This is the World's Smallest Digital TV Tuner

[exfileme]

Sharp revealed the industry's smallest digital TV tuner, measuring just 5-mm.

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[squiggs77]

$223.89 for a TV component? That seems high to me. What do tuner components usually cost for a TV?

 

[webbwbb]

Think of this as being very similar to a digital convertor box.. Maybe there was an acidental extra 0 on the yen value...

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]squiggs77[/nom]$223.89 for a TV component? That seems high to me. What do tuner components usually cost for a TV?[/citation]
Agreed but you are paying for the size.

 

[FrozenGpu]

[citation][nom]regulas[/nom]Agreed but you are paying for the size.[/citation]
Aren't we always?

 

[sliem]

Still looks thick. It needs to be paper thin.

 

[hellwig]

This can't be reasonably priced. I own TV's with digital/analog capabilities that cost less than this device. However, I assume this isn't geared at your $180 Walmart/Best Buy special. It's most likely geared at those pencil-thin TVs you see at trade shows, but wouldn't think of spending the $10k to own.

 

[gogogojason]

Maybe the 'sample price' the the cost for a sample, not the price when it's in full production

 

[ksampanna]

Useless, unless you plan on carrying your TV in your pocket as well ...

 

[mr_unconcerned]

It's a globally universal tuner. It covers analog, digital, and CATV. It covers a wide spectrum band and frequencies. And it's small.

As a ham operator, I have no problem believing the price.

 

[Guest]

"compatible with all digital and analog terrestrial broadcasts"

For the price, I would expect it to be able to chat with ET.

 

[mr_tuel]

due to mass manufacturing, i bet the price will come down by at least 75% within 5 years.

 

[loomis86]

Still too big. It needs to be the size of a micro SD card

 

[mrmike_49]

[citation][nom]mr_tuel[/nom]due to mass manufacturing, i bet the price will come down by at least 75% within 5 years.[/citation]
no, 95% reduction within 3 years. But the price quoted is for a SAMPLE

 

[alcalde]

I have just found the killer component for my conceived homebrew DAP!

 

[spiraras]

The price is for the SAMPLE board for the OEMs. Usually with the sample board you get all schmematics, pin and board layouts to design your own tuners. The actual product price should not be more than $10.

 

[belardo]

The $224 price is for the SAMPLE, a single unit.
Order thousands and thousands, the price is quite a bit lower.

That Tuner is barely bigger than the coax connector...

Smaller than the HTPC card that I use... and as noted, HP-Blockbuster wants to get into the HTPC business.

 

[tinnerdxp]

wtf...?
"The new unit will be used in upcoming LCD TVs and digital video recorders, allowing for even more compact products." Since when having a tuner size of a matchbox really mattered in TV? I don't give a damn if the tuner board is 5x5mm or 50mm x 50mm in a 42" plasma... There was, is and always will be enough space to fit these in...

 

[aje21]

the VA1N2WF2121 is compatible with all digital and analog terrestrial broadcasts

I wonder if that includes DVB-T2 which the UK will be rolling out as Freeview HD?

 

[bin1127]

[citation][nom]regulas[/nom]Agreed but you are paying for the size.[/citation]

in which case bigger is better.