5 reasons myDSL Watchpad is going to rule our (cyber)lives
Christmas has come two months early to PLDT myDSL subscribers. If everything pans out according to plan (read: If their servers and net resources can navigate through heavy Web traffic), PLDT's newest Web service, Watchpad, can very well be one of the Philippines' biggest step towards Internet TV.
Of course, there's also the possibility that it would become synonymous with "failure," backtracking the country's hopes of free cable streaming several steps back, right after pushing it forward. After all, Internet connections across providers and across the nation are frequently troublesome. Don't bet on it, though. Live-streaming websites are as popular as ever to Filipinos, especially during Manny Pacquiao fights and UAAP and NCAA basketball championships. Such trend only shows how imminent Internet TV really is. Give it a few years, and we'll be seeing families in urban areas having their Saturday lunch together, with eyes fixed on monitors – not TVs – watching Wowowee.
But let's not get into the future. For now, let us share with you five reasons we're banking on PLDT's myDSL Watchpad platform to succeed:
1. It lets you watch a great selection of local and cable channels (channels like GMA 7, CNN, and National Geographic) – with minimal buffering, mind you – via your desktop or laptop. And with the addition of another fine crop of channels set to be available soon, you can finally bid adieu to your obtrusive CRT TV.
2. It lets you enjoy award-winning movies from the country's most talented directors. Case in point: Brilliante Mendoza's objet d'art, including, Kinatay, one of this year's most controversial and historic local movies which bagged Mendoza the Best Director award at this year's Cannes Festival.
3. It lets you play the coolest games from Level Up. While we think this novel feature will appeal to hardcore and casual gamers alike, we can't help but hope that PLDT's partnership with Level Up! could be solidified even further by allowing Watchpad users to watch Level Up! tournaments live.
4. It lets you chat with friends, surf the Web, and keep track of your favorite sites. In fact, you can watch, chat, blog, and play games with your peers – all without having to close the Watchpad application. While the rest of the world will probably comprehend that sentence as is, we read it as an invitation to stay glued to our seats for life until we fall prey to an alarming level of obesity – or develop some sort of butt cramps.
5. Best of all, subscribing to PLDT's Watchpad is fast, easy, and free (free!). That is, if you're a PDLT myDSL subscriber. And did we mention that it's free?
There you have it. Five solid reasons the PLDT myDSL Watchpad is something to watch out for. With so much promise and potential for growth, we can't help but feel optimistic about the service and all it stands for.
Here's to Internet TV, free cable channels, and Willie Revillame invading our monitors!
Tried PLDT's Watchpad lately? If not, are you planning to? Share your thoughts with us. Hit the comments, guys!
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Just imagine... a delayed telecast of Eat Bulaga..say... 2 hours delay?!
But if PLDT can pull this off... then this will be a big hit for them... a selling point to subscribe to their DSL service. Hopefully no denial of service or something like that...
sorry to hear that, man. it works perfectly on my desktop. i think getting it to work properly mostly depends on your location's bandwith. with a plan similar to yours, my dl speed usually hits 150, and watchpad runs on my system without any hiccups. it just takes some time to buffer, but it plays smoothly from then on.