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 <alexNOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> 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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> 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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