[mythtv-users] Smart TV hacks

[Mike Perkins]

On 30/04/17 02:48, Andrew wrote:
> On 04/29/2017 03:13 PM, airdrummer wrote:
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>> Andrew wrote:
>>> "Dumb TV's" are called monitors.
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>> vizio's latest smart tvs r "tuner-free" making them monitors...
>
> Perhaps the expansion of proprietary and encrypted cable TV systems requiring crufty external
> tuners, and cord-cutting network streaming video services will render OTA tuners into a niche?  I
> had not considered that; it seems that a lot of people don't really understand OTA TV any more.
> When I tried to explain my separate high gain UHF and VHF antennas to one of my contractors, he was
> amazed at the concept of "free TV" but then lost interest when he found out that he could not get
> free ESPN.  I had a date with a local TV station program editor and she did not understand the
> timing of our local ATSC transition.  It makes me feel so old when I think of my trusty Samsung
> SIR-T165 ATSC tuner, long since packed away.  I had high hopes of getting something out of the
> Firewire interface.
>
And yet, strangely, the entire rest of the world has no problem understanding OTA TV. Yes, we have 
cable in urban areas, but mostly TV is broadcast.

It seems to be the US who is out of step with everybody else.

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Mike Perkins