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Too_Many_Tools · Guest

I am looking to buy a PORTABLE HDTV set.

Are there any available...I can't seem to find anything but LARGE sets
that are anything but portable.

Also I would like to hear anyone's experience with a HDTV set that is
being used while traveling in a RV.

Thanks

TMT

RobH · Guest

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Too_Many_Tools · Guest

I should have mentioned that the set needs to be battery powered.

TMT

afiggatt · Guest

RobH wrote:

Wes Newell · Guest

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:38:25 -0700, Too_Many_Tools wrote:

dg · Guest

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Guest · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Portable HDTV Set

In alt.tv.tech.hdtv RobH <Rob@aol.com> wrote:
| "Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in
| news:1129945105.293877.127410@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
|
|> I am looking to buy a PORTABLE HDTV set.
|>
|> Are there any available...I can't seem to find anything but LARGE sets
|> that are anything but portable.
|>
|> Also I would like to hear anyone's experience with a HDTV set that is
|> being used while traveling in a RV.
|>
|> Thanks
|>
|> TMT
|>
|>
|
| Look on Amazon. These are all under $500.

NONE of them are genuine HDTV. These are just HD-ready or ED-ready.
NONE have an ATSC tuner so they require an external STB tuner to get
HD broadcasts (which will subsequently be reduced in quality to fit
the 4:3 screens they have).

Note that an external tuner may be fine for a large screen home theatre
system, but they are inconvenience for a portable.

The ideal portable TV will include a 16:9 screen, ATSC/NTSC tuner (for
North American markets), and correct handling of all ATSC formats to
be sure resolution is never any less than what that small screen can
show (it won't be anything like a large screen, but that is no cause
for dumb engineering that downgrades video below the 480 size before
displaying it). An integrated Blu-Ray DVD player would also be nice
when that technology finally makes it to market. The ability to also
handle 576i/p, 25/50 fps, DVB-T, world channeling, and 100-250v power
in the mains adapter, would be a big plus. Cable TV (QAM) would also
be a plus for many people.

| Sharp LC-13B6U-S 13" AQUOS HDTV-Ready

The aspect ratio is only 4:3. The tuner is only NTSC (no ATSC). Apparently
it can do "HDTV" only via video input, up to 480p (really just EDTV). but
it can do PAL and SECAM (maybe only via video in).

| Zenith Z15LA7R 15" Flat Panel HD-Ready LCD TV

This one is also 4:3. No mention of a tuner is given, but no mention of ATSC
certainly indicates it has no such capability.

| Philips 15PF8946 15" HDTV-Ready Flat Panel TV

Another 4:3 unit. Again, no mention of ATSC. This one does have an FM
(radio) tuner.

| Sharp Aquos LC-15B9US 15" HD-Ready LCD

I see no "LC-15B9US" but there is a LC-15B6US at Amazon. It says ED-ready
(not "HD-ready") and appears to be a larger screen version of the LC-13B6U-S.

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Too_Many_Tools · Guest

I would have to agree....and so why I asked the original question to
see if I was missing something offered in the marketplace.

I guess one just needs to wait for the manufacturers to offer the
product for a market segment they have yet to address.

TMT

dkuhajda@locl.net · Guest

The DTV standard for over the air broadcasts requires a good and stable
incoming signal from the antenna. In the RV if you are parked and can
orient the antenna you should be fine. If you want to use it while
driving, it is not going to work. There will be too much 'ghosting' of
the incoming digital signal and the tuners won't handle it well.

I am not certain there will ever be a market segment for what you are
searching.

Andy Cuffe · Guest

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:07:30 GMT, Wes Newell
<w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote:

Andy Cuffe · Guest

On 28 Oct 2005 19:45:37 -0700, "dkuhajda@locl.net" <dkuhajda@locl.net>
wrote:

Bob Miller · Guest

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Too_Many_Tools · Guest

I consider it to be a faulty standard.

Do you remember the early portable CD digital audio players?

Remember the skipping?

Note that manufacturers had to build buffering and better pickups to
take care of the problem.

Same evolution with video.

Kids are in the back of the SUV/RV watching digital
televison...dropouts, ghosting, etc....guess what..manufacturers will
be forced to provide the service the customer demands.

Until then I and many others won't be spending money on DTV.

TMT

James Sweet · Guest

Andy Cuffe wrote:

Too_Many_Tools · Guest

I would agree....would you want your cell phone to come with a cord
that you had to plug into a stationary socket before using it?

HDTV will not be a replacement for NTSC until it does everything that
NTSC does now...everything.

And the public will not accept it until it does everything that it
replaces.

NTSC will be with us longer than anyone wants to admit.

TMT

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