I remember watching black and white TV and only having one TV station when I was a kid. We got cable and color TV in 1968 and I was so happy. It's absolutely amazing how far TV has advanced.

There's something about the way Tyler talks that I find very engaging. It's very genuine and conversational, and every clause of every sentence has an inflection that tells you what his real opinion is, with a slight amount of snark when necessary. Lol, keep it up!

in the 60s, 70, 80 and well into the 90's i used to know the primetime lineup of ABC, CBS and NBC by heart. I now can go a month without turning on the TV and I haven't watched a program on those 3 stations for years.

Since ATSC 3.0 seems to be cost prohibitive and it’s not mandatory, stations are not in a rush to upgrade their towers. Great video Tyler!! 👍😁

You helped me dump an expensive streaming app and have antenna tv again. I installed a Clearstream 4v antenna with a pole mounted pe-amp and a powered, 2 tv distribution splitter. My scanning said 84 channels in both rooms. I only need about 6 or 8 channels to stay relevant. The wife likes Netflix and were deciding on 1 other app for bravo at a fair price.

I sincerely hope that broadcast TV survives. One of my pet peeves is people that are streaming who are calling themselves cord-cutters. If you are streaming, you have a cable to provide the internet. Cord cutting means no cord. I like the anonymous feeling of OTA TV. The provider does not get to track what I am viewing. Before I blasted over the cord-cutter comment. I do have internet and stream a lot of content. I just don't call myself a cord-cutter. I also have a good antenna setup that Tyler helped design through his recommendation service. I highly recommend his service if you are thinking about putting up an antenna.

I look forward to your video on the update. I cannot for the life of me figure out how an entity can use licensed, public, airways for encrypted TV.

Thank you for the heads up. Because of your continuing info I finally installed a out door antenna.

To be fair, over the air TV is limited in the number of channels it can offer. I like where it's headed but they'll never compete with streaming if it's just network programming and side channels that show repeats of Gunsmoke, etc. IF over the air (and it's a big if) can provide lots of current quality programming around the clock (and not load up on infomercials, shopping channels and religious broadcasts) they might stand a chance.

I was going to ask this very question about the future of over-the-air tv and Tyler read my mind by addressing it in this video. Thanks for the info in this ever changing world of broadcast tv. Believe me, it's changing what seems to be every week.

HD Radio was a sole-source provider and receiver -- namely Ibiquity Digital Corporation. They were the only company to bid to develop HD radio. Also, all HD radios come with a $50.00 add-on that goes to Ibiquity. Hence, they were simple much more expensive than standard radios. So, most radio manufacturers decided not to produce them. By the way, the mandate for all TV's to come with UHF receivers was mandated by Congress and not the FCC. I wouldn't expect that agency to require ATSC 3.0 receivers to be in all new TV sets.

I hope over-the-air TV doesn't become completely obsolete. I love the nostalgic feel and affordability that comes with over-the-air TV. I know people enjoy being able to watch whatever they want when they want (and rightfully so), but to me it feels special when I have to wait a specific time to watch a program. Even though I am not generally a fan of TV graphics or commercials that came out in recent years; TV station graphics, bumpers, and commercials from previous time periods have always provided memories for me throughout my youth. For example, I liked the graphics that ABC-7 KGO-TV had from 2002 until 2009.

For comparison: Italy here: DVB-T2 is a 15 years old standard, here switch over (to DVB-T2 and HEVC) was planned but was pushed to kalendae grecae in favor of a switch over to AVC over DVB-T1 because of "lack of compatibility with existing sets" (but actually because all TV managed to fit in the available spectrum otherweise I bet we'd have already had T2 ), and since 2017 it's compulsory for every tv set or digital set top box to be compatible with T2 and HEVC. I'm still trying to figure out how in America can a switch-over be planned with no installed equipement. As a note, here DVB-T is the standard, DVB-S is the exception and cable is virtually non-existent (just the OTT over internet).

