Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Two Formats to Duke It Out in Mobile TV

The battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD may be settling down at last, but in the mobile TV arena another competition is just getting under way. Two different mobile digital television technologies will enter testing this year, each backed by a different set of vendors. In one camp, there's the A-VSB platform developed by Samsung Electronics and Rohde & Schwarz; in the other, it's the MPH (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld) platform, jointly developed by LG Electronics and Harris. Both have performed well in preliminary technical trials conducted by members of the Open Mobile Video Coalition industry alliance, the group said. Ultimately, however, only one will be chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee standards-setting body as the official U.S. standard for mobile digital TV, Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst with In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Two-Formats-to-Duke-It-Out-in-Mobile-TV-Tests-61111.html

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