Handheld TVs after switchover?

What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital? Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

You can get tiny USB dongles that turn your computer monitor into a
digital TV, so the necessary equipment for digital TV reception can
certainly be very small in size so there must be some way of adding a
digital chip inside current small battery powered TVs?

I know that digital needs more power and if I have a battery power TV
that runs off 4AA batteries and lasts for a few hours, it probably
will only last half that time to power digital, however there could
also be solutions and ways around that too.

There is definitely a market for this and doing upgrades for handheld
TVs, I think they have been ignored completely in the digital TV
revolution so far.

John

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John wrote:
What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital? Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

You buy a new digital one. Same as any TV, really.

You can get tiny USB dongles that turn your computer monitor into a
digital TV,

The 'USB dongle' works in conjunction with your computer - not just the
monitor.

so the necessary equipment for digital TV reception can
certainly be very small in size so there must be some way of adding a
digital chip inside current small battery powered TVs?

Does such a chip exist for ordinary TVs?

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"John" wrote in message
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What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital? Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

No, it would have to be a do-it-yourself job. You could try using one of the
Freeview receivers that fit into a large scart plug for example, but even
that would be cumbersome, and the battery drain would make it impractical.

There is definitely a market for this and doing upgrades for handheld
TVs, I think they have been ignored completely in the digital TV
revolution so far.

Maplin do a range of battery operated portable Freeview TVs with screen
sizes from 2 to 7 inches for around the same price as traditional analogue
pocket TVs.

I wonder also about the signal quality on a hand held at the moment. Its not
just a case of putting up with a bit of a grotty picture, its a case of now
you see it, now you dont.

Brian

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"John" wrote in message
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What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital? Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

You can get tiny USB dongles that turn your computer monitor into a
digital TV, so the necessary equipment for digital TV reception can
certainly be very small in size so there must be some way of adding a
digital chip inside current small battery powered TVs?

I know that digital needs more power and if I have a battery power TV
that runs off 4AA batteries and lasts for a few hours, it probably
will only last half that time to power digital, however there could
also be solutions and ways around that too.

There is definitely a market for this and doing upgrades for handheld
TVs, I think they have been ignored completely in the digital TV
revolution so far.

John

"John" wrote in message
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What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital?

They all stop working.

Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

Nope.

There is definitely a market for this and doing upgrades for handheld
TVs, I think they have been ignored completely in the digital TV
revolution so far.

No chance of an upgrade , but I'm sure it won't be long before someone makes
new digital portables


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In article , John wrote:
What happens to small handheld battery powered TVs after switchover to
digital? Anyone know of any small upgrade that you can do to upgrade
these into a digital set?

They become useless and will be thrown away.

I have one of these I bought for use as an extension viewfinder for a
digital camera because it has a video input on a mini jack socket, but
it hasn't been very good even for that. The display is fuzzy and dim
compared with any modern mobile phone, and has a useful viewing angle of
about 10 degrees. And it takes *three* AA cells. I'm not even sure if
it's worth the Ebay costs to see if anybody wants it, so it'll probably
go in the bin, like thousands of others.

Rod.

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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
There is definitely a market for this and doing upgrades for handheld
TVs, I think they have been ignored completely in the digital TV
revolution so far.

No chance of an upgrade , but I'm sure it won't be long before someone
makes new digital portables

Maplin etc have sold them for some time.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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No chance of an upgrade , but I'm sure it won't be long before someone
makes new digital portables


But aren't they likely to be DVB-H ie. Pay_through_the_nose_View?
A DVB-T pocket set with a built in aerial is perfectly possible now
but I suspect even Argos wint put up with 90% of them being returned.

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"Graham." wrote in message
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No chance of an upgrade , but I'm sure it won't be long before someone
makes new digital portables


But aren't they likely to be DVB-H ie. Pay_through_the_nose_View?
A DVB-T pocket set with a built in aerial is perfectly possible now
but I suspect even Argos wint put up with 90% of them being returned.

That's easy. They just make them non-returnable, like Freeview boxes, MP3
players, digital cameras...

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