nickk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:09 pm
raypenj wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:25 pm
I'm utterly confused by this.
In the bullet list of potential restrictions in Nick's post, i.e. "We plan to offer broadcasters the ability to block...."
who is doing the offering to broadcasters, Silicon Dust or A3SA?
The A3SA mandates the usage rules that all device manufactures are required to support. It is unclear what information about these mandated usage rules the A3SA has made public.
We can tell you what features our products offer and what features we plan to offer.
So to me, there seems to be some conflicts in SD's recently published "feature set":
* We plan to offer broadcasters the ability to block analog outputs.
* We plan to offer broadcasters the ability to block the user from recording the channel.
* We plan to offer broadcasters the ability to specify a maximum retention time for a recording, specified in minutes, with cryptography strong enforcement.
and what A3SA's announcement (August 21, 2023) on what broadcasters cannot restrict.
https://a3sa.com/wp-content/uploads/202 ... -Slide.pdf
*Viewers must be allowed to decrypt and record these broadcasts even if they are using a less secure device that requires an internet connection
*Viewers must be allowed to make an unlimited number of copies of these broadcasts
*Such copies cannot have retention limits
*Viewers must be allowed to use “trick play” features such as pause, rewind, fast-forward, and ad-skipping
*Viewers must be allowed to use analog outputs to connect to legacy TVs (i.e., no prohibition or required down resolution)
Looking at A3SA's PDF, something doesn't appear to be jibin' between what A3SA mandates for device manufacturers and the restrictions it says broadcasters cannot implement.
I kinda wish SD could inform its user base with details on their trials and tribulations with A3SA "certification" so we could reach out to our representatives to have the FCC fix this ATSC 3.0 mess. Starting to seriously regret my purchase of the 4k Flex for better ATSC 3.0 reception when I had a perfectly good HDHomeRun EXTEND (big fan of, BTW) running for years.