Excellent assessment!! Our local ATSC 3.0 channels are lumped on one, low power UHF channel and only broadcast at 1200x700. Why would I even bother with them? Using my HDHomerun and using their TV app, some TV brands don't even have audio on these stations, but yet some do. Remember, what's driving OTA is the cost of cable, where the minimum cost of cable for just LOCAL stations you can pick up with antenna now runs about $74/mo. with most cable companies, and that's why the FCC needs to be more focused and proactive on the RF needs of the taxpayer. Congress previously subsidized the cost of digital boxes when we went digital. Why not the same for ATSC 3.0 boxes AND mandate ATSC 3.0 capability in ALL new TV's so we have OTA that actually works better than it does now? As other's have mentioned, the roll out of UHF television would have been REALLY delayed if there hadn't been a mandate by the govt. for all TV's after 1964 sold in the U.S. to include UHF tuners. The television industry needs to know the direction of the FCC before they will invest in new low cost ATSC 3.0 capable televisions. The FCC should follow the same actions they took years ago with digital to spur ATSC 3.0 into the market and they need to relax the rules where it makes sense. They are supposed to be working for us, and they should be leading this effort, but I really fear ATSC 3.0 may already be doomed to fail because of limited RF space in many areas, thanks to poor planning at the FCC. Also interesting is that the Franken radio stations are going ATSC 3.0. www.tvtechnology.com/news/next-generation-franken-fms-on-the-rise I checked out one application currently on file for our area. They claimed to be operating ATSC 1.0 currently to meet the FCC rule. Well,... not that I can tell! But that rule should be ditched.

I used to work for a major local tv company that is part of the NextGen technology. There has been something that has bothering me. Even while working there, I asked quite a few times if there were any updates to CC or making things more accessible for people that had sight or hearing issues and I was laughed at by the grunts relaying information from their press release ... line by line.... or higher ends of org tree. . (I am not one of these people but when I get older, my sight is going to leave me like it has most others I know). Has there been any discussions or notifications whether ATSC 3.0 is making TV either OTA or on Satellite/Cable or even TV manufacturers to make things more accessible to people with disabilities?

ATSC 3.0 is such a good thing overall but this encryption thing with DRM is a horrible horrible thing hopefully something can be done so that they’re made to stop doing it and the tuners will be able to become affordable. Great break down as always, Tyler!

As a non-US watcher, I'm shocked the US terrestrial TV stations do encrypt their signals, and that they use DRM for that. Guess it only adds a lot of hassle with these channels, not just cost. Unthinkable in Europe, except for paid packages. (That said, there are countries where only public TV is free on terrestrial)

I'm in the New York City market. A huge key market for adoption of any technology but there's only one single ATSC 3.0 station on the air here. That's a huge problem.

I just bought a 4K tv late last year, and I don't want to have to buy another one for ATSC 3.0, so affordable converter boxes can't come soon enough

Like you mentioned, Digital Terrestrial over-the-air TV might be possibly encrypted thanks to ATSC 3.0, dude, as a Canadian, who used to live in Canada, and owned an antenna, some channels were encrypted before ATSC 3.0, and locals such as Global, CBC, CTV, etc. were free-to-air

Well if all my OTA channels go away because my TV does not support the new signals, I will just watch whatever is on regular You Tube (not KZfaq TV) and listen to my radio for the live local news and weather. This is crazy if I have to buy some special DVR or any device to decode the new signals. My current LCD TV's are good an I am not about to switch. If it is a few dollars to do the signal fix, I may do it, but if it costs hundreds of dollars, forget it. Plus how many antenna users are going to have the money to switch over to the new system. I probably have the money, but I will not do it. I dropped cable TV several years ago (280 dollars per month), and I will drop this if I have to put in allot of money to do so. I will just use my ClearStream indoor antenna for a nice paper weight if I don't get OTA TV. Things never stay the same, very sad. I hope this does not happen.

Until an inexpensive ($60 or less) ATSC 3.0 tuner is available, I don't see ATSC 3.0 growing very fast in terms of households that receive it. There are inexpensive ATSC 1.0 tuners available, but the only ATSC 3.0 tuners are still quite pricy. That needs to change.

