Interesting. I thought the standards weren't quite finished yet.
I don't know whether this quote is hyperbole or whether there's a built-in PVR
function in these sets:
"They include broadcast video-on-demand ..."
Would be nice if these features were spelled out clearly, instead of mentioned
with the goal to dazzle. Also, the program guide is now delivered using the
ROUTE protocol (an extension of FLUTE, allowing multiple object delivery vs
single file delivery, over a one-way pipe), instead of A/65.
Bert
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http://www.tvtechnology.com/atsc3/0031/ces-2017-lg-intros-atsc-30-4ktv/280092
CES 2017: LG Intros First ATSC 3.0 4KTVs
Company preps for Korean roll-out
January 6, 2017
Posted by Deborah D. McAdams
LAS VEGAS-LG Electronics is introducing the first ATSC 3.0-enabled 4K Ultra HD
TVs to support this year's historic nationwide deployment of the Next-Gen TV
broadcast standard in South Korea. Starting this spring-in advance of the 2018
Winter Olympics-new 2017 models of LG 4K Ultra HD TVs and large-screen LG smart
TVs sold in Korea will have both ATSC 3.0 and ATSC 1.0 tuners, the company
announced at CES 2017.
LG Electronics is launching the first ATSC 3.0-equipped 4K Ultra HD TVs in
Korea as SBS and other Korean broadcasters begin Next Gen TV broadcasting this
spring in advance of the 2018 Winter Olympics. At CES 2017, Suk-Mynn Yoon, CEO
and Vice Chairman of SBS Media Holdings, (left) was briefed by Dr. Jong Kim,
Senior Vice President, LG Electronics Office of the CTO and President, of LG's
Zenith R&D Lab.
At CES, one of these new models-a 65-inch class LG LED TV with an embedded
second-generation ATSC 3.0 tuner-is displaying 4K UHD high-dynamic range
broadcast programming. LG also is demonstrating ATSC 3.0's advanced electronic
service guide capabilities. They include broadcast video-on-demand and a
program guide delivered by the Real-Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional
Transport, or ROUTE protocol, specified in the nearly finalized ATSC 3.0
standard.
LG's early introduction of ATSC 3.0-enabled TVs builds on the company's key
role in the development of the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards, especially the
approved A/322 Physical Layer Standard at the heart of the new broadcast system
that will merge the capabilities of broadcast and broadband for the first time.
Core technologies developed by LG and its U.S. R&D lab Zenith are included in
the majority of the ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer Standard. LG contributions to the
A/322 transmission system include the scrambler, forward error correction, bit
interleaver, mapper, time interleaver, OFDM framer, frequency interleaver,
pilots, reserved tones, and guard interval functions.
Expected to redefine TV broadcasting for decades to come, the Internet
Protocol-based ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard will deliver 4K UHD services, robust
reception on mobile devices and improved spectrum efficiency. The increased
payload capacity of the physical layer combined with HEVC encoding will allow
broadcasters more options when planning their broadcast services. A majority of
the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards has been approved or is in the final stages of
approval, expected to be completed this spring.
Development of ATSC 3.0 technologies represents the latest LG/Zenith innovation
in digital television, which also includes key technologies in the A/153 Mobile
Digital TV Standard adopted by the industry in 2009. Zenith also invented the
core transmission system at the heart of today's ATSC A/53 Digital Television
Standard, approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 1996.
"In parallel with our extensive standards development work with the ATSC, LG
has been collaborating with Korean broadcasters and the Korean government to
support the Next-Gen TV launch this year," said Brian Kwon, president of the LG
Home Entertainment Company. "The combination of the latest ATSC 3.0 chipset
with our industry-leading LG 4K OLED and LG Super UHD displays will deliver the
promise of Next-Gen TV for consumers in Korea. Early availability of ATSC 3.0
products in Korea also sets the stage to support U.S. broadcasters' Next-Gen TV
rollout plans in 2018 and beyond," he said.
LG's new ATSC 3.0 TVs for the Korean market are being demonstrated at CES
through Jan. 8, Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall Booth #11100.
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