WanSeg TV Tuner DS

[wraggster]

New from Play Asia:



Official Nintendo DS™ (Lite) 1seg TV Tuner

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2ccm.html

[paul3100]

Nice but its only good for those who live in japan or a collector that has to have everything

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

paul

[JDMEVOIXMR]

So it wouldn't work in the US?

[paul3100]

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]

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]

just wait for a U.S. release....

[kcajblue]

or get one now to make you look cool.

if it does come out in the us, i might check it out.

[fryguy]

I hope they'll make a DVB-T tv tuner too.

[Eyedunno]

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]

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.