In the wake of LG's press conference today we're still a little skeptical that the world needs yet another standard for mobile TV, but for what it's worth, the company appears to have signed up a variety of partners in an effort to push it -- and they certainly brought enough eye candy hardware with prototype
MPH hardware already integrated. In the mix was a modified
VX9400, an LG laptop, a portable media player, and a USB dongle, and with the first commercial rollouts expected as soon as February of next year, we figure it's a good thing they have so much actual product to show. We're a little miffed at the idea that the standard is robbing sweet, sweet bandwidth from the traditional ATSC signal (as opposed to, say, DVB-H and MediaFLO, which rock their own frequencies), but we can also appreciate why this might speed mobile TV rollouts due to a significantly reduced dedicated infrastructure footprint. And besides, who isn't excited about the prospect of watching the boob tube at 140 miles per hour?
posted January 6th 2008 12:25PM
This can be a good add-on tool for niche usage.
Hah! It's not every day you get to say "dongle" and "exciter" in the same video ;)
Ha, nice video Veronica. Looking forward to this tech soon.
I'd love to have this. We have to wait another whole year, though? Ugh!
They've partnered with around 800 broadcasters... sheesh. Can't wait to see what it all brings.