I have been OTA for about 3 years now. I have a LG w/DVD from Best Buy. Its correct to say that there are often only about 2 or 3 available. The Best Buy personel I talked to was knowledgeable about the HD subject. I am using a $5 pair of rabbit ears. True, only the UHF loop is used in the HD reception but you need the other for non HD channels on VHF. I have had no problems with my DVD unit to date (remember above, three years of use). If I purchased a more expensive UHF (the Silver Surfer is an acknowledged great antenna) I could bring in some of the farther away channels. I think that part of the reason for only a couple of selections is most people are dumber than a box of rocks about HD and are only now just learning. Also newer TVs above a certain size (27 in?) are now required to contain a HD tuner. All will be required to have in in something like '09 or so. Not too many companies want to invest the cash for a short term product.
The battery life we have now is OK for most of the time. As mentioned long plane trips is where the biggest problems are. A better solution would for the aircraft manufactures to supply dc to each seat. The dc would need to be a standard voltage/watts/connector. That way everyone could carry the proper converter for each of their devices.
Detroit to Narita (Tokyo) is 13 hours one way, and I like to play my ouw DVDs. I can't count the number of times I taken this route. Going to Australia is even longer.
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I have been OTA for about 3 years now. I have a LG w/DVD from Best Buy. Its correct to say that there are often only about 2 or 3 available. The Best Buy personel I talked to was knowledgeable about the HD subject. I am using a $5 pair of rabbit ears. True, only the UHF loop is used in the HD reception but you need the other for non HD channels on VHF. I have had no problems with my DVD unit to date (remember above, three years of use). If I purchased a more expensive UHF (the Silver Surfer is an acknowledged great antenna) I could bring in some of the farther away channels. I think that part of the reason for only a couple of selections is most people are dumber than a box of rocks about HD and are only now just learning. Also newer TVs above a certain size (27 in?) are now required to contain a HD tuner. All will be required to have in in something like '09 or so. Not too many companies want to invest the cash for a short term product.
Scaled Composites did indeed fire their rocket engine today. Now it's only a matter of time.
If you can't recharge the device, on the fly, it will have now end user value.
The battery life we have now is OK for most of the time. As mentioned long plane trips is where the biggest problems are. A better solution would for the aircraft manufactures to supply dc to each seat. The dc would need to be a standard voltage/watts/connector. That way everyone could carry the proper converter for each of their devices.
Detroit to Narita (Tokyo) is 13 hours one way, and I like to play my ouw DVDs. I can't count the number of times I taken this route. Going to Australia is even longer.
Not exactly, and x-ray laser wouldn't care about reflections.