...It also remains unclear if tuners will be able to work with third-party DVR software, such as Plex and Channels. For those reasons, ATSC 3.0 might remain toxic among tech enthusiasts even as the DVR options improve.

Unclear? The ONLY "third party" dvr software that handled DRM was Windows ...

jasonl wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:39 pm .....cable providers could choose to (or be required to as part of the carriage agreement) copy protect those channels.

This leads back to my question:
Would the cable company DRM have to be compatible with the Prime tuners, and thus record and play in the Windows HDHR app?

Hypothetical:
If DRM on ATSC 3.0 survives and ATSC 1.0 gets shut down, what happens to locals on cable systems? Do they get DRM? What type of DRM? Cable company flavor, or A3SA flavor?

Big question:
After the "transition", would DRM'ed locals via cable card work in the HDHR Windows App ...

Hypothetical:
If DRM on ATSC 3.0 survives and ATSC 1.0 gets shut down, what happens to locals on cable systems? Do they get DRM? What type of DRM? Cable company flavor, or A3SA flavor?

Big question:
After the "transition", would DRM'ed locals via cable card work in the HDHR Windows App?

https://www.atsc.org/news/atsc-3-0-nextgentv-ota-tv-makes-changes-to-help-dvrs/

what was this about? links also to this: https://cordcuttersnews.com/atsc-3-0-nextgen-ota-tv-makes-changes-to-drm-to-help-dvrs-like-tablo-hdhomerun/

what changes need to be made now to get HDHR to work with DRM ...