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Smart launches SmartBro Surf TV

Yesterday, Smart announced a new online TV service called Smart Bro SurfTV. SurfTV turns your ordinary TV set at home into an internet appliance.


Smart Bro SurfTV is a device that connects to a television set and gives it access to the internet any where in the Philippines (well, as long as you have 3G coverage).

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You basically plug the device into the RCA port of a color TV set. Smart Bro SurfTV then turns the set into a ready-to-run “internet appliance” where users can surf, chat, and email — through a multi-tasking TV.

Smart Bro SurfTV comes in a boxed set complete with a keyboard, a mouse, a remote control, and a Smart Bro USB stick-type modem with a prepaid SIM, pre-loaded with Php100 worth of load. The entire kit costs only Php4,500 and additional internet access costs Php10 for every 30 minutes.

Not yet sure what it can or cannot do compared to, say, a regular desktop (like how it handles downloaded files, etc.). We’ll just have to wait for the review unit to arrive before we can get more details.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

82 Responses

  1. Avatar for Selina Selina says:

    I’d like to have one since I’m so tired about my computer now. But I wonder if it also provide some functions comuputer contributed

  2. Avatar for Mythbuntu Mythbuntu says:

    SurfTV = watching YouTube on iPhone, not so good quality and on a slower bandwidth (wireless)

    GoogleTV = watching YouTube on a computer, better quality and have option to be on a faster bandwidth (wired)

    Mythbuntu = using a computer with an LCD TV, full internet access. YouTube, Internet TV, Torrent, Etc…

  3. Avatar for Just pussled Just pussled says:

    I don’t think that this device is as cool as it sounds. reading from the features describes, it looks like just a low cost pc to me. It never mentioned that the tv signal will come from or the device recieves tv programs it will just use your tv set as a monitor. it is pc that the video output is in RCA,composite video, instead of VGA output that is usually use to connects to your computer monitor.

  4. Avatar for Portable Hard Drives Portable Hard Drives says:

    Cool features. Would love to own one now. Appreciate the makers of it. Awesome!

  5. Avatar for Delsh Delsh says:

    Cool features. Would love to own one now. Appreciate the makers of it. Awesome!

  6. Avatar for Ramer Ramer says:

    ok lang ito pag di malaki tv mo, mga about 14″. Anyway pwede din ba tayo mag install d2?kaso d2 samin nasa tapat ng tower ng smart patay patay nga lang ang internet connection. bakit kaya?

  7. Avatar for aedrik aedrik says:

    wow.. wow… I really want buy one…
    the modem is not too expensive… but can i use wifi connention or internet connection instead of loading for 30php. per hour?

  8. Avatar for keanu keanu says:

    hello!! can i use wife connection instead of smart bro usb?????

  9. Avatar for keanu keanu says:

    can i play games using smart tv???

  10. Avatar for Smart Broken TV Smart Broken TV says:

    bako kayo bumili test nyo muna s dealer or s wireless center kung maganda ang produktong yan… pareho din yan ng Cignal Satellite TV palpak ang Set Top Box 30% s unit nila sira… wag kayong bumili nyan nasubukan ko n yan.. ang tagal nyan mag boot.. dapat ang price nyan P450 lang di P4500… By the 2nd half ng 2010 mura na yan at walang bumibili… basta product ng smart asahan no ang lokohan…

  11. Avatar for MAFETTE MAFETTE says:

    can i use my computer monitor instead?

  12. Avatar for Eltz Lopez Eltz Lopez says:

    how about webcam? will it work with this smart surf tv?

  13. Avatar for SurfTVBuyer SurfTVBuyer says:

    Bumili po sister ko hoping our parents can use it. Pero sobrang bagal! First, sa web connection, nasa 30 minutes yata inabot bago macomplete download page to think yung signal ng Smart Bro namin is either CDMA or HSDPA (based sa color ng LED indicator). so bago ka makapagsurf talaga laki na ng nagastos mo. Hindi din nagamit sa youtube or FB games since “No Flash detected. Download it here”, kapag kinlick mo naman nagaask na ng flash drive. pero kapag may flash drive nageeror na! Second, antagal magread ng flash drive para sa picture, music and movies. Sa totoo lang hindi ko tuloy nacheck kung anung file type supported nito. Haaaayyyz.. Ngayon nagask na sila ng assistance kung ganun ba talga kabagal yun and bakit walang Flash. Pwede daw webcam kaso yung Logitech Quick Cam Go lang supported daw. Di ko na natry wala naman kami nung cam na yun.

  14. Avatar for Melanie Melanie says:

    Is it possible to use webcam here…
    And i am also a skype and messenger…
    im more on chatting.. can i do that here….

  15. Avatar for keanu keanu says:

    cool,
    but can i use smart tv surf for gaming??
    i want to buy some coz i want 2 use it for playing pet society and farmville….

    i think smart tv surf cant run games coz its not a computer that has intalled game player!!

  16. Avatar for bb_tux ko bb_tux ko says:

    ay naku.. nkakasira ng mata yan! kaya nga may monitor ang computer, eh.. ano ba nman yang wla kwentang device na yan! wag na kayong mag-support nyan, smart lang ang nkikinabang nyan… dont be naive guys!! be informed! kung gusto mo nman lang mag-internet, sa computer ka nlang! anu ba..

    ano ba dw speed ng processor nyan? kaya bang itapat yan sa mga existing intel processors na ginagamit natin sa ating mga apple computers?? come on, you guys.. don’t be a fool!! think it again :D peace

  17. Avatar for denwa denwa says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdkjWVnsRM

    at around 1 minute makikita nio how the browser looks like

    my guess is that this is an opera browser.oh shit @ 1:11 it is an opera browser..its not a bad thing in fact I love opera..though what I saw was opera’s loading error message(GOOD JOB SMART YOU JUST SHOWED HOW REALLY SHITTY YOUR INTERNET IS)

    at 1:19 the “watch videos” portion I can see a 582.XX MB thingy saying that is the size of the video so i think its ok for anyone to expect at least 4-16 gb of space in it..

    what can i say is either the video quality is shitty or the crt display is shitty

    I’m actually more happy for my browser opera than the product itself.

    I’m curious too on what codecs are in it..

    what can I say I’m more curious on the technology than the product itself

  18. Avatar for ashley ashley says:

    hay,,,,,,,,,,,

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