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So many cool things were pioneered in the 80s! Why can't we make a better one receiving FTA DTV and showing it on an OLED screen?

• thrdbndndn 4y ago
  Probably because no one wants it.
  • csdvrx 4y ago
    I'd want one, even if it was black and white.
    • romanovcode 4y ago
      Well, no-one else but you does.
      • iancmceachern 4y ago
        I do too
• UkrainianJew 4y ago
  Because while you won't need an external unit for the tuner anymore, you would still need one for the battery.
  • yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
    Why would it need more battery than any smartwatch?
    • ronsor 4y ago
      Decoding video is a power intensive operation. DTV broadcasts use modern codecs like H.264, H.265, and MPEG-2.
      • csdvrx 4y ago
        With proper hardware decoding it should be less power intensive than using aarch64.
      • fomine3 4y ago
        Display also drains battery when playing a video. Recent displays for smart watch have low power mode when the content is not changed.
  • nl 4y ago
    This isn't true. Smartwatches have had full HD h.264 and 720p h.265 hardware decode since at least 2014. https://www.slideshare.net/jjwu6266/qualcomm-snapdragon-400based-android-wear https://www.slideshare.net/jjwu6266/qualcomm-snapdragon-400b...
    • UkrainianJew 4y ago
      They do, but how many viewing hours do you get from a single battery charge?
      • nl 4y ago
        The decoding is probably in the same order of magnitude as listening to music from your watch. The screen brightness is the limiting factor. Based on always-on displays on the Apple Watch you are probably looking at 8 hours or so? So decoding with the screen on might be 5 hours?
        • kalleboo 4y ago
          The always-on display drops power usage by being quite dim and reducing the update frequency to 1 Hz. 24-60 Hz video will draw way more power