I look forward to Tablo releasing a quad tuner with at least 2 of them capable of receiving ATSC 3 broadcasts.
They were developing a quad ATSC 1.0/3.0 HMDI Tablo (which would work on just a single TV) that was expected to be shipped in spring of 2022, but the encryption issues postponed the project indefinitely.
Interview with the CEO IN January gave some updates
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There is a serious issue with mega broadcasting companies putting DRM over the copyright content so that DVRs like Tablo, HDhomerun will be possibly nixed for 3.0.
The problem is the DRM specification is defined by the A3SA organization - not ATSC. The standard was so ill defined that it only originally worked with ATSC 3.0 tuners built into the actual TV and used google’s widevine. HDMI now works but not network devices like tablo.
But widevine isn’t the DRM API’s that apple and windows use. Plus while widevine exists on roku bright script prohibits they type of functionality needed.
When will it get sorted out for networked devices - who knows.
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