gore wrote: Wed May 06, 2026 4:16 am But as Mj noted, the stations are probably selling advertising based on the fact that there are both ATSC1 and ATSC3 signals

Based on the existence of lighthouse signals? I'm suspect.

The problems are that MPEG2 and AC3 are horribly outdated and inefficient and 8VSB gets destroyed by multipath. ATSC 3.0 solves all of these problems. It just has other problems, some that the FCC can do something about (DRM) and some that it can't (high cost of licensing, uncertainty surrounding ...

The best indication I've found of transcoding is 2-channel output on a 5.1 source. If your receiver shows E-AC-3 (DD+) 5.1 from an ATSC 3.0 channel, it definitely didn't come from cloud transcoding.

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/