HD on your mobile? You have it already apparently...
Tech Digest has an interview with Omar Javaid, Senior Director of MediaFLO, a company with a mobile TV solution that is soon to be trialled by Sky. Here's his intriguing response a question about HD on mobile phones. Apparently we have it already.
Lastly, it might sound daft but how far are we away from HD on mobile phones?
Well you kind of have it already with MediaFLO in that the distance which a person watches from a handset coupled with the quality of the video is akin to a 1080i/p signal. Realistically though it will be a while before we see true HD on mobiles. In the far east the high end standard screen on mobiles used to be QVGA, now it is VGA, though realistically for true HD it will have to be at least XGA, so when we reach that standard we will start to see 1080i signals popping up on mobiles.
So there you have it. Sky’s HD launch next week might be all about home TVs, but just maybe the broadcaster is already sizing up the HD mobile market. Mmmm.
Great article. I look forward to your future work.
Posted by: ChicagoCellphoneSavant | May 10, 2006 6:12 PM