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  • Elgato intros the inexpensive EyeTV One ATSC TV tuner

    Elgato intros the inexpensive EyeTV One ATSC TV tuner

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    There simply isn't that many easy ways to get live OTA HDTV on your computer while there is a ton and a half available for the now-defunct analog signals. But Elgato just announced the low-cost -- and low feature -- EyeTV One ATSC TV Tuner that brings one more solution to the table. Don't run over to Amazon and buy this Windows and OS X device just yet. You might not want it once you hear what it can't do.

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  • LG goes nouveau nostalgic with first US Mobile DTV devices

    LG goes nouveau nostalgic with first US Mobile DTV devices

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    LG just announced its first commercial products for the fledgling US Mobile DTV standard approved in October. First up is what appears to be a DTV-ified LG Lotus clamshell -- a phone first introduced in 2008 but now capable of extracting digital TV from the aether with an assist from that telescoping antenna. Also set for a CES launch is that DP570MH portable DVD player that lets viewers watch up to 4-hours of ATSC-approved Mobile DTV broadcasts before heading back for a charge. LG's also promising more ATSC Mobile DTV devices from Dell (laptops), Kenwood, and others including in-car receivers all using LG's LG2160A ATSC-M/H tuner chip. Still, mobile antennas and DVD players... how can something so new feel so retro?

    LG goes nouveau nostalgic with first US Mobile DTV devices originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • CEA & NAB: TVs could be interfering with antenna reception

    CEA & NAB: TVs could be interfering with antenna reception

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Here's a public service announcement from the friendly Consumer Electronics Association and National Association of Broadcasters: Move your TV antenna way from the TV for prime DTV reception.

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  • Samsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date

    Samsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date

    Posted on October 19, 2009 | No Comments

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    Mmm, nothing like a pinch of predictability to wake us in the morning. Just days after the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) finally announced that a North American mobile DTV standard was struck, Samsung has jumped in with what it's calling the planet's first single chip solution designed to handle those very transmissions. All we're told is that the solution combines RF and "digital chip components" into one 65 nanometer chip, making it ideal for smaller devices such as smartphones, car-mounted televisions and portable media players. Of course, Sammy doesn't even bother to mention a mass production date, so we're guessing we all just rise awkwardly and start a roaring slow clap to celebrate the accomplishment.

    Samsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • US Mobile DTV standard finally approved

    US Mobile DTV standard finally approved

    Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments

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    Well freaking finally. The Advanced Television System Committee just approved the Mobile DTV standard, meaning we're finally about to see for-real mobile television in the US. LG and Samsung have already made gear for the new standard, and the tech will be demoed later today before a rollout... sometime. Still, it's heartening news to hear that it's finally ready -- over 800 stations are signed up to broadcast the new signal, which makes use of existing 6MHz airwaves to do everything from straight TV to video-on-demand and targeted advertising. Cool, so now we're what, just a billion years behind DVB adoption?

    US Mobile DTV standard finally approved originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • DTV box sales “plummet” – surpise, surprise

    DTV box sales “plummet” – surpise, surprise

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember the big technology story of the first half of the year? Analog signals were suppose to be shut-off on February 17, but Obama saved millions of households from their procrastination by delaying it a few months. But eventually on June 12, those signals were turned off. You have to imagine that retailers moved loads of analog to digital converter boxes through the shut-off date. Not many have likely been sold since though, which is why *gasp* sales have plummeted.

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  • Rumor: Qualcomm FLO TV is coming

    Rumor: Qualcomm FLO TV is coming

    Posted on August 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Qualcomm (they probably made the chipset you're using in your phone) is working on bringing a new type of product to the US, the FLO TV. Roughly the size of an iPhone, the FLO TV is intended to allow you to watch digital TV broadcasts on the go.

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  • 98.9% of US homes able to receive DTV per Nielsen

    98.9% of US homes able to receive DTV per Nielsen

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Good job, everyone! The DTV switch seemed to went well. The June 12 transition came and past on our end with little fanfare. Hopefully it was the same with you. Nielsen is reporting that the vast majority of US homes - 98.9% that is - can receive DTV signals. Kind of surprisingly though is that the under 35 demo is the least prepared with 2.7% unable to receive the digital broadcasts.

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