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wraggster
November 24th, 2007, 10:37
New from Play Asia:

http://image1.play-asia.com/170/62/pa.109318.3.jpg

Official Nintendo DS™ (Lite) 1seg TV Tuner

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71-b8-49-en-84-j-70-2ccm.html
paul3100
November 24th, 2007, 15:35
Nice but its only good for those who live in japan or a collector that has to have everything :D

Hopefully they will bring one out for the European (uk) market at some point.

paul
JDMEVOIXMR
November 24th, 2007, 16:01
So it wouldn't work in the US?
paul3100
November 24th, 2007, 16:43
NO! because of the digital frequency used in japan, not sure on the technical details but read on another forum it will only work in japan!

paul
gamev8
November 24th, 2007, 19:07
I thought that all US TV broadcasts were switching to ATSC, I know that some of my local stations already use the new ATSC standard.

(anyone know why it wouldn't work with those?)

Edit: From the WanSeg Web site's Q&A
Q. You can use even in the WanSeg In foreign country?
A. only Japan it can view. You cannot utilize with the foreign country.
TeenDev
November 24th, 2007, 19:09
just wait for a U.S. release....
kcajblue
November 24th, 2007, 19:28
or get one now to make you look cool.

if it does come out in the us, i might check it out.
fryguy
November 24th, 2007, 22:43
I hope they'll make a DVB-T tv tuner too.
Eyedunno
November 25th, 2007, 06:36
just wait for a U.S. release....
There won't be a U.S release, since the U.S. doesn't have a broadcast TV format similar to 1seg. Europe could possibly see a release though (I still doubt it though, cuz I doubt the market is there).
sKilled
January 24th, 2008, 12:27
The market is there, as almost everybody in the EU has either already, or is in the process of changing to DVB-TV. As such, a TV receiver (especially one utilising the DVB-TV features) would go down rather well.

However, for some reason beyond me, no-one has bothered coming up with one yet. Both Sony and Nintendo have 1SEG tuners, yet neither have hitherto made any comments about a European/American version.

BTW, a mate of mine who spent a 2 years in Japan said that 1SEG kinda sucks as it is only decent when you are not really moving, which defeats at least in part the purpose of a portable telly.