Mobile Digital Television (MDTV), is the new for 2010 broadcast standard for delivering mobile digital television signals to consumers in the US. “MDTV” may also be referenced as, A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard, ATSC-M/H, and Mobile DTV.
Products labled with the “MDTV” stamp (as seen to the left) are able to receive free local digital broadcasts in markets where the signal is broadcasted.
Click on the map below to view the Open Mobile Video Coalition’s forecasted cities for “MDTV” availability,
Products with MDTV tuners are predicted to range from mobile phones to portable media players, laptop computers, and select navigation devices.
Video quality – MDTV has an H.264 base profile video encoding now, but the Open Mobile Video Video Coalition reports that MDTV products will have a viewing resolution of up to 480p in the future.
Why use “MDTV” and not the standard ATSC signal used for DTV and HDTV?
Devices with a built-in ATSC tuner or external digital-to-analog converter box are unable to receive signals while traveling faster than 5+ Miles Per Hour. MDTV broadcasts which are transmitted from the same broadcast towers as ATSC signals can be received while travelling 100+ Miles Per Hour.
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