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It would appear that as of today (1/7) Cox seems to now tagging all their non-local channels as DRM in the OC? Can anyone else confirm this? Those of us using a HDHomerunPrime are certainly not going to be happy with this decision as it limits the use of the HDHomerun to live tv viewing only and no DVR functionality. Please tell me they don't plan on keeping this permanently (as forcing people to reevaluate their tv options is not conducive to keeping existing customers around). Judging by the forums, its a case of 'welcome to the club' and 'good luck with streaming'.
and for you guys who are not familiar with ATSC3.0, it will allow have 4k and 8k pictures, HDR, wide color gamut, and all of the high end audio formats. Crosses fingers thats why the old legacy stuff is being decommissioned...
I would be shocked if Cox was implementing ATSC 3.0 this early. I have two separate tuners (different brands), one that is DRM capable is still working fine, but the SD HDHomeRun Prime is not, so I'm 99% sure its due to the tagging of the channels as DRM. Only question is whether a tech at Cox will know anything about it, or can do anything about it.
after some googling, you are right and probably not atsc3. Other cable companies have done this to their customers. I guess for now I can return the old junky hardware and save $5 a month and then just use the internet contour streaming app to watch tv on the computer.
I'm in the same boat. 3 hdhomerun primes and 3 cable cards streaming to all my tv's via emby live tv for years. With this change it's all broke now and cox tv is worthless to me. I'm testing out youtube.tv right now and it seems it's going to work for my needs. Going to cancel my tv service from cox first thing Monday morning. In the end, I'll end up saving about $70/month. Probably should have done this sooner. Thanks for showing me the light cox.
Hitting the Tulsa, OK market as well! Suddenly all non-local channels are DRM! Please fix this COX!