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   Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:21:57 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

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   • Lauren Weinstein
   • Karl Auerbach

   @lauren @karlauerbach wow, are they TRYING to hasten the end of broadcast TV entirely?

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     Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:22:00 JST Lauren Weinstein

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     • Karl Auerbach

     @karlauerbach Oh yeah, there already are ATSC 3.0 external boxes. But due to the deep and creepy ATSC 3.0 encryption DRM which most stations doing ATSC 3.0 are enabling even on their main channel, most of them need Internet connections to work at all (to get the keys), which kinda blows away the whole point, even putting aside the way too high costs at this point.

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     Karl Auerbach (karlauerbach@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:22:01 JST Karl Auerbach

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     • Lauren Weinstein

     @lauren Wouldn't this create a demand for ATSC 3.0 to HDMI widgets? I would imagine that those could be fairly small, USB powered, and inexpensive; or be built into things like Roku boxes with an antenna lug.

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     Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:22:03 JST Lauren Weinstein

     Tomorrow on my usual Monday evening national network radio tech segment, I'll be briefly discussing the ongoing train wreck that is the over the air TV broadcast transition to ATSC 3.0. Oh, you didn't know that in just a few years everyone in the U.S. may have to get ALL NEW equipment to receive over the air broadcasts, and even most TVs you buy today wouldn't be capable of receiving them? Yep.