IEEE Spectrum August, 2009 - 1

volume 46 number 8 north american

08.09
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read about the recipients of this
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exploration, improvements in digitalstorage technologies, and advances in
radar detection.

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tv to go

Digital television in the United States was designed long before the boom
in portable devices; it was meant to be watched on a stationary receiver
in the home, not on the go. Start moving that receiver and the picture
quickly falls apart, freezes, or goes to a blue screen. Some cellphone
providers offer limited TV to go, but for a price. Outside the United
States, however, latecomers to digital TV were able to build mobility into
their systems from the start, thanks to advances in receiver technology.
Can the United States catch up? Following a technology development and
standardization effort of unprecedented speed, mobile digital TV in the
United States may now be ready for prime time.

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