Andy Cuffe wrote:
On 28 Oct 2005 19:45:37 -0700, "
wrote:


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.



It may be a few years before technology allows a cheap portable ATSC
TV, but it will happen. I think it's foolish to think people will
just stop wanting portable TVs because they're digital now. People
like their NTSC portable color TVs even though you can't get a very
good color picture most of the time and the screens are too small to
really enjoy it. It's certain that people won't want NTSC portables
after they stop NTSC broadcasting. Using a battery portable TV with
an AC powered receiver box makes about as much sense as using a
walkman with a rack component CD player.
Andy Cuffe

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Will not happen! Over the next few years the standard for
portable/mobile will be set by broadcasters like Qualcomm, Crown Castle
and others all of which will be using COFDM based modulations that will
be extremely robust.

Anyone trying to use a junk modulation like 8-VSB would be crazy and
whatever product they tried to sell would be laughed off the market.

This is what COFDM can do in a market like New York City. 8-VSB still
does not work in New York even for fixed receivers on rooftops with
fancy powered and rotored antennas let alone mobile with half inch
antennas like Qualcomm and Crown Castle will offer.

www.viacel.com/bob.wmv

Japan will start a mobile COFDM cell phone service in a few months. The
antenna is an inch at best.

http://www.dibeg.org/news/news-4/news-e4.htm#dn058e

Bob Miller