Is portable video ready for prime-time viewing?
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A few years ago, when MP3 players were establishing themselves as the hot cool thing, the next step seemed clear: What if you could take along not only music but movies, television programs, home video and still pictures in a high-tech box svelte enough
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Motorola introduced a portable broadcast TV player that will also let users take recorded programs with them on the go.The DH01 receives DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) mobile TV programming, so it won&#39;t be useful to U.S. consumers any time soon. DVB-H is a mobile TV standard being used in Europe and other parts of the world.While watching live broadcasts, users will be able to pause for five minutes. The DH01&#39;s high-resolution screen measures 4.3 inches and supports 16 million colors. It displays 25 frames per second and provides about four hours of playback time on a battery charge.In addition to watching live broadcasts, users will be able to upload programs that they&#39;ve recorded on their home DVRs (digital video recorders). A 256M byte Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard, which users can insert into the device, will save about 90 minutes of TV, Motorola said.The DH01 is expected to be available this month. Motorola expects broadcasters and DVB-H service providers to sell it, and the device may become available in retail stores too. Motorola did not reveal an expected retail price.Motorola will display the device next week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Unless the DH01 becomes available with support for Qualcomm&#39;s MediaFlo technology, it won&#39;t be useful in the U.S., where it is unclear if any company will build a DVB-H network. In late 2007, AT&amp;T announced plans to buy the spectrum that was to be used by Hiwire, the last remaining company that planned to build such a network. AT&amp;T, which has already committed to using Qualcomm&#39;s MediaFlo for a mobile TV offering, has not said if it plans to continue Hiwire&#39;s DVB-H plans.
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Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD) has developed a low-power chip that it thinks will make portable video players more compelling by reducing the time needed to transfer content to the devices. The company is expected to announce the chip at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Monday.
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Ahead: Larger HDTV sets, better color, more playback and recording choices.
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a new, Microsoft-conceived handheld device that presents video and photos as well as music -- would be a decent idea if there weren&#39;t such a thing as lampposts.
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Among professional sports leagues, high definition video is a permanent fixture, both inside the new stadiums where fans congregate and on HDTVs that fans are watching. But there's confusion there today, it seems, over wireless technologies.
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DVD burner from Sony does just fine without a PC. Also: Virgin goes head-to-head with the iPod Mini.
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Theater-quality entertainment systems are coming to the car. Is rush hour ready for wireless file swapping?
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Dual-layer disc to smooth hi-def format adoption
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The growing popularity of small-screen video devices is ushering in a new era of content to go with them.
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Don't get too attached to your widescreen TV -- it'll soon be obsolete.
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Receiver will allow your TV to display HD content that's stored on your PC.
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Mobile TV is emerging as the next important mobile application. Nearly  all of the 3G mobile networks globally offer Mobile TV services which  provide the ability to view video entertainment on mobile devices.
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As predicted by Blake's 7... Some UK-based portable media player owners will next month be able to watch videos without the need to squint at a small screen, if PDT's Eye-Theatre video spectacles ship as planned. The 'video glasses' mount a pair of tiny LCDs in front of your eyes and incorporate stereo earphones into the ear-rests.â¦
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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Low-cost, TiVo-like living room media computer, anyone?
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This beautifully designed media player is like a slim iPhone sans phone--but it&#39;s marred by some early hardware and software issues.