The fact that they didn’t post your review is reason enough not to buy it.
@leek4994
6 ай бұрын
Right. Not only do we have the FCC giving 24/7 NextGenTV encryption the green light.. now we have to trust these droid clone box manufacturers because TV companies are pulling NextGenTV certification out of their products due to the bullshit. Hard pass.
@charlesdoesmore5488
6 ай бұрын
I don't think any company would wanna post negative reviews anyways.
@bizzfo
6 ай бұрын
@@charlesdoesmore5488 many allow all reviews, good and bad.
@igeekone
6 ай бұрын
Exactly, any company showing just 5 star reviews is always a red flag.
@AAa-qd8hb
6 ай бұрын
Boycott DRM 3.0 TV. New "Secure DVR" ATSC 3.0 TV DRM rules say (severe TV recordings restrictions) go into effect after Simulcast testing is over and ATSC 1.0 TV is turned off = no more TV recordings. IMO.
@AAa-qd8hb
6 ай бұрын
Boycott Future DRM ATSC 3.0 DVR restrictions could Include No recording allowed, No DVR controls, No skipping TV Ads, Auto delete after time, only play on same device, No HDMI recording. IMO.
@petermschenk
6 ай бұрын
Interesting video. In a country where consumers love convenience and ease of use of any product, this much required effort to watch local broadcast is absolutely ridiculous. Also, as you commented, interesting to see an elderly person do all this.
@kumarp3074
6 ай бұрын
I think I'm just gonna teach my 90 year old grandmother how to pirate content. Seems a lot easier.
@DennisInVenice
6 ай бұрын
That scream you hear is my 90 year old grandmother.
@AAa-qd8hb
6 ай бұрын
The update for DRM encrypted NEXTGEN-TV tuner boxes is just too complicated. I will stay on simple old school ATSC 1.0 TV with no DRM Encryption and Free unlimited DVR recordings that play everywhere.
@n1kkri
6 ай бұрын
No way the average person is going to go through that. It should be nothing more than download and click, your done. Just like a android cell phone installs an app or updates.
@polarvortex6601
6 ай бұрын
do NOT buy any of these boxes ppl. live free tv should never be encrypted because you are already paying taxes for it
@fatrat6820005
6 ай бұрын
It’s about money,plan and simple! They don’t need DRM
@DavidErato
6 ай бұрын
Another chapter in Lon’s ATSC 3 Saga!
@bigraysballcards
6 ай бұрын
Great review and explanation LON. 👍
@ericB3444
6 ай бұрын
This should’ve been simple. All television over the air is free, and they could improve their profit off of the more direct ads only.
@ZombieRyushu
6 ай бұрын
It's not. This is the end of accessible Broadcast TV.
@davidchristensen6908
6 ай бұрын
Thumbs up for your channel, comment to help you but I won’t be buying this product. Thank you for all your time and videos. Looking forward to the next launch, I watch you there too
@robertgaines-tulsa
6 ай бұрын
You still have to initially download the encryption key. It would be better to just broadcast the key over the air. It would be no different that storing the key on a DVD or Blu-ray. Does any of this make the broadcast more secure? No. Funny thing is that I thought they were going to somehow make it so a consumer box could send back data to the TV station over the air. They couldn't, so now you have to bring your own Internet. If they want want to show premium content, they should just stream it over the Internet rather than destroy our public airwaves for it. That could also be what they want to do. Get rid of the competition.
@Jean0987654321
6 ай бұрын
Too expensive to be worth it. Hopefully, the FCC steps in and abolish DRM or end this ATSC 3 charade
@polarvortex6601
6 ай бұрын
the FCC doesnt give a shit
@davidjernigan8161
6 ай бұрын
It seems that by the time I get nextgen TV in my location I will be the actual 2000 year old man.
@mabbaticchio
6 ай бұрын
I still can't get over how difficult it is t o watch TV these days. It's live the networks don;t want anyone to watch it. I would think that the more viewers, the more advertising dollars. The funny thing is that there is nothing worth watching anyway.
@purplesprigs
6 ай бұрын
They get most of their money from re-broadcast fees (cable/streaming). They DO NOT want you to watch for free with an antenna.
@christophervanzetta
6 ай бұрын
TV died over a decade ago. Not sure why people even bother with it anymore
@danield4559
3 ай бұрын
@@christophervanzettaFacts.
@brmacd
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comprehensive review. I agree that the update process is a little complicated, probably needlessly so, but it shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of anybody able to follow directions. (I think it's a little unfair to use the 90-year-old grandmother as the test case in today's world!). To balance things out a little, I just want to say that I love this thing. The ATSC 3.0 tuner works great for me. I'm in CT too, and have struggled with unreliable reception from all the major channels (3, 30, 61, 8), varying from sporadic pixellation to no picture at all. But since getting this box, all signals have been rock solid. It's been worth every penny to me. There may well be cheaper or simpler ways to achieve the same result, but for me at least the benefits of ATSC 3.0 are real and this little box is just the thing.
@LonSeidman
6 ай бұрын
And this is what kills me about the new standard. The benefits are real but they negate all of them by adding restrictive DRM that complicates things for the end user.
@brmacd
6 ай бұрын
@@LonSeidmanI can't disagree. I just don't want the benefits to get lost in all the surrounding confusion.
