When support for ATSC 3.0 DRM will be available?

[Jaylaw]

Is there any consideration to making an Android dongle you could plug into the HDMI port on a single TV that could connect to the tuner to decode the DRM channels?

The Z company is attempting this, with hardware devices, and has already had the rug pulled out from under them once. I will be surprised if their next attempt (supposedly due December) doesn't have the same results.

The Z company already said that version 4.0 of their firmware, you can have just your main Z device and all other devices with the app itself would be able to watch ATSC 3.0 with DRM. No need for other client devices. That is coming soon, so it will behave like the current HD Homerun device as a real gateway service. I hope Silicondust can do something, instead of giving excuses of why their current $199 is useless with ATSC 3.0 DRM. Competition is good.

[Cabal]

Is there any consideration to making an Android dongle you could plug into the HDMI port on a single TV that could connect to the tuner to decode the DRM channels?

The Z company is attempting this, with hardware devices, and has already had the rug pulled out from under them once. I will be surprised if their next attempt (supposedly due December) doesn't have the same results.

The Z company already said that version 4.0 of their firmware, you can have just your main Z device and all other devices with the app itself would be able to watch ATSC 3.0 with DRM. No need for other client devices. That is coming soon, so it will behave like the current HD Homerun device as a real gateway service. I hope Silicondust can do something, instead of giving excuses of why their current $199 is useless with ATSC 3.0 DRM. Competition is good.

I think you are multiple steps behind in the news. They just had their "viable" hardware-to-hardware implementation rejected by the A3SA, nevermind anything with a software client. They're going to try again in December (still hardware-to-hardware).

[howardc1243]

Is there any consideration to making an Android dongle you could plug into the HDMI port on a single TV that could connect to the tuner to decode the DRM channels?

The Z company is attempting this, with hardware devices, and has already had the rug pulled out from under them once. I will be surprised if their next attempt (supposedly due December) doesn't have the same results.

some would think that a retired engineer from a local broadcaster would have a lot more pull to get atsc 3.0 widely accepted, sad to say even seasoned engineers cannot move those loggerheads at a3sa.