Tom's Hardware > Forum > Home Theatre > Digital TV > ATSC does not allow for mobile or portable television

ATSC does not allow for mobile or portable television

Forum Home Theatre : Digital TV - ATSC does not allow for mobile or portable television

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Word :    Username :           
 

I have been looking for a portable TV with an ATSC tuner. I came across the following whitepaper http://www.dvb-h.org/PDF/DigiTAG-DVB-H-Handbook.pdf that says the ATSC standard "does not allow for mobile or portable television reception". I find it hard to believe that the ATSC over looked this market. Does any one know what the technical hurdle is? DVB is the European standard for digital television. They have several flavors DVB-T (terrestrial), DVB-C (cable), DVB-S (satellite), DVB-H (Handheld). Since the EU has separate terrestrial and handheld standards there must be a hurdle.
:?:

Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.

It probably has something to do with antenna orientation requirements.

Reply to Graogrim
- 0 +

I can't speak for the reliability of this TV; I just found the link online myself.
Looks like the real deal: built-in ATSC tuner, portable, "available at most (BestBuy) stores"
Customers reviewed it at 3.9 out of five stars. May just be available in the US.
Does this help?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] 5610667287

Reply to tvman

I bought a portable digital digital tv from Gadgets 4 Less (www.gadgets4ls.com) with free shipping. Compared to best-buy's crap this tv Owns!

Reply to phillips604
- 0 +

Yeah free shipping from that site is pretty good deal.

Reply to ed146
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Home Theatre > Digital TV > ATSC does not allow for mobile or portable television
Go to:

There are 614 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them