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I'm interested in the current uptake of ATSC 3.O TV transmissions in the US. A Google or similar search just comes up with a lot of highly misleading industry BS.
Sifting through the publicity manure pit, it seems that:
1. While a few million ATSC 3.0-capable  TVs have been sold, actual figures on:
● What percentage of owners actually know what ATSC 3.0 even is
● Of those, what percentage even have an antenna connection and
● Of the remainder, how many actually watch ATSC 3.O,
remain scarce!🤣
2. Most ATSC 3.0-capable sets currently in operation simply had it bundled with a heap of other features; it is not something people actively seek out.
3. Most manufacturers have now stopped supplying sets with ATSC 3.0 software installed, because of the hefty licence fee, mostly for features that the vast majority of TVs sold do not support.

As far as I know, the only 4K programs being transmitted are almost all unconverted 1080p, and for most viewers, hard to distinguish from the current 720p HD offerings.

Does ANYBODY here actually watch ATSC 3.0 OTA broadcasts? If so, what do you actually see?

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