HD on our cell phones? at DVinfo.net

Heath McKnight · October 22nd, 2004, 07:48 AM

I saw this on imdb.com:

HDTV -- On Your Phone?

Texas Instruments is expected to announce today (Thursday) that it is developing a new generation of cell phones that will be capable of downloading and showing high-definition TV broadcasts, the New York Times reported today. The sets are expected to hit the market in 2007 but will begin trial testing by 2006.

heath

Boyd Ostroff · October 22nd, 2004, 08:34 AM

Wow, you would need an LCD that can display something like 640 dpi (1280x720 on a 2" wide screen) to really do this. Don't you think they just mean it will display a low resolution version of HDTV?

Greg Boston · October 22nd, 2004, 08:49 AM

I saw this story yesterday on the local news. Obviously, with TI being based here in Dallas, it got good coverage. They didn't say anything about HD, just the ability to watch TV on your cell phone. The story also said that it would be received via a new transmitting infrastructure and would not be an internet download type of thing. I can imagine however, that it could be made to receive a lower resolution of the current digital OTA signals.

Makes me wonder, just how much more stuff are they going to pack into a cell phone over the next few years.

=gb=

Anhar Miah · October 23rd, 2004, 05:46 AM

I have also seen working prototype on the news here in the UK, although they said that it was being trailed in Sweden or somewhere i cant remember, dont expect anything bigger than 340*240 that would be pushing these phones to the max (usualy at 15fps) on such small screens i have tested on my brothers phone a WMV 8 compressed home video at 174*120 at 15fps and looked amazing (NEC 616)

October 22nd, 2004, 07:48 AM	#1
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	HD on our cell phones? I saw this on imdb.com: HDTV -- On Your Phone? Texas Instruments is expected to announce today (Thursday) that it is developing a new generation of cell phones that will be capable of downloading and showing high-definition TV broadcasts, the New York Times reported today. The sets are expected to hit the market in 2007 but will begin trial testing by 2006. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

October 22nd, 2004, 08:34 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Wow, you would need an LCD that can display something like 640 dpi (1280x720 on a 2" wide screen) to really do this. Don't you think they just mean it will display a low resolution version of HDTV?

October 22nd, 2004, 08:49 AM	#3
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	I saw this story yesterday on the local news. Obviously, with TI being based here in Dallas, it got good coverage. They didn't say anything about HD, just the ability to watch TV on your cell phone. The story also said that it would be received via a new transmitting infrastructure and would not be an internet download type of thing. I can imagine however, that it could be made to receive a lower resolution of the current digital OTA signals. Makes me wonder, just how much more stuff are they going to pack into a cell phone over the next few years. =gb=

October 23rd, 2004, 05:46 AM	#4
Anhar Miah Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: United Kindom, England Posts: 290	I have also seen working prototype on the news here in the UK, although they said that it was being trailed in Sweden or somewhere i cant remember, dont expect anything bigger than 340240 that would be pushing these phones to the max (usualy at 15fps) on such small screens i have tested on my brothers phone a WMV 8 compressed home video at 174120 at 15fps and looked amazing (NEC 616)