“Do the LG OLED's have the all important ATSC 3.0 tuner or are they ATSC 3.0 capable????”
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Currently, there aren't any TVs sold in the U.S. that have an ATSC 3.0 tuner in them, they all have an ATSC 1.0 tuner. This LG B7A OLED 4K HDR Smart TV - 55" Class (54.6" Diag), Model # OLED55B7A and all the 2017 LG OLEDs and other TVs in our lineup have an ATSC 1.0 tuner. The new digital broadcast standard, called ATSC 3.0, is already in the works. But you actually don’t have to start worrying about the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard quite yet, since we're still a little while away from a final standard. And broadcasters will then have to upgrade all their equipment and existing infrastructure, which is designed to work with the current ATSC 1.0 standard. At the very earliest, the final ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard was supposed to be finalized and approved in the second quarter of 2017, after a series of tests and an evaluation process had taken place. And it’s quite likely that its rollout will get pushed even further into the future by broadcasters. It won’t happen until the FCC’s auction of TV spectrum is completed, at which time current stations will get “repacked” at the lower end of the spectrum to free up space in the upper UHF frequencies, which will be used for expanding mobile broadband. Once the transition to the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard does occur, it's unlikely you'll be able to use the ATSC 1.0 digital tuners in current TVs. There won't be enough TV spectrum available for broadcasters to simulcast both ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 signals. Most elements of ATSC 3.0 have been completed. The remaining elements are moving forward at a rapid pace and a considerable amount of work remains to be done. But, all of the major elements have either been completed or will be completed soon...^IFV
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