A handheld television is a portable device for watching television that usually uses a TFT LCD or OLED and CRT color display. Many of these devices resemble handheld transistor radios .
6-552: The MTV-1 Micro TV was the second model of a near pocket-sized television . The first was the Panasonic IC model TR-001 introduced in 1970. The MTV-1 was developed by Clive Sinclair ( Sinclair Radionics Ltd ). It was shown to the public at trade shows in London and Chicago in January, 1977, and released for sale in 1978. Development spanned 10 years and included £ 1.6 million from
12-435: Is far more common. Since the switch-over to digital broadcasting, handheld TVs have reduced in size and improved in quality. Portable TV was eventually brought to digital TV with DVB-H , although it didn't see much success. These devices often have stereo 1⁄8 inch (3.5 mm) phono plugs for composite video -analog mono audio relay to serve them as composite monitors ; also, some models have mono 3.5 mm jacks for
18-914: The UK government in 1976. The MTV-1 used an AEG Telefunken 2-inch (5.1 cm) black-and-white, electrostatic deflection cathode ray tube (CRT) and included a rechargeable 4- AA -cell NiCad battery pack. It measured 4×6.25×1.625 inches (101.6×158.8×41.3 mm) and weighed 28 ounces (790 g). It was able to receive either PAL or NTSC transmissions on VHF or UHF , the world's first multi-standard TV. A Welsh company, Wolsey Electronics, manufactured it for Sinclair. Custom ICs made by Texas Instruments and Sinclair contributed to its small size and low power consumption. The original US$ 395 (about £205 ) price tag proved to be too high to sell many of them, and Sinclair lost over £1.8 million in 1978, eventually selling its remaining inventory to liquidators at greatly reduced prices. The MTV-1B, released later in 1978 at
24-416: The broadcast signal that is usually relayed via F connector or Belling-Lee connector on standard television models. Some include HDMI , USB and SD ports. Screen sizes vary from 1.3 to 5 inches (33 to 127 mm). Some handheld televisions also double as portable DVD players and USB personal video recorders . Portable televisions cannot fit in a pocket, but often run on batteries and include
30-579: The much lower price of £99 , was able to receive only System I UHF signals. Handheld television In 1970, Panasonic released the first TV which was small enough to fit in a large pocket; called the Panasonic IC TV MODEL TR-001 and Sinclair Research released the second pocket television, the MTV-1 . Since LCD technology was not yet mature at the time, the TV used a minuscule CRT which set
36-497: The record for being the smallest CRT on a commercially marketed product. Later in 1982, Sony released their first model - the FD-200, which was introduced as “Flat TV” later renamed after the nickname Watchman , a play on the word Walkman . It had grayscale video at first. Several years later, a color model with an active-matrix LCD was released. Some smartphones integrate a television receiver, although Internet broadband video
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