the big screen. No go. I guess the app doesn't support it. Tested my connection by firing up Danger Diabolik from the iPhone and it played perfectly, so it's the Masters app that doesn't support it.
Nevertheless, it's pretty much a seachange, and I think it's escaped many. I'm watching live streaming TV on the iPhone. Other networks (think Sprint) have supported this for a couple of years - for a hefty extra fee - but to my knowledge this is the first mainstream app on the iPhone to support this.
The quality is pretty decent, and it supports WiFi, 3G, and Edge.
Posted by artandscience at April 10, 2009 11:02 AM