Consumers will need a digital TV or a converter box to get that signal.
The company's providing some video for users, as well as a converter app to make custom footage.
By 2009, only about 13 million households will need to get a converter box for their TVs, the coalition estimates.
The idea of this Vivo X1 is that BBK wants to take audio very seriously on its new flagship phone, which is why it's been given a Cirrus Logic CS4398 digital-analog converter plus a CS8422 sample-rate converter -- a combo that's seemingly popular amongst Hi-Fi connoisseurs and manufacturers.
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The company says that they emit 20% less carbon dioxide than a gasoline-fueled engine with a catalytic converter and consume 20% less fuel.
This is true for mainstays such as the address book, alarm clock, calendar, phone and SMS apps, but also extends to unique offerings like a unit converter, file manager, tip calculator and voice recorder.
"We thought there had been a problem getting the converter to work properly, " he said.
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Dr Eisenberger's proposal employs ceramic blocks similar to those found in a car's catalytic converter.
Case in point: the Icon iDo integrated digital-to-analog converter (also called a DAC) and integrated amplifier is geared specifically toward Apple portable devices like the iPhone and iPad.
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As a test, I downloaded files from HDtracks.com, an online retailer specializing in hi-res audio, plugged a device known as a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) into my computer and listened over earphones.
Those charges are funneled en masse through a single analog-to-digital converter, which outputs each pixel's value in ones and zeros.
In order to implement his design, Pascal had to design and custom manufacture a digital-to-analog video converter board using direct-to-PCB inkjet printing.
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While most people get their broadcast channels as part of a pay-TV package that usually includes cable channels, consumers with newer TVs, or an inexpensive converter for old TVs, can receive over-the-air signals from broadcast stations free in areas with good reception.
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