Thank you for all the testing and reporting you do, Tyler. I purchased two Channel Master Flatennas after first researching indoor antennas and then finding links to your review on their site (and other retailer sites too). These are both in use and are functioning just fine. I'm fortunate in that the majority of OTA channels being watched by this household are within 15 miles of us. There is one that is 33 miles away that is important to one viewer and it took a bit of moving around to find a good location for that set's antenna to be properly located but the reception is pretty stable. Another thanks for covering the need to search for a proper mounting location in some of your other videos! It really does help to orient them correctly for the older format broadcasts. The NextGen signals don't seem greatly affected by the antenna orientation, possibly because they're so close to us. As I understand, the DRM being enacted is more to stop DVRs from recording shows freely and shouldn't really affect what's being sent out for free. Is my understanding correct? Thanks again for all your work on our behalf!

I think so. Streaming offers so many other options; whether Pluto TV or FreeVee or Roku Channel and others. I love watching content from decades ago as opposed to much of the content from today. Heck, I don't even watch my local NBC station anymore as I can watch what shows I want to for free on the NBC app on my Roku; on demand when I want it and I don't have to pay for DVR fees to record my local stations if I'm not home. Also, every time I do turn on the local tv, I always seem to find the endless commercials. The free streaming has commercials, but not where near as many as OTA stations. The question is, will internet service to your home become so expensive with potential data caps that the market shifts back to OTA stations? At least at my cable company, the cost of high speed internet service is increasing rapidly and the data cap fee levels are low compared to actual usage in a modern home.

ATSC 1.0 works perfectly fine, it's just finicky on weak signals, really the only "upgrade" I see for ATSC 3.0 is being more robust and less fragile of a signal, which would be great for Low VHF, which is great for rural coverage. 4K doesn't matter to me, HD is perfectly adequate, especially for classic TV which is most of what I watch.

I am both excited by new OTA content and sickened by DRM being added to it. I think it is a way to circumvent the "Betamax" decision. Time shifting goes out the window with DRM. Great content as always,Tyler.

Closer and closer to all-pay TV.

DRM on broadcast TV? It might help for being able to market pay for view services as a new option. But if broadcasters don't want to play nice and encrypt their entire signal??? I'm not interested. But then, I'm still using an unlocked Tivo Series 3 from 2006. Despite replacing the hard drive with a large drive meant for security systems and replacing the caps on the power supply, ATSC 3 will kill that DVR eventually. (I'm actually okay with that in theory.) Since the DVR refuses to die along with my still beautiful Pioneer Elite plasma, how long can I hold out??? A LONG TIME if stations are going to DRM their broadcasts. And it can't even do 4k until the old ATSC 1 standard is turned off? WELL. Don't DRM your regular broadcasts and I may upgrade. DRM me??? Guess what. NOPE. Not budging until you turn ATSC 1 off. And maybe not then if ATSC 3 needs an internet connection to say. . . collecting marketing data. Just no. Me and my ham friends. . . . who are happy to give out advice on whether to adopt a new TV standard or not. Both over the air, the internet and to any neighbor who knows the person who can help with that antenna. The evidence on the roof is pretty apparent. Locking out stations with DRM could be. . . an issue. Good to know!

When I lived near Chicago, I enjoyed all the ota channels available. Now I live in the middle of farm land. The only thing I miss is ota tv. The only thing close enough to pick up now is PBS. I won't waste my time and money on that.

If DRM Klls ATSC3, they will likely blame anything other than DRM breaking things again.

We've had ATSC 3.0 in the Nashville market for several years. The pandemic had a big impact on ATSC 3.0 rollout and the lack of converter boxes and chipsets for TV manufacturers.

Very informative. Thanks for the updates

I hope it becomes a balanced system when using this, somethign that is sutiable of consumers but able to launch secure measures

The main thing keeping broadcast TV alive right now is retransmission fees charged to cable companies, which prohibit most stations from simply providing a linear digital feed on the internet. Without this prohibition, it'd be a simple matter for all local stations to just go online. Eventually this could replace over-the-air broadcast if reliable broadband were available everywhere. Stations don't want to go online with a digital feed for now, because the retransmission fees are too lucrative. But if such retransmission fees were outlawed, I think you'd see every local station go online right away. One thing the rapid growth of FAST channels shows is that adding internet channels is so much easier and faster than revamping a broadcast standard, and of course internet transmission can easily be 4K or 8K if that becomes standard. I agree with Tyler that broadcasters have one shot at making ATSC 3.0 work. But even if they manage it, this will probably be the final iteration of digital TV broadcast; eventually the future is internet feeds for all TV content.

