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New ASUS My Cinema PE6300 Hybrid DVB-T and Analog TV Card
Asus unveils the My Cinema PE6300Hybrid DVB-T and Analog TV Card.
The Asus My Cinema PE6300 Hybrid, which supports both digital (DVB-T) and analog (PAL/ NTSC) TV programs, has an embedded hardware MPEG2 encoder that reduces CPU loading. Adopting the new PCI Express x1 interface, transmission speeds of up to 500 MB/s (faster than the PCI bus of 133MB/s) can be achieved – an improvement of almost 3 times over conventional technology.
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Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:30:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samung SGH-P960 DVB-H and OMA-BCAST TV Phone
Samsung announced the SGH-P960 DVB-H TV phone with OMA-BCAST support today for Europe.
DVB-H was adopted by the European Union earlier this year as the technology for Mobile TV. The new P960 supports also OMA-BCAST (Open Mobile Alliance Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler Suite).
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Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia-led DVB-H to be EU Mobile TV Standard
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Nokia-led norm, DVB-H, will be the European Union's
standard for mobile television broadcasting, the European Commission said as it
tries to boost the fledgling mobile phone broadcasting sector.
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Posted on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
MFD and Neva Media Joint Venture to make DVB-H new German Mobile TV Standard
In May last year MFD started to offer DMB based mobile TV in Germany. Today MFD and Neva Media announced to form a joint venture to provide DVB-H based mobile TV in Germany in 2008.
The large media companies Hubert Burda Media und Holtzbrinck are behind NEVA Media.
The new company wants to offer DVB-H based mobile TV in time for the European Soccer World Cup that will take place in Austria and Switzerland.
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Posted on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia and Motorola Join Forces on DVB-H Mobile TV
Nokia and Motorola announce that the companies will work together on developing their DVB-H based mobile phone TV technologies.
The handset manufacturers will work together to support solutions based on open DVB-IPDC standards. Main task is to test and verify that the DVB-H products from each company works with each other.
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Posted on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Modeo Windows Smartphone with DVB-H For the US
Modeo LLC pushes DVB-H mobile TV with own designed Windows Smartphone manufactured by HTC.
Apparently Modeo is also itself providing the DVB-H infrastructure. The company piloted DVB-H in Pittsburgh during 2005. Modeo plans to officially launch this network and its commercial-grade multicast mobile broadcast center during 2006 in select major U.S. markets, including New York City. The company currently is working on deployment of the network to the top 30 U.S. markets, with launches targeted throughout 2007.
Modoe competes in the US with QualComm's MediaFlo, which is supposed to be better than DVB-H. At least something is happening. I already thought the United States is loosing touch in the mobile digital TV sector.
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Posted on Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:14:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Portable DVB-T TVs
At CeBIT everybody is talking about digital TV on mobile phones, but what actually is already there in several regions in Germany in DVB-T. Several portable TVs and DVD players are on the market now in Germany with DVB-T tuners at affordable prices.
The advantage of a portable DVB-T TV besides the screen size is that it is settled that DVB-T will be rolled out nation-wide in Germany. With Mobile TV there is still no guarantee that a DMB handset will be any good next year. Same risk is with DVB-H, which is currently behind DMB in Germany. Additionally there is cost associated with watching TV on mobile phones. DVB-T in contrast is free.
Amazon Germany offers the following portable DVB-T TVs:
Transonic DVD 3035 7" LCD TV and DVD Player
Teak Style 7" LCD TV and DVD Player
Karcher Blu:s 7" LCD TV and DVD Player
Telestar Digiporty 8" LCD TV
Transonic PTV 3061 9" LCD TV
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Posted on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:16:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Six Reasons Why T-DMB Is Better Than DVB-H
Mr. Jae Hong, Lee, Director General of the Korean Ministry of Information and Communications proclaimed at a keynote in Seoul six reasons on why T-DMB is better than DVB-H for mobile digital TV.
The six reasons are:
1. Lower Channel switching time (1.5s versus 5s on DVB-H)
2. No latency through time-slicing
3. 30fps versus just 15fps on DVB-H
4. Not just IP based but also providing for streaming services
5. Using 2Mhz channel requires less power and circuit complexity (DVB-H uses 8Mhz)
6. T-DMB can provide DAB audio at minimum additional cost
If you know six reasons why DVB-H is better than T-DMB please email me.
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Posted on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:12:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia and Sony Ericsson Partner for DVB-H Mobile Digital TV
Nokia and Sony Ericsson partner to make their DVB-H digital mobile TV technology work together.
