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Are You (& Your TV) Ready For ATSC 3.0?

Discussion in 'General' started by YamahaRick, Aug 11, 2022.

  1. YamahaRick

    YamahaRick Yamaha Two Stroke Czar

    I had a vid pop up in my YT page, causing me to once look again at the new tech that is already here and will be spreading soon. Thought I'd post a few links here to help others learn, and, hopefully, have the TV gurus here chime in with additional data. The hybrid OTA/Internet model is pretty cool.

    Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_3.0

    Helps you locate TV towers, so you know what direction to point your antenna:

    https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html

    ATSC 3.0 FAQ: https://www.crutchfield.com/S-rm9yJwmifOh/learn/atsc-3-0-faq.html

    List of ATL TV stations: http://freeatltv.com/channels.html

    One example of an ATSC 3.0 tuner (2 of 4 channels); a guy I know via another forum is a tech guru there (or may own it outright):

    https://shop.silicondust.com/shop/product-category/hardware/?scrollto=663475

    Anyone already deep into this? Let me here your thoughts.
     
    Last edited: Aug 11, 2022
  2. YamahaRick

    YamahaRick Yamaha Two Stroke Czar

  3. RossK6

    RossK6 Grid Filler

    I get why some would want to go wireless. I just spliced the antenna in my attic into the cable already in the house, then took that line and pushed into the inlet port of the manifold in the cable box, sending the antenna signal to all remaining cable outlets in the house.
     
  4. beac83

    beac83 "My safeword is bananna"

    ATSC 3 is on the air in a number of markets. Stations are very slowly starting to send ATSC 3 signals on a market by market basis. The standard has been around for 5 years or more, and set manufacturers have not been rushing to include ATSC 3 receive capability int he sets.

    Adoption will continue to be slow without a FCC (federal) mandate to change to ATSC 3. Without a FCC mandate, stations aren't going to rush and spend the substantial funds needed to switch to ATSC 3 without an audience of receivers already in place.

    Much like stere0 AM radio, and digital (HD) radio, it will falter without a requirement for all sets to be able to receive it.
     

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