Many people run Plex, Kodi or Emby media servers. The tuner boxes that are ATSC 3.0 compliant don’t decode AC4 and just pass it through to the Television.Ĥ. A lot of newer TV’s support AC4 audio but not ATSC 3.0.ģ. Here’s the way I see the new Television digital standard, ATSC 3.0 that is being rolled out.Ģ. The answer to that question is probably a resounding NO, however it could vary on which TV market you are in and what you want to watch. ![]() There are websites galore that can recommend an antenna, and which direction to point it to receive the highest amount of Over The Air broadcast TV channels. Subsequently the best TV antennas are typically inexpensive, directional Yagi antennas. Don’t believe the hype of a “Digital TV Antenna” or “HD Antenna”. TV is broadcast in VHF and UHF from about 54 to 806 MHz. There is NO SUCH THING as a digital TV antenna. With only one channel doing ATSC 3.0 in my area this isn’t a problem……….yet. If I try to use Plex, which has a TV guide, it won’t decode the audio. My LG TV sees the HDHomeRun as a network device. I bought the LG TV TO GET RID OF THE ROKU. So I would have to hook up a Roku or something. My new LG TV doesn’t have an HDHomeRun app in their app store. In order to get ATSC 3.0 signal AND audio you need to use the HDHomeRun app. Plex cannot do AC4 audio because of licensing. In my home I have my HDHomeRun device feeding a Plex Media Server. It uses an AC4 audio codec and there are Digital Rights Management (DRM) issues with it. There is trouble in audio land with ATSC 3.0. Without a device like this you would literally need an antenna or a splitter system for every TV in the house. The device is called an HDHomeRun and I think they are the greatest things since sliced bread. Phones, iPads, TV’s, computers………everything. What that does is turn every device in the house into a television. I currently have a TV antenna in my attic and connect it to a tuner box which also connects to ethernet. While it may not be necessary for you to get a NEXTGEN TV you probably might think about getting one the next time you purchase a Television set. Remember a few years ago when TV went from analog to digital and they told you that you needed a new TV or a new tuner box? Well, here we are again. In order to view NEXTGEN TV you’ll need a new television or a tuner box. This of course is the government telling itself to speed things up, so in all likelihood it will take years. Just recently 27 US Senators wrote a letter to the FCC encouraging them to “speed things up”. You can check on the rollout of ATSC in your area at this website. There doesn’t seem to be any danger of any other channels rolling out in the immediate future. ![]() They also still broadcast in ATSC 1.0 and likely will for years. Where I live there is one NEXTGEN TV signal and it is a local PBS channel. Many TV markets have rolled out at least one ATSC 3.0 channel while simultaneously broadcasting an ATSC 1.0 signal.Īnd of course you won’t get the benefits of that crisp, more powerful, higher resolution signal unless you have a tuner or TV capable of decoding it. Someday, your ATSC 1.0 won’t work for you anymore although that day seems to be down the road a ways. Most TV’s in the US meet the ATSC 1.0 standard however a newer standard, ATSC 3.0 is slowly rolling out. That is a series of standards for digital TV broadcasts. ![]() The current broadcast standard is called ATSC or Advanced Television Systems Committee. If you go to buy a TV you’ll see plenty of buzzwords like LED, QLED, or 4K but not much discussion on the tuner itself. People don’t think much about their TV tuners.
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