Samsung develops first chip for US mobile digital TV transmission, provides no release date
By Darren Murph 
posted Oct 19th 2009 9:33AM
posted Oct 19th 2009 9:33AM
Mmm, nothing like a pinch of predictability to wake us in the morning. Just days after the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) finally announced that a North American mobile DTV standard was struck, Samsung has jumped in with what it's calling the planet's first single chip solution designed to handle those very transmissions. All we're told is that the solution combines RF and "digital chip components" into one 65 nanometer chip, making it ideal for smaller devices such as smartphones, car-mounted televisions and portable media players. Of course, Sammy doesn't even bother to mention a mass production date, so we're guessing we all just rise awkwardly and start a roaring slow clap to celebrate the accomplishment.
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I agree.... I can foresee those morons who text while drive, now watching TV ..... the last show they saw....
Maybe I can finally watch something better than what's on SprintTV!
http://vuivision.com/ You are kidding right? Just watch the stations by streaming them.
vuivision is NOT iPhone compatible. This of course is Apple's fault for not approving Flash.
I thought this meant the device could broadcast the signal. That would be cool - just like the portable FM transmitters but for digital video. Tune your TV in to an empty channel and watch what's on your device. Who's working on that??
I love Sammy!
The latino gay stylist?
No, that's Lorenzo.
tats a great idea!!! you should patent it :) lol serio i would buy 1
Are you listening, Apple? Maybe in 10 years you'll finally add this to your phone after everybody else has already done so. You know, like how you JUST added FM radio to ipods.
I think you should seek anger management. This post wasn't even about Apple and you turned it into an excuse to froth like a moron.
yeh but you know he's right Dale..... ha ha.
U really think fm radio will impact iPod sales over 100's of million sold.
Dominates controls n been raping competitin to the point the zune only had 1% mp3 marketshare. How many cells currently have digital tv tuner as of today??
Exactly. Ask yourself this zune when will your weak a$$ mp3 have video camera ??
Dee Dee deee!!! Read the stats iPod nano is selling at incredibly accelarated pace wait for 3 rd quarter numbers. It will shatter n outsell zunehd. Proving desirability rate of iPod nano is higher than zunehd. Zunehd only for uninformed or ms fanboys.
Hey truth, when will your ipod touches have cameras?
oh and, who cares? it's a media player. If i want to take pictures i'll use my dslr, a real camera.
"Zunehd only for uninformed or ms fanboys. "
There is so much wrong with this statement I don't even know what to say. FM radio won't boost ipod sales, but the point I was making is that for years people asked and begged Apple for it, but they refused. Only when Apple ran out of all other ideas to create "new" ipods did they add it, and years after the competition might I add.
ZuneHD is only for the INformed. iPod is for the uninformed or "hipsters"
And when did I say I had a zune? I don't btw.
What's providers will allow phones on there network will we as consumers be charged...
The point of this is that it will be free, over-the-air digital mobile broadcasting.
Ok cool. I was waiting for this. Industry first in America revolutionary I respect it.
This will further reduce the IQ of Americans, as if we do not already have enough stupidity on cable TV already. It is amazing to see young women walking with their friends and no one is talking. Although they are walking together, each is texting someone. I have seen people go out on dates, and instead of talking they text away. On the other hand, this is more evidence that cell phone companies should re-think themselves as merely data service providers and not as voice service providers. Voice and dialing are just one more application. The cell phone already has an IMEI. It does not need a phone number. That can be provided by Skype or Google Voice. It is time for a seperation between the data service and the cell phones themselves.
i hope the next ipod touch has this, or a psp add on, whoever is 1st that what ill buy
Samsung was first because they were essentially using the South Korean digital television standard in the US. It was just a matter of time before the US regulatory board approved of the "new" standard ( which is essentially a copy of the South Korean standard). Samsung, being South Korean, already has plenty of chips built for this standard.
Mark my words, watch arch-rival LG (also South Korean) come out with something similar pretty soon. These 2 companies are perennial enemies.
I am excited that Samsung is really pushing this standard.
Think of the possibilities:
1. Ambert Alert (missing person alert system) with actual pictures/videos of the lost person send to your mobile phones/ mobile devices.
2. Local news/anywhere, anytime. Sports, weather all free over the air
3. Paid porn anywhere, anytime. =D
Here is a link with more details of this standard:
http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200910190009
I better be able to get Univison and Telemundo. I don't know what I would do without my telenovelas!
Like how the fact that Sammy sold out to microsoft and sold their OLED techonology into the ZUNE HD.
Unless Samsung, you want to be out of the electronics business,DON'T do business with a global behemoth like Microsoft. they are going to eat you up and spit you out..
"JOe @ Oct 19th 2009 3:30PM
Like how the fact that Sammy sold out to microsoft and sold their OLED techonology into the ZUNE HD.
Unless Samsung, you want to be out of the electronics business,DON'T do business with a global behemoth like Microsoft. they are going to eat you up and spit you out.."
LMAO, do you even know how big Samsung is globally? Think where the majority of flash memory for EVERY DEVICE comes from...think how THEY announce global flash memory shortages. I don't think MS is going to do anything of the sort.
i always like samsung and will always be one of their fans. :) I have an OMNIA and I like it. hm...i can see unrelated posts in here :D
JT:
Samsung maybe making money in their display division (Samsung SDI) and they maybe making money in the DRAM and Flash memory divison. MOST of the profits is made in the CONSUMER electronics industry, in which Microsoft and Apple realize. Samsung is not smart enough to understand that they will ultimately lose out in the MP3/cell phone business if they give APPLE and Microsoft their own technologt at DISCOUNTED prices. There is no excuse for this preposterous business practice if I was the CEO of Samsung corporation.