The fronts between Korean favored DMB and DVB-H are forming further. Sony Ericsson and Nokia today at the 3GSM announced to co-operate to achieve interoperability in DVB-H enabled devices and secure multi-vendor mobile TV services and pilots from 2006 onwards.
Sony Ericsson and Nokia favor DVB-H as the technology for terrestrial digital broadcast mobile TV. As basis the Open Air Interface implementation guidelines are used (details).
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Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:42:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
CES 2006: Ridata USB Stick DVB-T Tuner TA T100
Ridata will show it's slick DVB-T Tuner USB stick at the CES 2006.
Ridata USB DVB-T tuner receives digital terrestrial TV and radio signals and supports DVB protocol ETS 300 744.
Ridata expects to have available a similar device for the American ATSC standard soon.
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Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Live Video of Nokia N92 DVB-H TV Mobile Phone
Nokia made available a video showing off the Nokia N92 DVB-H TV mobile phone that was announced today.
The video shows how cool and versatile the folding design of the Nokia N92 is.
Also the screen quality looks very impressive. As reported the Nokia N92 is
the world's first mobile phone with integrated DVB-H Tuner. DVB-H competes
directly withe Korean favored DMB mobile TV technology.
You can watch the video in our video player.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:31:17 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Nokia N92 - World's First Mobile With a Built-in DVB-H
Yesterday Nokia announced infrastructure for mobile TV technology based on DVB-H. Today they announce their first handset with integrated DVB-H tuner dubbed the Nokia N92.
The Nokia N92 features a design like a little portable DVD player. It features a nice 2.8" anti-glare QVGA screen with 16 million colors.
Users can set reminders to watch their favorite TV programs, create personal channel lists and subscribe to TV channel packages. The Electronic Service Guide (ESG) contains information about the available TV channels, programs and services. Other mobile TV features include watching time of up to four hours, recording and 30 seconds replay.
The Nokia N92 is also an XpressMusic device, with up to 2 GB memory card support, offering storage for up to 1500 songs delivered through the built-in stereo speakers or a stereo headset.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:16:50 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia DVB-H Coming
Nokia announces world's first commercial solution for managing DVB-H broadcast services. Nokia DVB-H TV mobile phones come 2006.
So Nokia is supporting DVB-H full steam and going against the Korean DMB based TV technology.
The Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution (MBS) 3.0 supports the broadcasting of different types of digital content such as live TV, radio and video clips over DVB-H networks to mobile devices. The key features of the MBS 3.0 include the Electronic Service Guide (ESG), a consumer interface in the mobile device for searching available services, setting alerts for upcoming programs and for the viewing selection.
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Posted on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:04:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
DVB-T Portable DVD Player: Artec T2 Happy Go
The Artec T2 Happy Go (the need a product naming person) is a portable DVD player additionally packed with Digital TV-Tuner (DVB-T), Analog TV, FM radio tuner and gaming.
Artec T2 Happy Go portable DVD player weighs 870g and measures 190.6mm(W)*199.5mm(H)*26.5mm(D). The device features a 7 inch TFT-LCD with a 480*234px resolution.
As an additional goody, the Artec T2 Happy Go can be use as a DVB-T setop box for TVs. Looks like the Tuners are inside the stand.
No word on pricing or availability. Artec looks like one of those OEM manfucatoring companies.
More details on the Artec site (Thanks David F.).
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Posted on Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Compro VideoMateTV DVB-T USB Stick HDTV Tuner
Photo: Digitimes
EverythingUSB reports about a DVB-T HDTV Tuner on a USB Stick from Compro.
Quote:
"Taiwanese company Compro plans to squeeze a DVB-T TV tuner into a size of a large USB stick form factor. Called VideoMateTV DVB-T, the stick could easily be mistaken as a first generation USB flash drive, but it is actually a bus-powered HDTV tuner, which requires at least a 2.4Ghz for just viewing. There's also another version that supports analog, which requires just 600Mhz for TV viewing.
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More details on EverythingUSB.
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Posted on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:53:06 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
DVB-T Wireless USB TV by ADS
EverythingUSB reports about the new DVB-T wireless USB TV by ADS.
With ADS Instant TV DVB-T USB, you can capture programming off the air and import it directly into MPEG2, and also listen to free digital radio with the luxury of a remote control that can also remotely power off the PC. If you have a powerful enough signal, you can find out what’s on by tuning into the DVB Electronic Program Guide and receive teletext signals.
More details on Everything USB.
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Posted on Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
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