Fighting the good fight.

I wish I could! What will you be demoing? Something cooler than basic ATSC 3.0?

No thank you.

Jaylaw wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 9:36 pm The Z box works perfectly with encryption. Move on

It doesn't work on my iPad.

KeithAbbott wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 7:16 pm Also, when the AVC icon is displayed for a channel, does that imply MPEG-4 format? Is it possible that channels flagged as AVC will utilize the MPEG-2 format?

Yes. No.

AVC = H.264 = MPEG-4 Part 10.

Sounds about right, those wall warts don't last forever. 5 years of (presumably) continuous use is a pretty good run.

cncb wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2026 7:35 am What exactly is LPTV?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting

Specifically:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-power ... Television

Will you be demoing some 4K content, like in Eugene, OR?

Come to Austin!

Just google it.
Samsung stopped putting 3.0 in their OLEDs a year or so ago. I think they still offer it in the QLED line.
LG also stopped a couple of years ago.

That is nothing like "won't support DRM". I have yet to see a manufacturer publicly say anything about ATSC 3.0 DRM.

Those ...

Wow! Lon is simply amazing! Great video! If only the powers that be in the government would view it and make a commonsense decision to end this DRM farce!


I believe several tv manufacturers have already said that they won't support DRM.

I don't know of any *TV* manufacturers that have said ...

Samsung has decided to forgo ATSC 3.0 tuners in its OLED TVs for another year.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/samsung-aga ... -oled-tvs/

for another example of the failures of atsc3.0 drm check out this thread ...

It shows how atsc 3.0 drm is able to be bypassed using a3sa approved converter boxes.

I think it's well known at this point that existing converter boxes are not enforcing HDCP. Supposedly that requirement will be ...

Is that the beta?

Probably expected, "X" also appears to be missing on recorded shows on macOS. Same 0213a version.

https://imgur.com/a/OOwhJHg