@jmr
6 ай бұрын
If you like to complain this is the box to buy! 😂
@mB-hv7pc
6 ай бұрын
So in fact you will always need internet-to keep box updated ..if you keep internet disconnected will box continue to work,or will it stop DRM decode without updated certificates?
@TheMastersAugusta
5 ай бұрын
Hey Lon I thought I would give you an update on this. I just ordered 2 of them after watching this video & Channel Master sent me them with the updated software yesterday.. so I went to go follow your instructions and on both of them the software was updated. I did have a lot of trouble hardwiring it into my router, sound was off, video in slow motion... could have been my router or wire. So, I set it up without the internet on 1 & WI FI with the other, no issues. However, I am picking all the Boston ATSC 1.0 & no Nextgen 3.0. channels. I'm hearing Boston turned off the 3.0 ATSC for whatever reason but I'm not 100% sure. I live in Providence RI but am about about 40 miles to the Boston channel towers that are really not in Boston, more like Norwood. So I think I'm going to keep them.
@XMguy
6 ай бұрын
I have the Zinwell and had the ADTH. I gave away the ADTH for its lack of tuner sensitivity. Still have the Zinwell. Sadly the Zapperbox is a bit too rich for my blood. Already owning 3 HDHomeRun 3.0 boxes.
@buhidef
6 ай бұрын
Just tried ZapperBox. Don't bother... just as bad as ADTH for tuner sensitivity. Poor. Will wait for HDHomeRun Flex to get proper DRM support.
@XMguy
6 ай бұрын
@@buhidef Really? I figured for its price it would be on par with the HDHomerun and Zinwell. I’m in a deep fringe area. It doesn’t matter what the broadcasters use, if I can’t receive it.
@n1kkri
6 ай бұрын
I live in the Northwest of RI. My TV antenna is on my 60 foot Ham tower and I can get channel 30 out of Hartford.
@rzhang86
5 ай бұрын
Bottom line, do you recommend buying this Zinwell tuner?
@kelownatechkid
6 ай бұрын
I will not be financially supporting any products that incorporate OTA DRM, personally. I find the whole concept abhorrent
@jcdelbeek
2 ай бұрын
Its not the boxes at fault ... DRM is coming from the broadcasters not the ATSC 3.0 box manufacturers.
@Sega_is_all_i_cd
6 ай бұрын
Another Great Video Lon! Thank you for the share!
@joe10117
6 ай бұрын
I d rather have zapperbox or ADTH TUNER
@robertmason7013
6 ай бұрын
How many miles away are you from the atsc towers.how high is your antenna.
@ThomasGrillo
6 ай бұрын
Wow! All that dog and pony act we have to go through to update the device is going to kill the markets for ATSC3.0.
@DaveNLR2
6 ай бұрын
? Lon did you notice Samsungs 2024 TVs with the exception of the 8K model, has dropped ATSC 3.0?
@robertmason7013
6 ай бұрын
I will stick with my adth receiver it cost a lot less and i can record with it.
@XMguy
6 ай бұрын
Nice signal levels. Mine is usually -70dBm and 18dB respectively. I’m 68 miles away, tropo signals.
@XMguy
6 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie. The update process is a nightmare. Made better by the update. I just worry they’ll pull the ability for me to side-load apps.
@impossiblescissors
6 ай бұрын
ATSC 3 is only going to happen if the TV manufacturers start putting it in all their products. If that doesn't happen, I can definitely see broadcasters adopting new codecs over the ATSC 1 spec that most smart TVs can display.
@TheBigFoot4
6 ай бұрын
Do you have any sources for Kodi info? I took a raspberry Pi and put Kodi on it several years ago because local stations were going off air while contract negotiations were going on with their parents networks. I know my current tuner dongos will need to be replaced. I am wondering if there is code update to allow Kodi to do decryption.
@kidhickey1659
6 ай бұрын
To me ATSC 3.0 almost seems like a Scam , to try to get consumers back to Cable and Satellite , so they can get that extra charge , that local channels and maybe networks get from those companies , so many people are leaving those companies , because of the high cost . how this is being done is with the encoding of the over air way channels , that makes it all so complicated .
@OledBurnInKing
6 ай бұрын
I rather get free channels with kodi than have any form of drm since drm will ruin everything.
@pbartkus
6 ай бұрын
BTW, I went to file a comment on the FCC site and in the Proceedings Search 16-142 returned "No Matches Found." 😞
@LonSeidman
6 ай бұрын
Don't hit enter - make sure any ad blockers are off and you'll see a clickable option.
@timmoss6372
3 ай бұрын
Do you need the internet to update
@LonSeidman
3 ай бұрын
It is possible to download an update and connect through the usb I think…
@joe10117
6 ай бұрын
can we see a more update on adth zapper box please important to know
@charlietim3059
6 ай бұрын
Does anyone know if you can now record DRM channels with this new update
@LonSeidman
6 ай бұрын
Negative
@scottct1
6 ай бұрын
Looks like it works on WFSB, how did WTIC do?
@LonSeidman
6 ай бұрын
WTIC is not yet encrypted
@scottct1
6 ай бұрын
@@LonSeidman Whoops sorry long day... I meant WVIT.
@LonSeidman
6 ай бұрын
@@scottct1 both are still working but initially required an Internet connection
@foxpup
6 ай бұрын
I think it is going to take a regime change in the US for this encryption problem to go away. Let's Go Brandon!!!
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