@Tyler thanks for ALL you DO!!!!!

There is no valid reason to encrypt a broadcast signal. If it up-to-date equipment it should be against the law

i still have 2 digital converters from the analog digital switchover. a program like that one is the only way i see this working

In my opinion, if a worst case scenario happens where Streaming Services completely overtakes over the air TV in usage/popularity, I think OTA television will stay around in a form similar to those NWS Severe Weather radios. Case in point, Streaming Services currently rely on the internet (phone lines) to broadcast their signal and if it goes out in a storm, an OTA television signal will still be freely available assuming the TV station has it's own emergency generator.

Broadcast tv is best. It feels less lonely knowing I'm watching something that's playing in someone else's house at the same time. After ten years of streaming and DVR, I'm ready to step back a little and go back to the old way.

Local sports and news is the biggest draw for antenna users. I rely on my antenna for NFL games primarily. These won't be available on the free streaming apps.

Great video...cant wait for the follow up videos!!

I enjoy watching your videos, Tyler. I am totally with you as far as wanting to watch antenna TV for the superior picture quality. In fact, I got tired of the cable companies and cut the cord in 1996. However, there is one area where I have a problem - sports programming often runs way over the scheduled time (and I am NOT a sports fan). As a result, the scheduled programming is screwed up for hours after the sports program and consequently, the program I had set my Homeworx (thanks also for your review of that) device up to record, is very delayed and my recording only has the first part of my show. Do you have any ideas for dealing with that issue?

I like coming home from work and just turning on the tv and laying on the couch without having to think about what to watch. Thanks for your hard work

Wow! You really came through with some critical information for all of us that we are NOT getting through normal sources. Your comments on the behind the scenes also adds to the story so we can understand the real issues. I do not know how you get so much insider information! News media all have an army of researchers and reporters can not seam to get through all the tentacles, layers of view points and information from seemingly unrelated sources to pull a "complete story" together like you do. I do not know how you do it but please keep it up for us! Thank you!

In my state, WGCL formerly CBS 46 has rebranded to Atlanta's News First and the call sign changed to WANF. I'm not sure which came first but they do not mention the network affiliation or the channel number any longer AT ALL. So what do they know that I don't? It's like they're preparing for a day post OTA.

Broadcasters do seem to be dragging their feet with ATSC 3.0. IMO, if they don't go faster, nobody will care about locals anymore. I guess they're planning to live off of retransmission fees. Not sure why they still think they're relevant when there's hundreds of free streaming channels. Even subchannels like METV must be losing viewers to streaming. Just look at FM radio. They all stream free online. I'm not paying to watch ad -supported channels.

Maybe the government should pick up the tab and allow free (Taxpayer Funded) converter boxes like they did with the analog to digital conversion. Of course they had a lot to gain from that where they don't so much with ATSC 3.0.

I have a Tablo DVR but it doesn’t have ATSC 3.0 . My TV does. I like Tablo and have suggested they upgrade the DVR to 3.0 . Thanks for the update on 3.0. I am really looking forward to getting it.

I agree, all these restrictions are definitely keeping atsc 3.0 from taking off, good on the NAB for sending that letter to the FCC, Rome wasn't built in a day, just hope this is all worth while.

4:43 This reminded me of the dad in the Christmas Story pronouncing "fragile". Joking aside this is a very informative video. As mentioned by the articles 18 percent of antenna users are immigrants and my family is one of them. The Asian language channels my parents watch actually have reliable reception and might not be available on American streaming service. Any ATSC or other upgrade that requires families to get another box or another tv is just more inconvenience at a time of economic uncertainty. I suspect we care more about reception than internet connectivity or 4K. The only tv technology that I'll care about is one that improves reception. Some stations come up if the antenna is held up in some random high spot in the middle of the room where I can't place the antenna. Maybe someone will come up with a "antenna hanger"

Imagine my surprise when I started tuning around TV this evening and spotted some *NX channels, apparently NextGen channels, in Boston! I'm able to watch them on a Sony TV using the HDHR connect4k. First time I've seen them show up.

