Watch DVB-H and DMB TV on One Tuner

Tue, May 22, 2007

Sharp has developed VA3B5EZ915, a dual-mode tuner that can work with both DVB-H and T-DMB. This is what the mobile TV industry needs, especially with Europe and Asia going in separate directions. It’s also good news for consumers. The PMP or mobile TV you purchase in Korea can actually work in Europe and in the States, which gives you a lot of buying options. The tuner chip is very compact (see picture above) and was designed for mobile phones and has the added advantage of having low power consumption.

[via akihabara]

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Samsung Develops Multi-Standard, Multi-Band Chipset For Mobile TV and Radio - PMP Today Says:
July 8th, 2007 at 7:52 am

[...] widely used in Asia. This chip is a generation better than Sharp’s newly announced VA3B5EZ915 dual-mode TV tuner, which tunes in to both DVB-H and T-DMB.� The S3C4F31 multi-standard mobile TV chip is packaged [...]

Pan-EU Mobile TV Standard is Official - PMP Today Says:
July 17th, 2007 at 12:11 pm

[...] squabbling European powers might do well to seek out alternatives like this dual-mode tuner from Sharp or, better yet, this universal tuner from Samsung. [via mobilecrunch] Sphere: Related [...]

Gigabyte’s GSmart t600 Smartphone with Mobile TV - PMP Today Says:
July 24th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

[...] from its bulk (not that bulky but not slim either), I’d say it’s not using� the new Sharp or Samsung chips. So there are two TV tuners inside and a DAB tuner for radio broadcasts, besides [...]

Tech Digest: Sharp's mobile TV tuner that receives DVB-H and T-DMB Says:
November 5th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

[...] VA3B5EZ915 website (via PMP Today) [...]