Well it’s finally here so looking forward to hearing observations regarding ATSC 3.0.

On Fox 145.1, I have non-DRM access to what is normally 720p and something that has Dolby ATMOS on enough that my receiver agrees. I’ll have to see what Channels app says, but I don’t expect anything new (better ...

Walking through the process, if I select a particular channel instead of Auto, what I expected happens. A task for that specific event is created. And I see the orange dot. Deleting the task still has the same UI issue.

I don’t have the HDHR subscription plan. I do have the recording capability setup and it works. I use it occasionally.

I clicked the series for FIFA Wold Cup to record and clicked Auto Record. It popped something up telling me “Get 14 days of Guide and Auto Record with HDHR DVR Guide ($35 / year ...

Oh interesting. I didn’t realize any of that. So it’s a “trick” that gets an improvement through the existing compression pipeline?

What’s different about movies vs. live TV with YUV?

I was thinking it would be nice know which channels were new. Maybe a special marking signifying new in the guide that goes away eventually. I’m blessed to have 103 channels in my guide according to hdhomerun.local. So it’s not always obvious which are new at a glance.

I decided to see if I could find Fox’s World Cup broadcasting plans.

It looks like Tubi will broadcast 2 games in 4K. This seems like reliable reporting.

The same search also told me their NextGen TV broadcasts would br HDR 4K. But the sources didn’t seem to say anything factual in that regard ...

I was never certain this was the case, but always suspected that there might be scanning for new channels in the background.

Could thenHD Homerun app notify me of it discovering new channels in the background scan and notify me of what they are?

How’s progress going on this capability? It’s been a while.

I have seen that when I try and view such DRM content on an Apple device. But my Google and fire stick devices still used to say the old message.

Not sure if it changed for me with the new firmware.

Did a little more digging with Chat GPT.

Channels I could test with:
1. My Maryland Public Television Channels are a good source for Advanced HDR broadcasts, but do not have the HLG implemented. Also not DRM encrypted.
2. I have a number of Sinclair channels, but a decent number of the ATSC 3.0 ...

Thanks. I think I get it now. So it sounds like my HDHR Flex 4K already supports this capability, and so if my TV or tablet supported it AND a broadcaster used Advanced HDR, it would work. It also sounds like if my TV or tablet did not support Advanced HDR, it would also work as intended and just ...

Thanks. Still not quite sure what Advanced HDR does. It seems like perhaps SDR would get faux HDR applied to it, if your display device supported an HDR format.

My understanding is that Flex 4K will send SDR broadcast video to all displays and HDR video to HDR-capable displays.

So is Advanced HDR ...

I’m pretty sure the HDHR 4K Flex supports HDR in ATSC 3.0 broadcasts if the channel sets the right bits. Not sure which HDR that is (HDR10, HDR10+, DV, DV2, etc.). Likely it has a lot to do with the TV’s abilities. Since HDHR 4K Flex is NextGen certified, I’d expect that it’s been tested to support ...

Ah found it here: https://www.silicondust.com/support/dow ... changelog/

Is there a list of features somewhere that we can read that tells us what is new?