Best Buy's Insignia launches first US portable ATSC LCD
We've been wondering when this was going to happen; in fact it's hard to believe that ATSC has been around as long as it has before the first portable popped up. Sure it is nearly impossible to enjoy HD on such a small screen (The NS-7HTV is 7-inches at 234 x 480), and ATSC is so notoriously bad for mobile use, but all of that aside, we're glad there's finally a way to enjoy digital programming on the go -- even if you have to stand still to get it. Now you can finally make that portable TV purchase you have wanted to, but were holding off because you knew it'd be obsolete when the analog signals go dark.






















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kevin @ May 16th 2007 1:24PM
Does this thing have the Enhanced VSB needed to watch while in a moving vehicle? Cuz we all know the plain ol vanilla VSB modulation of ATSC does not allow signal reception while in motion.
harrijs @ May 16th 2007 5:25PM
That and that link actually refers to it as a Standard Definition portable LCD.
FTA:
"Note: Digital content, regardless of broadcast resolution, will be displayed at standard-definition (480i) screen resolution."
seamus2514 @ May 16th 2007 7:13PM
I'm prety sure that it's 480i, but displays 16:9 images from hd shows, but downressed. By the looks of the remote, it also has a programme guide, which is good. I want to buy it, but it's quite expensive.