It’s been a year a year like no other. Social distancing. Paper hoarding. DPE. Isolating ourselves to reduce spread and avoid becoming one of the afflicted. But after a year of not having to make excuses about ignoring your aunt’s friend request and finally watching that DVD you bought in 2005, there’s a ray of hope in combating STRM-NOVID-19 and a return to normalcy.
Entangle Update Halloween Edition: Spooky Action at a (Social) Distance
Yes we’re still alive! It’s been a crazy 2020. On top of pandemics, wildfires, and air quality bad enough to turn day into night, our WordPress installation has been plagued with issues preventing new posts from appearing. At long last it looks like we’ve exorcised the spirits haunting our site, so here’s what we’ve been up to while manually recovering posts from databases…
It’s been a busy year: ATSC 3.0 (aka NextGenTV) has moved from testing to reality and services have launched in Las Vegas, Portland, and several other locations. SiliconDust did a HDHomerun Quatro 4k Kickstarter, and after an almost comical set of delays including a dock strike and Nick Kelsey hoping for no earthquakes in Southern California, they’ve arrived in backer’s hands (including ours!). And we’ve been busy making sure Project Entangle keeps pace with these developments. Continue reading “Entangle Update Halloween Edition: Spooky Action at a (Social) Distance”
Reach Out and Touch Someone (…or your TV). Thoughts on ATSC 3.0 broadcast apps.
Broadcast television has traditionally been a prix fixe affair. A bunch of people shoot some video, slice it, stich it, and present it to you on your large screen TV to sit back and savor. If what appears doesn’t suit your palette, well, you can change the channel. Traditional broadcast TV has also been a largely lean back, consumptive experience without any chance to interact with or steer the program.
All that could change with ATSC 3.0 (aka NextGen TV). Continue reading “Reach Out and Touch Someone (…or your TV). Thoughts on ATSC 3.0 broadcast apps.”
Breakthrough in DVR Storage and Time Shifting Rumored
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AB) Koherence Labs, the R&D arm of consumer electronics consulting firm Koherence, LLC, is rumored to have made a breakthrough in content recording. Dubbed “InfiniDVR,” the new technology allows an effectively unlimited recording capacity and permits viewing of all shows that have ever been or will be broadcast.
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Thoughts on Locast: Broadcast Meets Broadband
Locast launched in 2018 as a way for TV viewers to receive OTA TV without an antenna. For those of you familiar with the TiVo Stream (not to be confused with the more recent and most unfortunately christened TiVo Stream 4k), the Locast service essentially does what the Stream does.: it makes the OTA broadcast friendly to network (including internet) streaming. Basically, the Locast service receives the OTA station (using an antenna) and converts it into a broadband stream. Viewers can then use apps on their televisions, set-top boxes, streaming sticks, or other devices to view live programming.
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