06-27-2009, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Lurker Lee
Yes, I saw the other thread, but thought the "mobile" part meant for use in a moving vehicle or one that ran on a cell phone. I'm not planning on using a tv in either of those ways, so just sort of skimmed it. I was just kind of hoping that more tvs had been released. (And how come there don't seem to be any of the walkman style ones that ran on AA or was it AAA batteries. That would do for me in a power outage. Of course the old analog one I bought never worked particularly well, but I assumed that was because it was an "open box".) Thanks for the response.
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Can't imagine why there aren't more on the market and with an AA / AAA option. It's not like an ATSC tuner requires more power to run than the older NTSC handhelds...I'm not 100% sure about that though. 
With the digital transition rendering millions of handhelds useless, mobile tv companies have a completely clean slate and HUGE potential customer base available right now.
Just a little note about battery performance and power consumption from the Wiki entry for Mobile TV Standards:
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1. Power Consumption: Battery technology for mobile portable devices may be stuck in a race condition. Improved battery life can be used up by the upgraded mobile content and enhanced functions. However, dashtop mobile devices can also be powered by a 12-volt vehicle battery, however vehicle batteries are not a sustainable source of power for mobile devices.
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