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TV sounds on portables once analog is shut off.

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fortaz107

Does anyone know if there are any new portable radios on the market that would be able to pick up digial TV sound like some do currently? I like listening to the TV on my walkman when I am out sometimes. My guess is they would be too big to carry around..
 
fortaz107 said:
Does anyone know if there are any new portable radios on the market that would be able to pick up digial TV sound like some do currently? I like listening to the TV on my walkman when I am out sometimes. My guess is they would be too big to carry around..
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They wouldn't be too large. The question is...are they going to be manufactured?
 
Size wouldn't be a problem, but power consumption would be. Current digital TV decoding chips are fairly power hungry, and will go through a battery pretty fast. And the problem is that you aren't going to save a lot of power by eliminating that portion of the circuitry dedicated to decoding the MPEG-2 video and making an audio only device.

The other issue right now would be cost -- the digital TV decoding chip would be a signficant expense considering the low price point that most radios sell for today. How many people would be willing to pay $99 for a TV-band radio?
 
With such a loss of portability, this digital tv thing feels like a huge step backwards.
Now I have to throw away my bw Waltchman handheld, and there's no replacement
 
Just make up a little carrying bag with room for a battery pack and a tiny DC-operated converter box, along with the TV. The DISH/Echostar converter is tiny, and (IIRC) needs 5 VDC.
 
I wonder how hard it would be to allow TV stations to squeeze somewhere in on the AM dial just the audio portion of their signal?
 
kenglish said:
Just make up a little carrying bag with room for a battery pack and a tiny DC-operated converter box, along with the TV. The DISH/Echostar converter is tiny, and (IIRC) needs 5 VDC.
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That's pretty funny :D
 
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