Interesting email from Silicondust today - HD Grandslam

GrandSlam MDU by Silicondust is designed for apartments, condos, and multi-dwelling units that demand reliable, Live TV service – without extra work for property managers.

https://www.silicondust.com/commercial/mdu/

sweet, I was wondering what I was going to do with the extra 16k in my wallet.. lol
still good to see them working on new products.

Most people today have no idea there are even OTA stations left. Also, who watches network television anymore? I only watch OTA stations for NFL and the occasional NBA game. Basically nothing else. Not to mention the fact that those sports are headed to the pay streaming services slowly but surely.

Also wondering what use it'll be if the DRM thing stands and there really is no market left for local stations. I'm convinced the OTA world will disappear if the DRM isn't removed, and it may anyway since it seems like they could simply use the internet instead of expensive towers.

I see rough times ahead for SiliconDust and similar companies.

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Also, who watches network television anymore?

My wife and I watch more network TV than streamed content. I'll be the first to admit that the audience is dwindling though. Many young people don't even own TVs.

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This is an interesting feature:

On Demand Viewing

Every show on every local channel is recorded and available on demand. Residents can watch any program from the past 14 days at their convenience

So it must have a tuner for each physical channel, constantly saving to a disk. I wonder if they will eventually see a legal challenge from broadcasters? But maybe the customer base will be too small to be relevant.