CHAPTER 5
Overview of Technologies for Mobile TV
Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
5.1 Why New Technologies for Mobile TV?
In October 2003, Vodafone KK of Japan introduced a mobile phone with an analog TV tuner, the V601N from NEC. It could be used to receive analog NTSC broadcasts from local stations. New offerings followed such as Sharp V402SH and V602 SH. The phones have a QVGA (320 X260 pixels) display capable of displaying 30 frames per second, i.e., the normal telecast frame rate. The tuner in these phones is designed for NTSC reception. Similar handsets are available for receiving PAL broadcasts. Pocket PCs are available with Windows Mobile OS and secure digital input output (SDIO) tuner ...
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