Maybe OTA should shift more to sports programming. Something like being able to see the ball clearly would be a significant advantage with 4K. Streaming suffers so much from delay. Cable and satellite companies often aren't much better. You can't get everyone interested in every sport but it still stands that sports are a place for big money.

Can you pickup (receive) OTA ATSC 3.0 channel's on the Hisense U8H tv. No internet connection.

The provision of OTA TV in the US is frustrating. I live in a county with a quarter million people and there is no US OTA TV available at all except for one independent station, we're in the Seattle DMA. We're expected to pay for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX via Cable or KZfaq TV, while other folks in Seattle are able to view the networks and get their local news for free. It's frustrating that the broadcasters can't be bothered to put up translator stations and are even pulling them down, and if you want to view the networks *anywhere* but OTA you must pay, and pay quite a lot I might add. The cheapest way I can get my Seattle locals is via KZfaq TV and that's still $60 a month. It is quite frustrating and I wish the broadcasters would come together to even put up a SD shared translator tower so my county could at least get *something*.

Great info Tyler. Also I like the "consistency" in your videos. Your visibly to the right side of the screen when they start so its easy to scroll and spot your videos... excellent. I hope things are going well...

1:02 Another problem is that in markets like here in NYC, there is no free spectrum. The 600MHz sale removed all free UHF spectrum. As such, there isn’t ONE free UHF channel available to put ATSC 3.0 on the air. The major broadcasters are going to have to sit down and figure out who will combine their signals to free up a channel. That will take ages. We do have a single low power ATSC 3.0 signal on RF channel 6. Basically multicultural programming. The 600MHz sale was the biggest fiasco in broadcast TV to date.

I live on the Southern US border in San Diego and also speak Spanish, a big reason to stay connected to OTA TV are the channels from South of the border. Altough I have 3 Smart TVS in my house, I have to have at least one old school OTA only tv here.

Hope OTA stays! Because broadcasting is way more reliable, especially in blackouts and no need to use and connect to internet service! Please NO DRMs, and more quick and easy channel tuning! Make it easy to tune and watch a channel from broadcasting!

I hope they find a way to sort this all out an not make this more difficult in the future I watch things like netflix an hbo, etc. but my mom isn't that tech savvy on all those streaming services as she just likes to keep it simple an just wants her broadcast news channels an such so i've been thinking about getting her a tablo box at least...

Tyler, you should do a collaboration video with Luke over at Cord Cutters News.

Radio has overtaken television for the first time in history among persons 18-49 in average audience and weekly reach. According to the watched Nielsen Total Audience Report, live and time-shifted television’s dominance has been consistently shrinking over the last few years. In 2022, the long-predicted resurgence of radio in the face of cable cord cutting came to pass. Media trade publications, citing other confirming studies, this week reacted to the seismic shift in Americans’ preferences

I just got a Zapper box to get ATSC 3.0. SURE I can get to come in, but a very, very weak signal. I looked and thought the signal was low powered. I wonder if the big corporations what this new standard to not work out cause of the cost to change again after the repack.

Thanks 😊 Sounds like I read about Switzerland ending for the most part has shut down OTA TV. Is DRM, Digital Rights Managenent?

I wonder if there are any historical lessons to be learned about the big handout of ATSC 1.0 tuners when that transition happened. Is there some post-mortem study of that? How many were given out, how much it cost and who paid for it, how successful that transition was in general, etc.. In theory we've already done this so we should be able to do it again. But agreed that it will require a mandate from Congress/FCC. There is seemingly less appetite for it now than last time, when streaming was still in its infancy.

Let's add this all up and do a more fair to the point comparison. On the NextGenTV side I only see HD Homerun and the Tablo with NextGenTV tuner in them. On the HD Radio side I see mobile radios and a boombox and car radios with HD Radio tuner in them. On the NextGenTV side I see a silent killer coming for ATSC 1.0 after around a decade because of the fact that TV Broadcasters are only authorized to broadcast their ATSC 1.0 with their ATSC 3.0 signals for 10 years. On the HD Radio side I only hear crickets. Where and when is the silent killer coming for analog radio stations? There are limits on the ATSC 1.0 stations where there are no limits on the analog radio stations and that is what is hurting demand on the HD Radio side and what will ultimately build and create demand in the future for NextGen TV things.

