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What the article skipped over is that your TV will require an internet connection to watch broadcast channels. This proposal is terrible for freedom, consumer c
by midnitewarrior 9y ago
What the article skipped over is that your TV will require an internet connection to watch broadcast channels. This proposal is terrible for freedom, consumer cost and privacy.
Also, it's a stupid reason to get every American to throw out their TV AGAIN (digital tv transition being first) to give the consumer electronics industry a revenue boost.
The industry has run out of features consumers will pay for (3-D tv, screen size, 4K, HDR) during a significant market maturity price erosion - taking 65" TVs from $2,500 down to $1,000 well equiped in only a few years. To reset the pricing scheme, they get the FCC to create a new mandatory feature so they can reset the pricing and sell millions of devices needlessly.
- Spark900 9y agoThis is not true. An Internet connection will not be required.
- cylinder714 9y agoit's a stupid reason Free, over-the-air HDR 4K TV sounds like a great reason. And where is it documented that an internet connection is required? What's your alternative? As it stands now, if one wants 4K television, one has to get a cable or satellite connection, with all the user tracking that entails. If ATSC 3.0 really makes OTA UHD possible, then it's worth the cost of a converter box to implement it--no need to throw out TVs, come on.