http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:53:40 GMT vBulletin 60 http://smartcarofamerica.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/ http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/shelf-car-sunshade-generates-solar-power-27699/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:56:34 GMT Here is a shade for a car that is a solar panel... Here is a shade for a car that is a solar panel.

If it was used on a Smart car, it would give another reason to have people ask if it is electric? :confused: :rolleyes: ]]> BigWarpGuy http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/shelf-car-sunshade-generates-solar-power-27699/ http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/whos-got-droid-27651/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:05:09 GMT Anyone else here on VZW jump on the new Droid phone last week?

How d'ya like it?

(Mine's waiting for me at home.) ]]> The Rigger http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/whos-got-droid-27651/ http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/coming-soon-january-2010-mobile-dtv-27510/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:56:53 GMT Coming Soon (January 2010) Mobile DTV I read a lot of the industrial Trade Publications and it looks like the new Mobil DTV is on track for new... Coming Soon (January 2010) Mobile DTV

I read a lot of the industrial Trade Publications and it looks like the new Mobil DTV is on track for new products for January CES. Likely you'll hear a lot about it in January.

Unlike regular DTV, Mobil DTV is far more robust and works in areas and conditions where regular DTV would never work. The catch is that the resolution is much lower and the data rate is a lot lower than DTV. It's going to be 416h x 240v resolution and likely to have around a 500 kbps data rate.

The exact data rate can vary, so it could be higher (like 900 kbps) or lower (like 300 kbps), depending on how much bandwidth the broadcaster wants to throw at this service. Also, because it's more robust, the data takes 4 times the bandwidth of the regular broadcasting data stream. So that 500 kbps, translates into 2 Mbps of the 19.39 Mbps DTV data stream.

Most manufacturers are being tight lipped as to the products they will offer at CES, but many expect to see cell phones with Mobil DTV support, small mobile DTVs, computers with built-in mobile DTV, and USB add-ons for computers to receive mobile DTV.

Some programming will be free, but some programming with be a pay service. There's a major unknown as to the types of programming people will want to see on mobile DTV.

This could be the next big thing .... or the next big failure... time will tell.


Bob Diaz ]]> BobDiaz http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/coming-soon-january-2010-mobile-dtv-27510/ http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/anyone-using-slingbox-27423/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:34:06 GMT Since we will be living in Frankfurt Germany for the next 3 years, a friend suggested we hook up slingbox to our Texas home to watch American TV in... Since we will be living in Frankfurt Germany for the next 3 years, a friend suggested we hook up slingbox to our Texas home to watch American TV in Germany. Any smarties familiar with slingbox? Does it work good ? Would you want slingcatcher too? ]]> mike-in-sa http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f9/anyone-using-slingbox-27423/