"Small B-CAS card (mini card)" photo review

On November 2, B-CAS will have the same size as the SIM card used in mobile phones from the conventional credit card sizeStart operation of "Small B-CAS card (mini card)" miniaturized at a stretch from this month, But succeeded in borrowing a small B - CAS card from B - CAS.

By adopting a compact B-CAS card, it can also be used as a one-segment tuner on the roadIt is officially decided that I / O data will release a compact digital terrestrial tunerCompared with the conventional B - CAS card, it is surprised by its compactness.

Details are as below.
This is "Small B-CAS Card (Mini Card)". According to B-CAS company, it was realized with strong demand from peripheral equipment manufacturers and others.


The back side looks like this


I compared it with EMOBILE SIM card. You can see that it is the same size


Compared with the conventional B-CAS card. Since the size of the mini card is 25 mm (depth) × 15 mm (width), whereas the size of the conventional B-CAS card is 85.6 mm (depth) × 54.0 mm (width) same as the credit card, Is less than one tenth.


It is expected that miniaturization of terrestrial digital broadcasting receiving equipment will progress with the miniaturization of the card at once, but due to technological innovation it will be possible to view high quality terrestrial digital broadcasting as it is rather than one seg on mobile devices Does the day come?