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Portable Digital TV
I have an HDTV set with a built-in tuner. It is the only way I would buy one. It is a 27" Samsung table model and the color on the digital channels is unbelievable and when HD is on, it's even better. I still don't want NTSC analog to go away. Although HD is technically better quality, I still think analog is good enough. I don't plan to put HD sets throughout the house so the other TVs will have to get converter boxes.
My biggest gripe about this whole thing is that the lack of backward compatibility is going to render my portables useless. Converter boxes are fine for table sets but I collect small, battery powered TVs and I have a couple of handhelds that I use regularly. There will be no point in keeping them when analog stops. I have an inquiry in to Casio as to when they plan to offer a handheld TV with a digital tuner. If they reply, I'll post their answer here. I would hope Sony would make one but they seem to have left the miniature TV business.
I think there will be digital portables. In fact I thought I saw on Ebay recently an Audiovox handheld LCD set with an ATSC tuner but I have not been able to find it again.
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