[mythtv-users] Smart TV hacks

[Stephen Villano]

Well, *I* would go OTA in a New York minute. Once BBC America is
broadcasting in my area.  :)

On 4/30/17, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> On 30/04/17 02:48, Andrew wrote:
>> On 04/29/2017 03:13 PM, airdrummer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>> "Dumb TV's" are called monitors.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
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