4k Cable broadcasts
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Unlike Verizon FiOS, Comcast does not offer any 4K content via QAM-based cable channels that the TiVo Edge can receive. Comcast definitively stated a couple years back that any 4K they offer would be IPTV-based. (And I don't think Comcast even offers 4K broadcasts in the format of linear channels at all that even their X1 boxes could record to DVR. I believe the limited 4K content they offer, such as sports, is accessed through a special X1 menu maybe.)
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Yeah no one's going to offer 4k over QAM at this point so any device that can stream 4k over IP via an app will work. Tivo won't, at least not with cable.
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That's a pretty definitive answer considering Verizon is doing it albeit on a limited basis for almost 2 years now, so it's not "no one" it's "almost no one"
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Even with Verizon, it's gotten to be pretty rare that they actually broadcast anything in 4K. It gets used for "special events" (mostly sporting events) and such, but otherwise it typically just has a message that nothing is being broadcast *at this time*.
I'd love to see more content there, but given the bandwidth it uses, I can understand why it mainly is not used.
I also continue to have hopes that we'll see more content via ATSC 3.0 but ain't holding my breath on that. I have the appropriate HDHomerun device to receive same, but the content isn't there *yet* in my area. Coming soon (by end of the month if it doesn't get delayed again), but mostly just waiting for same.
I'd love to see more content there, but given the bandwidth it uses, I can understand why it mainly is not used.
I also continue to have hopes that we'll see more content via ATSC 3.0 but ain't holding my breath on that. I have the appropriate HDHomerun device to receive same, but the content isn't there *yet* in my area. Coming soon (by end of the month if it doesn't get delayed again), but mostly just waiting for same.
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It’s not just kit used due to bandwidth, it’s also because not much is filmed.
Live sporting events have used 4k equipment even less this pst year due to the pandemic. The Super Bowl didn’t even have a 4k feed and CBS specified staffing concerns as the reason.
Live sporting events have used 4k equipment even less this pst year due to the pandemic. The Super Bowl didn’t even have a 4k feed and CBS specified staffing concerns as the reason.
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