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Handheld TVs

I hope so,I have 3 dozen of tv's,that are 5" and under in my collection that become useless after the dtv change.
I've been reading about the new cell phones will be coming out soon with tv on them.
 
I saw a portable digital TV for sale at a Shop Rite grocery store in NJ recently. I believe the brand was Insignia but I don't remember for sure.
 
Insignia rings a bell,I remember I made a post on here almost a year ago wondering about portables, somebody replied about Insignia was producing one.
 
A bunch of retailers were selling the 5-7 inch "no name" (or at least non-major, reputable name) TVs this holiday season. I miss my handheld Casio that served me well for many years (and a Watchman for many years before that), including the ability to watch "on the go" on a train, etc. Unfortunately, handheld or not, I won't be able to replicate that experience...oh well, c'est la vie.
 
The real replacement for the old Watchman is mobile video to your cellphone - Verizon's "V-Cast" or Qualcomm's "Flo TV." It's not free like mobile analog TV was, but it holds out the promise of much more stable picture and sound quality, national coverage and maybe even a larger choice of programming, depending on where you're using it. Want "free"? That may be coming, too, as an increasing number of DTV stations begin experimenting with the new mobile ATSC standards.
 
I bought a Digital Labs 7" on sale at Target for $55 the week before Christmas. Office Depot has a 3.5" Digital Prism for $99.
 
In looking at the link to Wal Mart's website I'm surprised they actually still have CRT sets. Theyre totally gone from the stores in my area.
 
Speaking of handheld TV. ATSC DTV signals are the worst when it comes to reciving signals. Unlike NTSC the old analog signal. ATSC tends to break up or chop the signal all togheter when moving the TV around.
 
I purchased at "The Shack" a 3.5 Auvio portable digital TV....the picture is good and it gets better reception than a converter box (more channels) but it is a battery eater (get an AC adapter)
 
Handheld? Weren't some cell phone companies getting in on this? DTV ready cell phones with built in television?

I could have sworn that was an option, and in FULL color too!
 
Scott Fybush said:
The real replacement for the old Watchman is mobile video to your cellphone - Verizon's "V-Cast" or Qualcomm's "Flo TV." It's not free like mobile analog TV was, but it holds out the promise of much more stable picture and sound quality, national coverage and maybe even a larger choice of programming, depending on where you're using it. Want "free"? That may be coming, too, as an increasing number of DTV stations begin experimenting with the new mobile ATSC standards.
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I've looked into V-Cast, but the combination of the cost, and the fact that what I want to watch is generally locally originated (newscasts or something like Jeopardy to pass the time on the train) make it not worth my investment. For those folks whose needs are met by something like that service, more power to 'em.
 
Wikipedia seems to have dropped the ball on this.

My fault, really. I sort of took over the updates to DTV-related articles and over Christmas I've avoided most web sites.
 
in my brief experience with OTA digital it seems that the slightest nudge to the antenna
will cause you to lose the signal. It's hard to imagine this working in a hand-held unit as
you continually walk about.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
in my brief experience with OTA digital it seems that the slightest nudge to the antenna
will cause you to lose the signal. It's hard to imagine this working in a hand-held unit as
you continually walk about.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Television#Digital_TV

Look at the references for this section. You can click on most of these. The tests they've been doing show that's not supposed to happen.

Of course, everyone seemed to think digital TV was just a matter of making sure people had converter boxes or new TVs.
 
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