[mythtv-users] High end, state of the art Myth Frontend

[Raymond Wagner]

On 9/18/2013 4:43 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
> Correction, ATSC A/72 was introduced in 2008 to add h264 and 1080p.
> It is part of the ATSC standard, but has not been adopted by the FCC,
> who only adopted A/53 (If I understand it correctly).  So I suppose
> that in theory, any television that claims to be ATSC compliant would
> need to have support for h264 and 1080p, but broadcasters are not yet
> allow to transmit in that format.

It was my understanding the use of H264 was only defined for ATSC M/H 
(mobile and handheld), and never intended for general broadcasts.