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Picked by Techconnects Editors Every so often, I’ll get an email from a fellow cord-cutter who’s worried about future-proofing for ATSC 3.0. The big broadcast TV upgrade, also known as NextGen TV, represents a major leap over the current ATSC 1.0 standard for antenna users, promising 4K HDR video support, Dolby Atmos and DTS-X audio, on-demand video, and possibly better reception. But since ATSC 3.0 is incompatible with today’s TV tuners, cord-cutters will eventually need new TVs, tuner b...

Join / Sign In CNET editors pick the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Watch free 4K TV broadcasts with an antenna: NextGen TV comes to more cities in 2021 Cord cutters rejoice! Free 4K TV over the air, also known as ATSC 3.0, is expanding to New York, Los Angeles and other major markets this year. Listen - 05:48 NextGenTV, aka ATSC 3.0, is continuing to roll out across the country. Fre...

Cord cutters rejoice! Free 4K TV, also known as ATSC 3.0, is coming to New York, Los Angeles and other major markets this year.

Picked by Techconnects Editors If you’d asked me a couple of years ago to pick the best way for cord-cutters to run their own media servers, I wouldn’t have hesitated to choose Plex. Plex lets users host their own media files—movies, TV shows, music, and pictures—on one computer, and then stream them to other devices over a local Wi-Fi network or via the internet. In 2016, it added the ability to record over-the-air TV channels from an antenna, and that feature, along with Plex’s over...