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What can I do with my handheld TV in the future because of the switch from analog to digital?

Jan 02, 2008 by dabomb18359 | Posted in TVs

I have a portable 2 inch or so handheld TV. Since it just uses the antenna, will it be able to do anything after that? I don't know if the converter box will work for it, but even if it does, it loses portability.

Can you play games or

It probably won't be very useful unless it has composite inputs where you can connect a digital-to-analog converter box, or you can connect it to cable TV. Neither is pretty if you want it to be portable. Some game systems come with an RF Modulator

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