Episode 41 - What’s next... for Over the Air TV

2023-03-17

Some pieces of technology eventually reach the point of truly becoming ubiquitous… a computer on every desk, a smart phone in every pocket, a drone in every backpack… Okay, maybe that last one is just me, but you get what I mean… What we all probably can agree on, though, is one of the first gadgets to reach this critical mass of scale is everyone’s favorite big-screen rectangle, the television… What used to be a stand-out possession of one or two households per neighborhoo...

Some pieces of technology eventually reach the point of truly becoming ubiquitous… a computer on every desk, a smart phone in every pocket, a drone in every backpack…

Okay, maybe that last one is just me, but you get what I mean…

What we all probably can agree on, though, is one of the first gadgets to reach this critical mass of scale is everyone’s favorite big-screen rectangle, the television…

What used to be a stand-out possession of one or two households per neighborhood has now become the centerpiece of several rooms in any given house. But the thing about these screens is, they’re not all that useful without anything to actually put on that screen…

Going back through the decades, one of the earliest answers to that problem is by sending content to the viewer over the literal airwaves… one set of silver, telescoping “bunny ears” later and suddenly Johnny Carson was right there in your own living room.

As with any technology, though, evolutions must continue… those telescoping bunny ears may have long-since been replaced by a more modern antenna, and the black-and-white static we all knew and hated has been upgraded to high definition goodness.

With additions like HDR quality, true data delivery, and on-the-move access… the next chapter in Over-the-Air TV sounds like a solid upgrade, but as with anything else what are the hidden costs?

Let’s tune in and find out…

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