Encryption

[jasonl]

Can a current television manufacturer call their new tunerless device a television.

No, they'll call them smart displays or smart monitors or make up another term. LG already sells some, but they're not available in 55" or larger sizes.

[jasonl]

So using the HDHOMERUN Flex 4K with a device like the current Walmart ONN pro 4k (v2) or Google TV Streamer equipped with the Amlogic S995X5 SoC (CPU) should be capable decrypting DRM because both have Widevine L1 and can play back having the Hevc and Dolby AC4 codecs, but the A3SA would have to pre approve these two devices first? Correct?

I assume for this to work the A3SA would have to send a decryption key via an internet connection first before decryption could begin requiring time to tune in the channel? This would not allow emergency system broadcast now would it?

Say if this would work, but requires an internet connection to watch OTA TV, why not just stream the channel instead of using an antenna? I assume then the network would just charge a fee to stream it an eliminate the turner.

Does the A3SA require ATSC 3.0 DRM recordings be saved as a DASH TS?

Ok DRM does not work and will never work with A3SA required Keys. The FCC should never approve a mandated switch to ATSC 3.0 and just stick to ATSC 1.0.

EDIT BELOW

Ok I wrote the above at 4am because I could not sleep. I have now spent some time reading past posts that answers many of my questions. Summations are SiliconDust can update firmware on the Flex 4K and design HDHOMERUN player on Android to watch and record DRM programming on a approved android device like the ONN pro 4k. The android device will have to phone home to the A3SA every time you want to watch live or watch recorded DRM content. So clearly an approved client device will have to be located at every TV and require an internet connection for the keys.
Clearly the HDHOMERUN client software will not allow encrypted content out of the home network. This goes for 3 party client players like Jellyfin, Sparkle TV, and Channels. I sure hope SiliconDust can make their DVR player app better than it's currently form for the hopefully current cost of $35 a year.
DASH.TS files may be the encryption for the DRM programs. I hope all non DRM ATSC 3.0 programs remain as standard.TS files.

Will this fly with the FCC more than likely not since the Emergency Broadcast Alerts still will not function?
Let's hope the FCC kills DRM so we can keep our SD devices just the way they are.

If you look at streaming apps, you don't want to make every device figure out how to verify you have an active subscription to Netflix or Prime Video or whatever, you let the app figure that out (since it's coming from the company and they know their own systems) and the app just tells the player "here is the video I want to watch, and here is my authorization to watch it" and then the player talks to the Widevine part and uses that authorization to get the key it needs to decrypt the video. It's like when you go to replace the factory stereo in your car with a third-party one. The maker of your car probably uses some weird wiring scheme and you need a wiring harness to convert that to the standard one the stereo supports.