Oct 31 Podcast #659: ATSC 3.0, Google Nexus Player and Movies for Halloween
No tricks, just treats. A special Halloween episode full of everything you want in your bag; even better than candy. From the promise of Ultra HD over the air with ATSC 3.0 to the next, or yet again, entry into the set top market from Google. And if that isn't enough, we also have a great list of movies for those looking for something to do after the kids are done knocking on your door this Halloween. Grab a tootsie roll, sit back, and enjoy.
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- Google's Nest Labs acquires startup with home gadget controller
- Amazon to sell $39 Fire TV Stick, a Chromecast competitor
- LG Pulls Plug on Plasma TVs
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ATSC 3.0, Google Nexus Player and Movies for Halloween
No tricks, just treats. A special Halloween episode full of everything you want in your bag; even better than candy. From the promise of Ultra HD over the air with ATSC 3.0 to the next, or yet again, entry into the set top market from Google. And if that isn't enough, we also have a great list of movies for those looking for something to do after the kids are done knocking on your door this Halloween. Grab a tootsie roll, sit back, and enjoy.
Zenith and Futurecast Test ATSC 3.0 Broadcasts in Wisconsin
LG's Zenith division, as well as the ATSC and Gates Air, recently completed a second round of test broadcasts in Madison, Wisc. to verify the format's reliability.
Google Packs Plenty of Streaming Options into Nexus Player
The new media streamer can run movies, music, Android apps and more, right on your TV.
2014: The Year Everything Changed in Home Automation
Higher-end home automation comes down-market and DIY-friendly. It's about time.
- Halloween
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- The Haunting
- Young Frankenstein
- Drag Me to Hell
- The Monster Squad
- Nosferatu
- Night of the Living Dead
- Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
- Creepshow
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Reader Comments (3)
NOOOOO! Don't get rid of OTA TV! I dropped cable because I was tired of paying $140 a month for almost nothing compelling anymore. The cable channels that were so good (and specialized) when HDTV first came online have devolved into generic crap. A few years ago I realized I was paying too much to see The Walking Dead, Angels baseball and a few other shows I could just as easily wait for the DVD's to come on Netflix; that 90% of what we DVR'd was network TV anyway. Green Dish antenna here in the CA house and a good old Yagi-style antenna in the attic of the MO house, coupled with TiVo, give us all the TV we need, thank you very much. Maybe, MAYBE if I was allowed to buy channels a la carte I could justify it in CA but Mediacomm doesn't extend outside of Springfield to allow me to get cable in MO. And forget DirecTV, not only will they never go along with a la carte channel purchasing, the serve is too inconsistent in inclement weather. I can't be alone in this, can I?
And I see that the "modern high gain UHF Yagi television antenna" shown in the Wikipedia Yagi article very closely resembles our "radio" internet antenna for the MO house. Can't wait for this technology to improve and become more widespread. $50 for the minimum service (somewhere between dialup and DSL) is annoying but necessary. No streaming there without going up a couple of pay levels. Maybe not even then.
http://totalhighspeed.com
In the four days since you posted this episode, the Fire Stick has doubled in price, & pre-orders (for anytime after official release day of November 19) are now scheduled for delivery January 15 or later
Keep the Shiny Side Up
YT
I can see why ATSC 3.0 is not backward compatible with the existing ASTC format as they are using MPEG-H HEVC / H.265 codec. Wonder if there will be dual standards TV sets available soon.??