Hands on with the HTC Monet (formerly Trilogy), DAB-IP QVGA Smartphone |
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 Editor Dude  Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,809 Favorited Topics: 1 Joined: 23rd April 2003 From: Leicester, UK Member No.: 4,973 Device(s): Too many! Twitter: @nedge2k  |
In a nutshell, DAB-IP is similar to DAB (digital radio) in that the signal is broadcasted OTA (over the air). DAB/DAB+ don't use video codecs though. DAB-IP and DMB on the other hand do, hence why they are suitable for mobile TV. DMB uses an MPEG4 codec. DAB-IP, however, uses a (less efficient) Windows Media codec. HTC's decision to choose DAB-IP over DMB seems pretty cut and dry but hey, who am I to speculate  Anyway, the Monet has the following specs:
        Babelfish translation of SOGI's impressions of the device and more pictures HERE. -------------------- |
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Jun 26 2006, 09:41
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 It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 27,380 Favorited Topics: 100 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
I played with this at MEDC!
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Jun 26 2006, 09:42
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 27,380 Favorited Topics: 100 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
Coming v v soon on Virgin Mobile...
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Jun 26 2006, 09:47
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,522 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 3G Unlocked,RedSn0wed Twitter: @Confuciousmobil |
What sort of TV do you get on it in the UK? Is it "normal" FTA digital TV or just special channels? Can you get subscription channels? And what's reception like in real life - any idea?
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Jun 26 2006, 09:50
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,495 Favorited Topics: 4 Joined: 6th August 2005 From: Pontypridd, Wales Member No.: 143,011 Device(s): SPV M1500 & SPV C550 |
That TV button looks like a nasty tumour
 Is there some sort of reciever in there or something?It's a nice design except that wierd bulge -------------------- |
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Jun 26 2006, 10:03
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 Moderator - Boing! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 8,826 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC Touch HD |
I'd imagine the "bulge" probably incorporates the antenna.
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Jun 26 2006, 10:09
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QUOTE(w411y @ Jun 26 2006, 10:50)  That TV button looks like a nasty tumour Is there some sort of reciever in there or something?It's a nice design except that wierd bulge Yeah, it's a bit of a mutant - As for the practicalities, does this pick up the same signals as a digi-box then? Anyone got the tech-how to answer? If you can just walk around picking up TV from the ether, then this is a killer, but if you are locked into a (mobile) network to broadcast DAB-IP, I can see it being metered and just way too expensive |
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Jun 26 2006, 10:21
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 The artist formerly known as Peekie Group: Posters Posts: 1,884 Joined: 26th October 2003 Member No.: 19,316 Device(s): HTC Magic / Iphone 3gs Twitter: @thumper_konijn |
Although tv would be cool it will be a bit worthless in europe as all the sevices need a smartcard , in holland for example there is only nederland 2 free to view, not really a channel to want to get a phone with a bulge and looking at freeview all the good channels are encoded also with a smartcard
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Jun 26 2006, 10:23
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,522 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 3G Unlocked,RedSn0wed Twitter: @Confuciousmobil |
you can get all the BBC and ITV channels on freeview in the UK so it's not to bad - IF you can get them on this phone. If it is just stuff broadcast by the network then it's probably going to be an expensive novelty.
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Jun 26 2006, 10:45
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,019 Favorited Topics: 1 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): Omnia2 Finally a new toy :) Twitter: @ashwarner |
Between this and the Forseer, the Forseer gets my vote as landscape is my prefered viewing option for TV etc. Also the NVIDIA graphics are tempting.
Also keep the chargeer handy as you are probably looking at 3hrs viewing time going by reports I have read. -------------------- TV Ambassador Blog visit my Live Space
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Jun 26 2006, 10:47
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,522 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 3G Unlocked,RedSn0wed Twitter: @Confuciousmobil |
Is that so you can see all the gory details of your ankle injury when it's shown Ash?
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Jun 26 2006, 12:11
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 iSpork  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 552 Joined: 15th February 2005 From: Lichfield Member No.: 110,894 Device(s): HTC Desire Twitter: @nickbrickett |
I'm digging the vibrant red colour, but I'm not liking the design - a bit too ugh for me.
The Nokia N-series TV phone looks quite delectable though |
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Jun 26 2006, 12:17
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 27,380 Favorited Topics: 100 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
DVB-H rather than normal terrestrial...
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Jun 26 2006, 12:19
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,522 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 3G Unlocked,RedSn0wed Twitter: @Confuciousmobil |
So what does that mean then Paul? Will uou only be able to receive channels provided by your phone co?
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Jun 26 2006, 13:00
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 27,380 Favorited Topics: 100 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
I think so, yeah...?
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Jun 26 2006, 13:01
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Jun 26 2006, 14:18
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QUOTE(Confucious @ Jun 26 2006, 13:19) So what does that mean then Paul? Will uou only be able to receive channels provided by your phone co? Digital TV comes in a number of flavours. DVB-T (terrestrial - what Freeview uses). DVB-S (sateliite). DVB-C (cable) and DVB-H (handheld). For each, the transmission method and the encoding etc is different. You can't receive digital terrestrial signals on a satellite box, and you can't receive satellite on a cable box. Similarly you can't receive DVB-T on a DVB-H device. I understand that when the analogue signal is turned off, the government wants to sell off some of the frequency spectrum freed up. In fact, this is WHY they're going for a analogue switch off, to sell the spectrum and make some money. Apparently, one of the planned sales is to use some of the spectrum for handheld TV, although there are other ways of receiving digital TV to handheld devices other than DVB-H. |
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Jun 26 2006, 14:38
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,522 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 3G Unlocked,RedSn0wed Twitter: @Confuciousmobil |
Thanks for that Paul and Swampie.
I'm sure someone is willing to pay £8/month for the crumbs they'll throw us but I can't see that it's wotrth more than I pay for unlimited data! In fact I doubt if I'd use it at all - if it was free, maybe but don't watch much TV anyway. They obviously think they can make money at it though, so I'll probably be proved wrong. |
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Jun 26 2006, 14:55
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It's My Party Group: Admin Team Posts: 27,380 Favorited Topics: 100 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): Touch HD / G1 Twitter: @paulobrien |
So WM5 AKU2, but running on the old Typhoon-style OMAP 750, rather than the newer OMAP 850 platform...
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Jun 26 2006, 15:48
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,085 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): HTC Touch HD; MSI'd 4211 |
Sky Movies are now allowing downloads to subscribers over broadband (anyone know what format they're using?) so if the idea of unlimited data takes off, would this type of arrangement work via 3G?
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