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  1. dweber

    GT Media ATSC 3.0 TV Tuner Stick for TVs and Smartphones Review

    I received the GTMedia HDTV Mate today. I connected the GTMedia device to the USB 3.0 port on my Sony XBR 65X900E and my outside antenna. I downloaded the HDTVPlayer from the Googleplay store. I started the HDTVPlayer app on my Sony TV. I did a channel scan and found 53 channels. All of the...
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    GT Media ATSC 3.0 TV Tuner Stick for TVs and Smartphones Review

    I have a Sony XBR 65X900E TV. It is running Android 9.0 and I was able to download the HDTVPlayer from the Googleplay store. The Sony USB port is 3.0 so it should work. I am going to buy it to test whether the resolutions are improved. Some users have reported resolutions of 1080P. I can...
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    Zapperbox M1 ATSC 3.0 DVR with DRM Support Review

    The fact that the Zapperbox does not record encrypted ATSC 3 broadcasts should not surprise you. Broadcasters want the ability to control the recordings such as auto delete, eliminate commercial skip, or disable recording.
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    Local Newscasts Ending on Multiple Sinclair TV Stations

    In Columbus, Ohio Sinclair owns ABC channel 6.1 and Fox channel 6.3. They advertise that they have the largest news team in Columbus. But they use the same news team for both Channels. The Fox evening news from 10-11 PM has the same news personal and the same content as the 11 PM news on ABC.
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    Broadcasters to Encrypt ATSC 3.0 Signals - How it Impacts Free OTA TV

    Orlando WESH started using DRM on their ATSC 3.0 broadcast on February 1, 2023. Silicondust is currently working with A3SA to get DRM to work on their HDHomerun receivers. Below is the WESH response. As of yesterday Hearst corporate in conjuction with the ATSC 3.0 Pearl group requested that we...
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    CES 2023 - ATSC 3.0 and Antenna Tech + 4K HDR Broadcasts

    https://www.cobaltdigital.com/sites/default/files/Affordable_HDR_Conversion_with_SL-HDR1_Metadata_Final.pdf Here is an interesting article talking about using SL-HDR versus HLG to allow the broadcast HDR metadata to be used correctly for both SDR sets and HDR sets. Unfortunately with no current...
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    CES 2023 - ATSC 3.0 and Antenna Tech + 4K HDR Broadcasts

    I received the following answer from the Silicondust atsc 3.0 forum. It is very interesting. All ATSC 3.0 video broadcasts are currently HEVC with AC-4 audio, so nothing new there. What Dweber3 is asking about is the fact that Sinclair-owned broadcast stations are now encoding their content...
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    CES 2023 - ATSC 3.0 and Antenna Tech + 4K HDR Broadcasts

    During the Antenna man interview with Madeleine Noland, president of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, she mentioned that Sinclair has implemented HDR on all of their ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. I don’t have any ATSC 3.0 receivers so I can’t verify this. Can someone who is using ATSC 3.0 in a...
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    Broadcasters to Encrypt ATSC 3.0 Signals - How it Impacts Free OTA TV

    Remember that the FCC is requiring broadcasters that are using the ATSC 3.0 standard to at least continue broadcasting ATSC 1.0 for a minimum of 5 years from when they started broadcasting ATSC 3.0. But 5 years is the minimum. Most will continue ATSC 1.0 for a much longer time since there are...
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    Paid OTA TV Expanding - How it Impacts Free OTA TV

    What confuses me with my 2014 Honda Odyssey’s radio which is supposedly a HD radio is that I can’t receive the WEEC HD streams. I only get the main broadcast content. Yet it does show the song data. Is there a way to tune the subchannels? I would love to receive HD2 since that carries the old...
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    Paid OTA TV Expanding - How it Impacts Free OTA TV

    Another site told me that the radio in most cars is HD radio. But I don’t believe that. I do know that the radio in my 2014 Odyssey identifies the song title that is currently playing on many stations. But I don’t believe that makes it a HD radio. My Christian radio station WEEC 100.7 in...