TV.com

by Antonio Wells Dec 30, 2009 6:00 AM – 10 Comments

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TV.com brings personal TV to your phone on WiFi and cellular networks. Access the videos you want anywhere you go including full episodes…and it’s free! Get video from CBS, The CW, CNET, ET, Showtime, CBS News, CBS Sports and much more! Watch your favorite shows anywhere, anytime on TV.com. No subscription fees apply.

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons

Pros

Free full TV shows on mobile phone
Good video quality
Good stream over 3G and Wifi
Limited commercials

Cons

Premium channels only offer snippets

Features:

TV.com Android App rocks! If you’re familiar with U.S. television channel (the one that airs the NFL Super Bowl) then you’ll be familiar with it show lineup and maybe subsidiary channels. Get access to those episodes while mobile with virtually no commercial breaks. Choose from many shows like CSI, Survivor, Beverly Hills 90210, Star Trek Original, and more. Channels featured are CBS, the CW, Showtime, CNET, CBS Sports Mobile, CBS News, Gamespot, Classic TV, StupidVideos.com, Movie Trailers, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Web Shows and Chow. All this for free, no monthly or annual subscription fees. When viewing most shows, you can browse and skip chapters like DVD menus, plus read show information like interactive TV guides.

: TV.com Featured TV Shows

: TV.com Most Popular

: TV.com Full Episodes

: TV.com All Shows

: TV.com All Shows by Channel

: TV.com Menu Options

: TV.com My Shows

: TV.com My Feed

: TV.com Pick Favorite Shows

: TV.com Shows Queuing

: TV.com TV Show Playing with Onscreen Chapter Menu

: TV.com Show Information

Usefulness:

A good source of entertainment when you’re not glued to the tube. Can be handy to catch up on shows or reruns. More cool factor than anything!

Ease of Use:

Simple. Browse or Search shows and watch. You can Favorite shows using My Shows and My Feeds.

Frequently Used:

User dependent most likely sparingly used. Great for commuting (provided you can hold a 3G connection throughout).

Interface:

There is a cool interactive interface for browsing shows, plus on-screen chapter menu options while viewing.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (4.3 out of 5)

Should you Download TV.com? Yes! A Really Awesome Android App!

Developer: CBS Interactive, Inc.

Tags: Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, CBS, Internet Television, Internet TV, TV.com

Categorised in: Entertainment

10 Comments

By Matt on December 30, 2009 at 8:13 am:

Meh, I didn’t find any full episodes of any shows I want to watch.

But what I really don’t like about this app is that it didn’t do what I expected. I expected to have access to all the great INFORMATION on TV.com. I go there all the time to get episode lists/descriptions, cast information, etc. I find they frequently have more information than IMDB does, and when it comes to TV it’s much better presented.

But nope! None of that is there. Just selected videos for show I don’t care about…

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- By chris on March 18, 2011 at 12:11 am:
  
  go to fastpasstv.com
  
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By foebs on December 30, 2009 at 2:45 pm:

This is almost perfect. The app interface is great, though the subscription side needs a bit of a tweak. The content is good enough to reliably kill an hour at need.

They need to plug this front end into Hulu. The level of content there is much stonger. That could reliably kill 4 weeks at need.

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By scott on January 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm:

this app is no longer in the market which sucks because its really great.

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By claroda on March 15, 2010 at 7:43 am:

it’s back scott, jsut downloaded

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By Lee on March 23, 2010 at 11:39 am:

this app is no longer in the market. Even tried direct download from my phone.

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By BermudaLamb on May 28, 2010 at 4:27 pm:

Good App with Major problem for Motorola Cliq phones, it only handles rotation in one direction (the wrong way). For Cliq phones, this orients the rotation so that the show is over the power adapter port. Not a good thing if you want to charge your phone while watching a show.

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By lvnnfl on December 7, 2010 at 12:27 pm:

I just downloaded it, will let you all know how it goes..

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By Red on January 28, 2011 at 5:58 am:

IT’S BACK BABY! YES!!!!!!!

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