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Firmware Update for Nextgen
It appears that the hardware is available in the Gen4 (Sony D6802GL) to Process ATSC 3 broadcast signals. Activate the logic to permit scan and viewing of Nextgen broadcasts.
You do realize that the gen 4 is a headless network device.
Currently A3SA doesn’t have an approved specification that allows network clients to handle DRM. The current A3SA specification only allows for widevine. Windows, Apple, WebOS, and Tizen don’t use widevine. Roku uses widevine but extensions needed for A3SA are unavailable for brightscript.
This A3SA BS has been going on for a number of years and the FCC “may” address some of this soon.
I still don’t care about DRM. It’s going away.
If DRM goes away so does ATSC 3.0. NAB needs a new business model for OTA. The FCC may rule that a stations primary channel must be unencrypted leaving others available for pay channels and thus encryption.
The FCC
I guess you are correct. Guessing.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) proposed a two-phased transition plan to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to end legacy ATSC 1.0 digital television broadcasts. Under this roadmap, the top 55 television markets would sunset ATSC 1.0 by February 2028, and remaining markets would transition to the NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) standard by February 2030
So then you agree that it is imperative Tablo Gen4 enables ATSC 3 immediately.
Thank you!
Don’t forget to vote at the top left green arrow.
I actually have owned a hdhomerun 4k 4-tuner for a while. So I probably understand a little about the in’s and out’s of network connected ATSC 3.0 devices.
Maybe some magic fairy dust is needed.
Yessir. You do.
Remember to upvote.
TBH, we’re really worn out on the whole ATSC 3.0 and DRM debacle and are just fine using what we currently have. Therefore, we can’t upvote this.
However, if Tablo were to request a one-time $10-$20 for upgrade to ATSC 3.0, we’d probably participate. We definitely need more info from Tablo on whether or not this is even possible.
You speak for everyone? Was there a vote?
To be clear, I’m not designing or coding the change request myself.
Pooping on the Feature Request doesn’t stop Tablo from reviewing it. That’s the whole purpose of Feature Requests. Ideas.
I understand that; and of course I don’t speak for everyone - all the conversations on ATSC 3.0, DRM, chips, patents, etc. is good info. Thanks to you and others for your detailed contributions.
Tablo has been working on ATSC 3.0 from at least 2023. But since their products are also targeted for network users I think worked stopped until A3SA had a functional DRM solution.
But the idea tablo just magically unlocks the current tuners or wouldn’t come out with a new ATSC 3.0 model priced to recover their R&D investment is just crazy. I know everything is free.
I’m crazy 
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You have valid points that cannot be answered by us.
All I can do is to ask the questions and let Tablo provide the answers.
Everything else is speculation and handwringing.
The ATSC 3.0 patents are Free. The cost of turning on ATSC 3.0 on a 4 tuner gen 4 is Free.
Standard ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) patent pool licensing via the Via Licensing Alliance costs $0.30 per receiver unit****. However, independent patent holders outside the main pool—such as Constellation Designs—have demanded separate royalties as high as $6.75 per unit, dramatically increasing overall hardware implementation costs for manufacturers. [1, 2, 3]
Patent Fee Structure Breakdown
Time now for Constipation Court…
Bwahahaha!
Constellation relied on 15 year old Zenith patents but didn’t identify prior art. Without the Zenith patents their claims don’t work. Wonder why?
Zenith is a subsidiary of LG.
“the whole purpose” realistically a popularity contest.
It also allows us to accurately gauge which potential features are the most popular with users.
That’s really about as far as it get…
We’ve pre-populated this section with a few frequent feature requests from the last few years, but we’d love more input from you!
Accumulated from few years - and nothing moved forward. Why, because they didn’t know which were seriously popular? 
They’ve had feature request since the beginning of time. The new owners brought on a new device - little to no requested feature included.
So, now someone believes: I just know this giant corporation is going to redesign a product for users instead of focusing on profits.
fingers in ears
La-la-laaa la-la-laaa
(Doesn’t really matter. My new brand X OTA DVR arrived last night)
Tragically the 20-30 people participating in the beauty contest are near-sighted. Especially me.
Of the 20 Feature Requests currently posted, none are going to change my user experience or improve my opinion of the product.
