hancox wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:18 am Not that a "strongly worded letter" is usually a good sign

I agree.

If the powers that be approve SD decryption, I suspect the requirements will be to refuse skipping or fast forwarding content (the commercials will need to be included just like the streaming apps) and anyone using HDHomeRUN ATSC 3 decrypted streams must also abide by the rules. Correct?


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nickk wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 10:40 am every new feature an innovator wants to add to a consumer product needs to be approved by the broadcasters that are on the A3SA voting committee.

Which broadcasters are on the A3SA voting committee?

according to [an SD competitor] 15.1 and 61.1 in phoenix (115.1/161.1 for SD's tuners) [...] are marked in a way that either offline mode is required (something a gateway will probably never have, but tv's can do but don't always use when connected) or interactive apps must be supported... since ...

The DC ATSC 3 stations seem to have ruined the reception of ABC 7.1 for me.

odds are you have a local noise interference issue impacting VHF reception.
@cncb,

If you are close enough to the low power WDCN 3.0 transmitter in Merrifield, VA, the local interference could be a WDCN second ...

Do you see a possible scenario where we might lose read/edit/whatever-I-want access to recordings of unencrypted ATSC 3.0 channels?


Seems highly unlikely. I have no idea why anyone would be doing that.
Please see https://www.avsforum.com/threads/adth-atsc-3-0-tuner-thread.3283967/page-29 ...

This.


So again I ask: what is the point of DRM certification if it doesn't guarantee that HDHR users can at least view DRM-encrypted channels live?

Unless you plan to add HDMI outputs or provide dongles as @DSperber suggests, I don't see the point.

(Note also that insofar as SD is at the ...

“We plan to offer broadcasters the ability to block the user from viewing the channel via their home network.”


This is the current situation, mission accomplished! If I can’t view it, none of the rest even matters.Why waste the electrons?
Thank you for noticing! I've been wondering how long ...

gtb wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:01 pm What the broadcasters have been recently pushing is the FCC subsidizes a cheap box that converts ATSC 3.0 to a HDMI output to support existing ATSC 1.0 only TV's and then everyone can go ATSC 3.0.

Not good enough. That box also needs a standard NTSC output for those still using CECBs.