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posted by martyb on Monday May 29 2017, @03:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Looks-Better==Is-Better? dept.

Consumer Reports is running an article titled Free Over-the-Air TV Is Going to Get Better. They're rolling out a new standard, ATSC 3.0.

According to the article, you'll be able to watch OTA (over the air) TV on your phone or tablet! I wrote an article a few years back wondering why you couldn't already.

It's a fairly long and very informative article, but very much worth a read. It only talks about American broadcasts, no word about when or if it will reach other countries, but my guess is it won't be long.


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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday May 30 2017, @01:37PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 30 2017, @01:37PM (#517620)

    You may be able to simply update software, especially on a "smart" TV.

    I'm not aware of that being a thing. Its like Android phones, the software development stops permanently before the first retail unit is shipped. It is technically possible, yes.

    Its quite possible if things are optimized enough the hardware isn't going to have the oompf to handle it. There is no software way to make a 1st edition / model roku settop box handle 4K although the newer ones do.

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