[mythtv-users] FCC and HDHomerun

[Jay Foster]

On 10/19/2012 1:08 PM, Evuraan <evuraan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >       Clearly he thinks that the majority of HDHR users are cable subscribers
>> >  and that they are using a cable feed rather than an antenna.
>> >
> Cable providers may choose to encrypt, or even hike their rates. Yea,
> sucks to be a cable subscriber, you've my sympathy.
>
> the place I rented gets OK TV signals, and i moved to OTA+hdhr years
> back. I am naturally more worried about what shenanigans FCC is going
> to do to OTA:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/fcc-to-buy-out-tv-broadcasters-to-free-up-mobile-spectrum/
>
> although i dont know what the above means wrt  my OTA channel line up.
> nothing, I hope!
I'm OTA only (always have been).  The FCC touts the wonders of white 
space devices.  In my region, there are NO white spaces.  In my region 
there is at least one station broadcasting on every channel, most have 
two and some three.  Cochannel interference is a significant problem.  
This is very common in urban areas.

Now the FCC wants to take away even more TV spectrum, and not just a 
little, but a lot.  There already is not enough TV spectrum, so it will 
end OTA as we know it.  I remember when they sold off UHF channels 70 - 
83, which wasn't that big of a deal.  Then just a couple of years ago 
channels 52 - 69.  Now, the rest of the UHF spectrum (14-51) is up for 
grabs.

Jay