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Watch NBC shows on your phone (#android)
May 13, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Tricks
Before “Heroes” broke my heart with last season’s jumbled, bloated story line, I usually tried to watch each episode on Hulu if I was away from a television. I wish I would have noticed this sooner, but I could have also watched the show at NBC Mobile.
Lifehacker points out that m.nbc.com has full episodes of “Heroes” and other shows like “Late Night” and “The Office.” The videos, broken up into segments like on television, can be streamed on Android phones. A short advertisement is displayed prior to each segment, but even the delayed load time is quicker than a standard commercial break..
The video quality is identical to what Androiders are accustomed to seeing when watching videos with the YouTube application. The stream speed was excellent when I used my G1 on Wi-Fi, and I didn’t notice any difference when testing it out on my local T-Mobile 3G network.
As we’ve come to learn with cell phones and other technologies, individual user experience may vary. That’s corporate talk for just because it works for Jack doesn’t mean it will work for Jill. Visit m.nbc.com from your Android device and see how well the video performs.
Scroll down to “All Full Episodes” to see what’s available
Video quality isn’t as crisp as you’d hope, but it’s very passable
Videos do not expand to use all of the display screen
In order to watch Part 2 or 3, users have to return to episode page and start next video
Here is a list of shows with full episodes available (as of May 13, 2009):
- 30 Rock
- Crusoe
- Friday Night Lights
- Heroes
- Howie Do It
- Kath & Kim
- Knight Rider
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Life
- Medium
- Parks & Recreation
- The Celebrity Apprentice
- The Chopping Block
- The Office
Sweet
Wow, that's awesome. I had no idea. My phone just keeps getting better and better.
Doesn’t work when I try to watch using my MyTouch. Anything special needed?
doesnt work with my behold 2
Works on motorola cliq!
How about burn notice, where can i get that for my touch
I used to be able to watch Days of our Lives on M.NBC, but now when I load a chapter, I get a blank screen and nothing happens. This has really aggrivated me. I don’t watch much tv nor do i have time…so I started watching via my Mytouch 3G android, and all of the sudden, I cant
I second that last comment. How can I watch NBC again on my touch?
I third that…when I try to watch any nbc mobile vids on my rooted droid I get a blank white screen..please help
I’m in a bit of pickle, I have had my iphone 3G for the last 2 years and it’s been pretty good. It’s my understanding that Apple has a new update coming out called OS 4 and it’s supposed to be adding some new bells & whistles to the Apple iPhone. I actually just bought Verizon’s new HTC Incredible the HTC Incredible and it’s an incredible phone, far superior to the iphone, BUT I’m hearing that Apple is going to be coming out with a completely redesigned new iphone altogether, and it’s supposed to be really nice but no one has any ideas as to when and Apple isn’t saying a thing. Should I keep my HTC Incredible, that I have 30 days to test and give back if I don’t want to keep it, or should I give it back, keep my current iPhone 3G and wait for the release of the new iPhone- tough to decide what to do.
SAME HERE! I see all this "watch-full-episodes-on-your-droid-at-mobile-nbc" info everywhere, however, there is NEVER any "full episodes" place to click on. Only: "shows" "video" "schedule" and "more". From my Droid. What do I need to be doing????