Digital Transport Adapter No, cable specific No No Yes No Yes Yes No No (DTA) technology Retail Whole Home DVR Yes Yes No All Cable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ecosystem (Tivo) Software Yes. BT, Tuner, Variable HDMI, local or (and WiFi, and Media Player Box from Retail HDMI, local or With ATSC gateway, (software and Yes Yes network gateway) IR support (Roku, Apple TV, Amazon, WD) network gateway gateway software hardware gateway varies by specific. specific) device. Software Yes. BT, Variable Tuner, HDMI, local or (and WiFi, and (generally not Media Player Sticks HDMI, local or With ATSC gateway, Yes Yes network gateway) IR support local storage, (USB/HDMI) network gateway gateway software gateway varies by but network specific. device. storage) Software Yes. BT, (and Tuner, Variable (local HDMI, local or WiFi, and gateway) Connected Tablet or Smart HDMI, local or With ATSC gateway, MMC/SD or Yes Yes network IR support Phone with Data Plan or Wi-Fi network gateway gateway software network gateway varies by specific. storage) device. Software Yes. BT, Tuner, With HDMI, local or (and WiFi, and Broadband Connected Blu-Ray HDMI, local or With ATSC gateway, Yes Yes network gateway) IR support Players network gateway gateway software assistance gateway varies by specific. (e.g. Plex, Kodi) device.
Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) No No No, cable specific technology Yes No Yes Yes No No Retail Whole Home DVR Ecosystem (Tivo) Yes Yes No All Cable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Media Player Box from Retail (Roku, Apple TV, Amazon, WD) Yes Yes HDMI, local or network gateway HDMI, local or network gateway With ATSC gateway Software (and gateway) Yes. BT, WiFi, and IR support varies by device. Tuner, gateway, software specific. Variable (software and hardware specific) Media Player Sticks (USB/HDMI) Yes Yes HDMI, local or network gateway HDMI, local or network gateway With ATSC gateway Software (and gateway) Yes. BT, WiFi, and IR support varies by device. Tuner, gateway, software specific. Variable (generally not local storage, but network storage) Connected Tablet or Smart Phone with Data Plan or Wi-Fi Yes Yes HDMI, local or network gateway HDMI, local or network gateway With ATSC gateway Software (and gateway) Yes. BT, WiFi, and IR support varies by device. Tuner, gateway, software specific. Variable (local MMC/SD or network storage) Broadband Connected Blu-Ray Players Yes Yes HDMI, local or network gateway HDMI, local or network gateway With ATSC gateway Software (and gateway) Yes. BT, WiFi, and IR support varies by device. Tuner, gateway, software specific. With assistance (e.g. Plex, Kodi)
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