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Content owners are being incredible dicks with ATSC 3.0's DRM. (I know, it's a shock.)
It's bad enough that LG has stopped making ATSC 3 tuners.
If you care about the future of over-the-air television even a little bit, you might watch this and contact the FCC with opinions.
ATSC 3.0/NextGen enabled TVs have issues decoding DRM encrypted channels over the air.
ATSC 3.0 TV Sets Won’t Decode DRM Encrypted Channels - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nClxgUunmeE
Another TV manufacturer dropped ATSC 3.0.
LG Drops ATSC 3.0 from TVs - Will Other Brands Follow?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQAUb6RZQM
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@lonseidman did you see this one? Note the fourth comment under the article, "The paradigm shift is that prior to ATSC 3.0 broadcast companies couldn’t tell device manufacturers what to do. Now they can because playing DRM protected content requires a private contract between the A3SA and the device manufacturers. We aren’t even allowed to publicly share what is in that contract."
ATSC 3.0 Advocate Throws In The Towel
Zatz Not Funny! · ATSC 3.0 Advocate Throws In The TowelLG just dropped a bombshell on the FCC, as they pull ATSC 3.0 support due to patent licensing challenges. While this country has thrived on fruitful public+private technological partnerships that benefit all parties, including serving the greater good, ATSC 3.0 is not that. And hopefully the FCC backs off this nonsense (including facilitating deployment of ... Read more
Cord Cutters News · LG Announces It Will Stop Including ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV OTA Tuners In Its TVs Because of Patent Fights | Cord Cutters NewsEarlier this month, one of the biggest sellers of TVs announced that it will stop making TVs with the new ATSC 3.0 NextGen TVs OTA tuners included. This comes as earlier this year, LG lost a patient case from a company claiming to hold patents over some of the technology included in ATSC 3.0 Next […]
I guess old farts like me who still actually watch #OTA #antenna #TV either need to get set-top tuners or new TVs by July 2027.
I've had this Panasonic plasmabeast since the last time free TV broadcast standards changed. The picture is still really good (especially for something that's technically only 720p-ish).
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Interesting. Thanks for posting this.
uspol, tv, drm, copyright
Maybe it's my imagination, but this Super Bowl looks fabulous on ATSC 3.0.