Stations will start turning off ATSC 1.0 soon. Tablo will be uselss.
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So will most current TV’s.
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True, but don’t think it’s going to happen over night. I think people buying the Tablo now will get a few years out of it and it’s worth the savings. ATSC 3.0 could be a heavy lift and take much longer than we all assume.
Also, your TV tuner will be obsolete, but not the monitor part, which is what is most important.
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No. Do not spread this. This is nowhere near true. Why? Because less than .1% of broadcast users can handle ATSC 3.0. It’s bad. Like really bad. The deployment of ATSC 3.0 is currently in a chaotic state. I’d say half of the people that have ATSC 3.0 capable devices, whether they work or not (which is debatable) are on this forum… so .1% is probably way bigger than the actual figure.
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Stay current bro
My point is that such a move means no more OTA for anyone. Period. Total shutdown. Nobody will be able to watch OTA content. FCC, while we could argue they have an IQ of less than zero, likely not really true. This isn’t about “stay current”, it’s about “current state”.
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When they start this the blowback from the voting public will end the transition so fast your head will spin.
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I don’t put much stock in CCN, anyway. They’re more of a cheerleader than a news source. Hopefully, @Skibozo. But I think you mean the voting public that uses OTA, which is probably a smaller number than we all think. We’ll have to see how it plays out.
Sorry, but upon seeing the mention of an “enhanced viewing experience” as well as “better picture quality” I wanted to burst into laughter.
Here’s why. When the broadcast signal changed to digital, we were promised “better picture quality”. And sure, under optimal conditions, I believe the quality IS crisper and better overall. But how often do us OTA users actually have anything remotely resembling"optimal conditions"?
A few years back I opted to mount a TV antenna on my chimney and drop cable to each TV. This dramatically improved my situation. Prior to doing this, a simple car driving past my home would disrupt the super sensitive signal.
Overall, I honestly believe we took a step backwards with broadcast OTA TV reception quality. So much for “progress”, eh‽ Now we have to accept regularly occurring screen freezes as well as the new “pixelation” that all too often happens.
I’m actually among enthusiastic supporters of new and improving technology, but I also feel the same way about cel phones. I don’t recall ever having calls inexplicably just “drop” in mid conversation when hard wired landlines dominated. But it’s a daily (if not, hourly) occurrence with cell phones.
I just wish I could feel as though someone, ANYONE, actually cared about making the existing thing work reliably before choosing to introduce a new thing!
Okay, I suppose my rant should end now. Thanks for reading!
Did you read it?
Excerpt:
For expedited processing, the FCC requires transitioning full-power and Class A stations to simulcast their primary video programming stream in ATSC 1.0, ensuring at least 95 percent of the population within a station’s noise-limited service contour (NLSC) retains access to the signal…
For regular consumers is this FCC statement different then that made 2-3 years ago.
If you are a full powered station and want to transition your transmission to ATSC 3.0 you need to find another broadcaster for your ATSC 1.0 primary channel and it must reach 95% of your current reception area.