Recent content by TNGuy84

It's true that you would still have 25 channels, but UHF is prime real estate when it comes to OTA TV. The only part of VHF worth anything is Hi-VHF, and that was probably already crowded during the last auction since many had to move to low VHF.

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-asked-to-adopt-plan-taking-nine-uhf-tv-channels-from-broadcasters-for-reassignment-to-6g-wireless/ If this group gets their way, we could be looking at another spectrum auction coming soon. They want to take channels 28 through 36 for 6G wireless. That means TV...

Whether this is a success remains to be seen. The last time I recall them doing a collaboration, it was a revival of The Nashville Network, and that only lasted a short time before they split, turning TNN into Heartland.

Well, the FCC announced that Nexstar can merge with Tegna. It's not going to help my local market since they're going to be a majority stakeholder in local news.

Not all people are customers. They don't care about the grandmas or grandpas living on social security out in the boonies who can't afford a hot tub or a Generac generator. They're focused on the paying customers because those are likely the ones with disposable income that can afford whatever...

The only audience that really matters to them is those who subscribe to cable providers or via streaming platforms. They go where the money is. Who cares about some people watching OTA in rural areas? They don't pay the bills. If they go to a closed platform, it'll reduce their audience count...

DRM isn't about sports. It's about a controlled, closed system like cable TV is. If they don't want you recording something, they'll just put a flag on the content and make it non-recordable. After all, Lon was saying in that vid that they honor to hold their word on recording rights as long as...

I think it'll drive more adoption of Ku band dishes in the FTA community. Feeds and broadcasters will have to migrate or pay the exorbitant prices for whatever is left of C-band. It'll make it more easier for adoption by the masses. There are people out there who aren't able to get a big C-band...

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...