JCC The future of tv is here and it looks like the 1970s

I accidentally tuned into Chicago CBS 10 oclock news, and it said that if I have an antenna, I will have to rescan my tv for their new Nextgen signal.

1. It would be hilarious if I put a tv antenna on my roof.
2. what the hell is nextgen tv?

 

I am pretty sure old roof antennas haven't worked in the US since the switch to digital c. 2010.

 

When they say antenna, I don't think they're referring to roof antenna, but more of digital antenna.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tv-video-accessories/tv-antennas/abcat0107004.c?id=abcat0107004

I believe these are for people who have "cut the cord" and still want access to the basic stations that are still broadcast via that type of signal.

With that said, I assume "Nextgen" is the company sending said signal. It's regulated by the FCC, which also has a tool to help you.
https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps

From the FCC site: Sometimes stations change the frequency on which they broadcast — the channel a viewer selects to watch a particular station remains the same but the frequency that the viewer’s television finds the station on changes -- requiring viewers who use an over-the-air antenna to rescan their tuners to locate the station's new signal.

 

https://www.watchnextgentv.com/

Nextgen tv is a signal that meets the "ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard"

"ATSC 3.0 is designed to deliver stunning 4K, and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video with movie-theater-quality sound and added voice clarity with Dolby's Voice Plus. It allows for two-way interactivity, both over the air and in tandem with internet connections, opening a broad range of possibilities for broadcasters."

this is exciting new for when @TiniTinyTony buys me a digital roof antenna and someone else buys me a 4k tv.

 

You don't have a 4K TV? Screen tech has advanced so much-- not just in resolution but in overall picture quality (thanks to features like HDR and panels like QD-OLED and Mini-LED)-- that it might be worth an upgrade depending on just how old your 1080p model is. Navigating the industry buzzwords can be difficult, though.

 

I think my 1080p is at least a decade old now. I have 4k pc monitors for my desktop but have never upgraded the tv. I figure as long as it works, but now I feel bad.

 

I feel like a peasant with my normal LED array 4K from 2017.

 

I don't have cable TV anymore, or any kind of subscription to cable TV services. Can't see the news or the talk shows, and it's bliss.
Is that what this is about?

 

no this is about watching old school broadcast network television, but in some kind of classy new broadcast format.

 

i thought it was about ken being 100 years old.

 

If I were a photographer, I would put together a coffee table book featuring old rooftop TV antennas, classically shot (shake roofs would be a plus). They're slowly but surely disappearing. Granted, rooftop antennas are still being made, such as the Channel Master CM-3020 and the Channel Master Advantage 100.

 

They’re still all over roofs here in southern Italy. Looking forward to the day they come down. They block my sea view, goddamn it!

 

Just don't do a Rod Hull ...

 

I'm nostalgic for a time when rooftop antenna adjustment accidents were a major cause of injury and death.

My grandfather's RV had a crank/lever built into the ceiling for adjusting the rooftop tv antenna from inside. I though it was the coolest thing in the history of ever. We used to play 2001 a space odyssey. The RV was the Discovery One and we used the crank to adjust the AE-35 unit.

See, I really am 100 years old!

https://www.newsweek.com/102-year-o...e-days-while-trying-adjust-tv-antenna-1188692

 

We removed one last year that still had a hand crank for adjusting it.

 

This is actually correct. I met Ken almost a year ago, and he was this very short, but incredibly loud and aggressive elderly man who was carried around by a bodyguard at all times. He insisted that I refer to him as "Uncle Jack".

 

technically I'm gen x but I do my best to act like a self-satisfied entitled boomer.

 

That's what I meant with cable tv. I guess I am 100 years old as well.

 

You know you are some kind of nerd when you are imagining that you're in a weird, cerebral science fiction movie.

 

Ken’s house - I think you should be good to go


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I really felt you were more Silent Generation. Like my grandpa, who doesn't understand anything either.

 

I was very excited in 1981 when we bought a color TV. 13 channels and some nice wood paneling. Soon after a VCR, so we could tape the ABC Sunday Night Movie.

 

I feel like missing the distinction here is a Gen Z thing. Like when I said I'd said to someone working at AT&T that I had a CRT and didn't need HD TV and he said he didn't know that brand.