Recent content by TNGuy84

They're branching out into LEO satellites like Starlink. Perhaps Dish is trying to challenge Starlink on satellite Internet distribution.

180MHz? They might as well take the entire band. What would those 20MHz remaining go to? Backups for emergency or for the networks? I wouldn't be surprised that once they're done carving up C Band for 5G/6G that they'll go after Ku Band next. After all, satellite TV is declining in viewership...

100Mhz is not that much, though. With that being the only satellite TV frequencies not susceptible to rain fade, the going rate for remaining channel space will probably be through the roof. (The law of supply and demand) If channels pay through the roof for that privilege, they're not going to...

I think they'd rather just produce TVs as-is now without the 3.0 equipment built-in. If 1.0 was to shutdown completely, they'd probably just produce displays without any tuners. That would be cheaper anyway with less parts to add to the screen. LG's going to protect its pocketbook and avoid any...

Unless phone makers see some kind of financial incentive to put hardware on the devices to tune in and decode ATSC 3.0 broadcasts the only way you're going to see ATSC 3.0 on mobile devices is if receivers in the home add that feature in the future. Since gateways are frowned upon by the DRM...

They're not likely to approve a network gateway product at this point since they're using excuses to avoid giving approval to HDHomeRun. They want a locked down system in which people depend on a box on each TV to watch what they want.

I use the same tuner to simplify my setup in the house, but the tuner sensitivity could be better. My LG TV and my Homeworx tuners outperform it on the ability to scan in channels. Anyway, I think you've got a good 5-6 years left before you have to worry about it becoming obsolete. By then, your...

Cable isn't what it used to be since streaming became the golden goose. Anybody can pull up a cable channel guide and see it's nothing but cheap, syndicated programming that you see all over broadcast and the free streaming services. Who wants to watch Law and Order on half a dozen channels...

lol Some people are still naive to think that the FCC will rule in favor of consumers and eliminate DRM with 3.0. This shows they don't care about the consumers anymore.

Ahh, so they increase the prices right before the holiday season when more people will be streaming holiday movies and shows.

As for timeframe, it was noted that no announcement for a mandate is likely to occur until after midterms because of the gravity of such an announcement towards such a closed system. The politicians are in re-election mode right now. So, we're likely looking at 2027 at the earliest, with about...

Circuit City's DIVX format was marketed as an alternative to DVD. It was built around the basis that DVDs would stay expensive like they were in the beginning and that people would want some other alternative to the point that they wouldn't want to necessarily buy the DVD outright, but they...

I'm sure some excuse will be given about the build out of 5G and that someone in the countryside could just link up a hotspot long enough to give the keys to a receiver, but most people in their 60's through 80's know nothing of running a hotspot. I could see some young person saying to grandma...

I had a little chat with Gemini regarding the DRM issue with 3.0. It's saying that DRM will likely become standard with 3.0 and that it'll likely be mandated to rollout within a 5-7 year timeframe. (I didn't ask about exactly when the mandate would come out.) I also asked about the lack of...

Why are you lumping broadcast in with cable? Those two areas are totally separate. It seems like broadcast kind of ebbs and flows with the seasons, but it hasn't gained back the few percentage points of a high it did have. Some of that could be viewer fatigue with the amount of reruns that...