So,we don't have to get a new TV to get NextGen TV. That's great news

Everything changes when the networks pull their affiliations with local broadcast stations. In Houston the push is to watch local TV news on an App.

Nice video. If they can ultimately encrypt every over the air channel, OTA tv can become pay tv only.

I think broadcasters need to think long and hard about making more changes. If they make this too difficult & expensive, they'll just force those that can, into streaming. One problem is, that a large percentage of Americans don't have access to high speed broadband, or cable. Yes, I'm talking rural America, and no Starlink isn't the answer, because it's quite expensive. I only watch, at most 3 shows a day, and if my TV's which still work fine, become obsolete, I'll drop OTA.

Good video. There is no incentive for broadcasters to switch to ATSC3.0. The government isn't mandating it. Investing money into the switch will not significantly increase the number of OTA viewers to a point where it will bring a return of investment to the broadcasters. The percentage of the population using an antenna is small in comparison to the percentage of the population who use streaming apps and people who pay for TV. Broadcasters would much prefer to bury free OTA and move everyone to pay for their content. On the good side, there will always be a free tier of TV available. The free TV will generally be "dollar store" content and old content. The good content will always be behind a pay wall. The question is, will the free TV tier continue to be delevered OTA.

I completely disagree with the article since it greatly over exaggerates free OTA TV's death to streaming. Keep in mind these free OTA stations are funded by advertising and provide local news along with sports and other free programming. But I do agree the slow rollout/adoption is a problem with the lack of affordable TV tuners. I suspect the issue is the fact that ATSC 3.0 picked the most expensive options like Dolby AC 4 audio codec which most TV's do not support so you will need hardware capable of converting the audio to AC3 or Stereo. Then you have the DRM requirement which will most likely require some sort of certification and testing in order for it to be approved to decrypt encrypted over the air broadcasts. All of this adds to the costs and will make it near impossible to make tuners affordable without some type of government/corporate subsidy to offset the cost of the tuner.

People need to complain to the FCC AND the FTC about the encryption and complain to the broadcaster about it!!! screw encryption tv should be free!!!!

It better go right because business / companies have a tendency to mess things up for consumers out of greed for money

When I was younger I would go out, buy newer stuff and support the development of it. Now I wait around until the bugs are worked out and let the kids support the new teck.

ATSC 3.0 isn’t being discussed in Canada, ATSC 1.0 also for that matter. The TV Networks here aside from the CBC are owned and operated by Pay TV - Internet Companies. They also control Radio and the News Media so they have no incentive to tell people they can watch TV for free. Good luck at finding a store that displays and sells TV antennas and be careful on Amazon, they sell a lot of junk.

Just helped my girlfriend add an antenna and drop expensive cable packages and rental fees. I can see how the industry has no interest in supporting that.. why would the networks or stations want people to get the locals for free.

I have both ATSC 3.0 external tuners and I feel the Zapperbox M1 is a better value due to the signal meter which gives a more detailed perspective. Yes, it costs more but the functionality is better if one is only using a single television. The Hdhomerun is good if multiple people are viewing at the same time on different channels.

There is a lot of Americans that don’t have access to affordable internet so they rely on free OTA tv

Thank you for all your information on AtSC 3.0 Your video have helped me to understand many things about oat tv and antennas and more

great report - thanks again

Well I know what you're saying about streaming channels are growing very fast but at the same time they could grow faster retransmission fees were outlawed. Therefore the would not be an incentive for local channels to put their feet behind a paywall. I mean seriously there are a lot of great channels out there that are for pay and honestly it would make sense that if there wasn't retransmission fees it would make a lot more sense to allow them to be solely supported by ads.

Thanks Tyler for ur incite and critique and breaking it down for me to understand !!!

About the only time I watch local networks is during a weather event. The news around here, is all woke and very politically bent. The TV shows, more woke. I tend to stream, but keep the excellent Antenna recommended by "The Antenna Man". Just wish there was something worth watching... Everything has gone so political and woke, I tend to stream music more than watch anything.

