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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