GTMedia HDTV Mate - ATSC 1.0/3.0 USB Device

[el bandido]

Two things come to mind.
(1) What version of HDTV Mate are you using?
(2) Did you delete or uninstall any previous version of HDTV Mate before updating it?

[HDGuy]

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I would advise against purchasing this box- it’s not an “Android TV/Google TV” box, it’s a TV box running Android. Big difference.

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Better that you purchase something like this Onn Streaming box (which has Widevine L3 support)- then you’ll need to purchase a cheap microusb otg with power adapter, then you can get a little usb dongle with usb ports, Ethernet, sdcard reader, etc. Shouldn’t cost you more than $40 altogether. If you need Dolby Vision look at the Google Chromecast (which is double the price).

I’m going to buy one of these tuners off Aliexpress and fool around with it. Unfortunately almost every ATSC 3.0 (with the exception of PBS) is now encrypted. This is a new development- the big 3 broadcasters were totally unencrypted until a few months back.

[eastof111]

EB, just received 2.20 test version to try out to hopefully address some of the problems I was still experiencing.

1. Add personality one-step menu in setting
2. The personality submenu supports setting the default hard decoding or soft decoding of mpeg-2, whether the TV channel list will automatically exit when changing channels, the informbar display duration, and the display status of the signal information button can be set on mobile phones and tablets.
3. Add whether the current mpeg-2 channel uses soft decoding or hard decoding in the one-step menu .
4. Add dvr switch, dvr media list, dvr storage path and other menu entries under dvr in the main menu, and optimize permission check; optimize dvr media file loading process .
5. Add a signal information button to the lower right corner of the channel playback interface on mobile phones and tablets, and display the current signal strength and quality. Click the button to display the informbar and one-step buttons.
6. The manual scan menu on mobile phones and tablets does not turn off the screen, and the function of setting the ATSC signal type is added.
7. Optimize some UI menus .

Let me know if you want to try it and I'll post it.

[el bandido]

Mass email. At least they are trying!
I say always post these test versions to allow someone to try it that does not get the test versions sent to them.

Link to 2.20 test version:
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[eastof111]

Still no cigar for my android 9 tv.... lol Haven't tried my phone yet.

[el bandido]

Anyone else notice they cut the tv frequencies in version 2.20?

[eastof111]

Someone in another forum made that request to GTmedia support.

[el bandido]

Seriously? Pretty bad when you are selling a product and don't know what the band is.

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Atlanta has terrestrial tv at 605 MHz.

[el bandido]

Someone in another forum made that request to GTmedia support.

Where was this request made? GTMedia knows nothing about it. (See Below response from Tom.)

We do have 605MHz on the bottom of the frequency list, would you please share the picture or video about your issues for us to address?

Thanks and regards
Tom

[el bandido]

Reloading 2.20 fixed the missing frequencies.