When I was a kid in the 2000s I had a grey megavox CRT with a antenna I only got a few channels on that then my TV broke so yeah so I didn't have antenna television for a while after that until high school when I got my first flat screen television but I was stupid and broke that too then eventually got my parents old Panasonic TV after they went to a smart tv and I was shocked if how many channels there were and I liked antenna television ever since I got a another smart TV when we moved in to a new house last January 2022 and had a crappy old antenna that was annoying to use I had to use that for a while eventually at target I found a antenna that you were talking about on your show the Philips one and I love it it sits pretty well next to my switch on a pop fig it's awesome I love it a lot it's easy for me to move the ears around without getting frustrated or mad at it and if I wanted to hang it up I can I got a lot of channels out of it as well I love it a lot

Hearst just slapped DRM on WTAE Pittsburgh yesterday. The HD Homerun Flex4k is now useless. ATSC 3.0 is all about neutering the convenience and usability currently available to cord cutters.

Thanks again Tyler for the very helpful information 😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I hope it doesn't get to the point that we have to pay for everything. Doing so would be a waste of time and resources. It is not viable to kill off free TV. Free TV has been part of our lives since the invention of the TV set by Philo Farnsworth in the 1920s and into the transition from NTSC to ATSC 1.0 from 2007-2009. Getting rid of free TV kills off the uniqueness every TV market has when it comes to local TV stations and the way each market delivers the news. I do think that every time a station encrypts their signal, another manufacturer of electronics will figure out a way to bypass it, by figuring out ways to decode the signal...

TV antenna plus free Pluto+Tubi+Freevee+Plex why pay for anything except renting an ocasional movie or paying for an ocasional sports ppv?

No plans for ATSC 3.0 in my area as I found out. DAB+ Radio may come to the US very soon & eliminate HD Radio as to costly & many areas not even have it as well as getting a HD Radio. If they allow DAB the Ham Radio 220 MHz (1.2 Meters) will have to move or be gone as certain DAB Channels are on them frequencies.

problem with streaming as opposed to broadcast is that when the internet is down or no internet no tv.

The problem I see is not just the hardware, its the content. The companies that broadcast a signal are broadcasting content no-one really wants to watch anymore. The "general" audience is now all broken up into niche groups that want specific content served for their interests. Thus why, despite its own mis-steps along the way, KZfaq is still the king of content. Also it and others like it are ON-DEMAND.

All HDHomeRun ATSC 3.0 models WILL NOT require new hardware to support DRM channels. They only need a software update and a client that will work with DRM (most will, but Apple platforms might take longer because they don't use Widevine, so something has to be figured out there).

Exactly how is all this new standard better than the present HD TV standard which is great and already here? Maybe there's just not the public demand for some new standard.

If they want to stay relavant then yes. What's the point of broadcasting if no one uses it? And of course it is all about that revenue stream, no viewers -- no money. It will all be on wifi soon I believe, you've got to go where your customer already are.

OTA signal isn't going to be happy til we have to pay for it too.Just like everything else

I like watching your videos. Well informed. This is another good example.

Having all the RF channels be in HD is the best part about ATSC 3.0 compared to 1.0, yes ATSC 1.0 may have higher quality than cable but it's usually only 1 channel while the rest are in 480p

My current TV is starting to randomly reboot, so I'm looking at new TV's. I'm disappointed that I can't get a 50" with ATSC 3.0, and the cheapest 55" Hisense with ATSC 3.0 costs more than double. I'm hoping my current LG keeps going until there are more choices.

i have an APT here in Manhattan. I use an antenna. There is no way I could afford SPECTRUM cablevision/wifi just for the luxury of TV.

I just bought a Zapperbox M1. I have mixed feelings about it. I live 25 minutes from the Flint market and 42 minutes from the Detroit market. I can get the ATSC 3.0 signals out of Flint just fine, but the Detroit stations I cannot get. Kinda disappointed about that. The ATSC 1.0 signals right now are stronger than the 3.0 ones for Detroit. I guess at 42 miles ATSC 3.0 is unattainable. These signals are not more robust with their lower power. I would wait to buy ATSC 3.0 boxes until they make it so you can view stations outside your market. What is outside your market? I wouldn't think 45 miles would be.