What is ATSC?
ATSC, or Advanced Television Systems Committee, is an ATSC TV tuner allowing reception of over-the-air [OTA] digital television channels transmitted by television stations. ATSC TV tuners are integrated into television sets, digital video recorders [DVR], personal video recorders [PVR] and set-top boxes. Also available are television tuner cards for use with personal computers. An over-the-air high definition [HDTV] antenna is required to receive over-the-air digital ATSC TV channels.
What is a cord cutter?
The Oxford dictionary describes a cord cutter as, “a person who cancels or forgoes a pay television subscription.”