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The Tivizen, over-the-air TV antenna, coming to iPad

We're live at CES this week, and things are kicking off here in Vegas. The show floor itself opens tomorrow, but electronics manufacturers have already started up with all of their announcements and reveals showing off all of the new hardware for 2011. Here's one interesting gadget: the Tivizen, created by Korean company Valups, is a device that plugs into the iPad's dock connector, and along with a free app, allows for the iPad to recieve digital over-the-air broadcasts of television. That's pretty handy -- depending on standards and availability, you should be able to watch most major broadcast channels in large US metro areas directly on your iPad.

The Tivizen is priced at US$99, which puts it in line with something like the EyeTV. Hopefully not for too long, though -- the device requires its own battery, which only lasts a couple of hours. If you've been looking for a way to watch a broadcast show you can't otherwise see, specifically on your iPad, the Tivizen might be just what you're looking for. Odds are there's some other way to watch that video on Apple's tablet, no?

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Loonyx

that thing is going to need a nice little power plug adapter that allows devices to be connected to it and keeps this sucker powered. Does that exist yet?

January 06 2011 at 12:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wplate

This could be cool, but I would definitely want TiVo-like pause capability.

January 06 2011 at 12:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lui

This is a re-release of Japans Buffalo Digital adpater launched last year: http://buffalo.jp/product/multimedia/chideji/oneseg-tuner/dh-one_ip/#feature-1

Since its digital there are a lot of new business that can be delivered over the signal besides the TV show.

January 05 2011 at 11:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jake

Hmm. I don't have a television and thus no cable/satellite/radar/infrared whatever. I would be interested in this is if I could watch NFL and MLB games that are otherwise unavailable or blacked out. J-E-T-S on my i-P-A-D.

January 05 2011 at 10:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jindo Fox

So not only does this adapter require its own power supply, it also blocks the one port you can use to charge the iPad? Um..."inelegant." I'm glad to have zero desire to watch broadcast tv.

January 05 2011 at 10:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
crisss1205

This would be great for WiFi iPads but since I have 3G I will stick to SlingBox

January 05 2011 at 9:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Bloobie

Why would it matter? This device doesn't use WiFi or 3G. It's basically a TV antenna attached to your iPad.

January 05 2011 at 9:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
crisss1205

@Bloobie
I know that. I am saying its great except I would rather use SingBox instead of this since I have 3G.

January 05 2011 at 9:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
silvio

I wonder if Elgato will ever come out with a product like this, since they make tv tuners for mac and have ipad/iphone apps

January 05 2011 at 7:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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