Re: "Debate" about DAB on Radio 4 Now

In article <1128541503.550041.75300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
conkersack@xxxxxxxxx writes
>> At the end of the day, it is obvious how crap DAB sounds.
>
>Agreed. <ego massage> I visted your site </ego massage> and followed
>the link to the AAC+ streaming links thing and I've got to say, I was
>mightily impressed with the quality of sound for the bitrates. If all
>radio transmissions became digital in the future (and used this AAC+),
>and were broadcast from a satellite, how big would a portable radio
>have to be? I mean, would they ever get to the size of pocket FM radios
>we have today?
>
>I've always wondered why the BBC and other terrestrial braodcasters
>didn't just bite the bullet and scrap the transmitters on the hills
>like winter hill and have all TV and radio broadcast from a satellite
>or two, or am I being too simplistic?
>

Yes if you don't mind listing outdoors with an aerial on yer head, but
it wont work too well indoors!...
--
Tony Sayer

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: "Debate" about DAB on Radio 4 Now
    ... the link to the AAC+ streaming links thing and I've got to say, ... radio transmissions became digital in the future (and used this AAC+), ... like winter hill and have all TV and radio broadcast from a satellite ...
    (alt.radio.digital)
  • Re: "Debate" about DAB on Radio 4 Now
    ... >> the link to the AAC+ streaming links thing and I've got to say, ... >> radio transmissions became digital in the future (and used this ... >> like winter hill and have all TV and radio broadcast from a satellite ...
    (alt.radio.digital)
  • Re: Internet radio is everything DAB should have been
    ... The DAB revolution promised CD-quality sound and a dazzling choice of radio stations. ... Many UK DAB stations saunter in the doldrums of 80kbps -- our broadcasters should be sent to their bedrooms in disgrace. ... Some stations are now using aac+ which in vastly better than mp2. ...
    (alt.radio.digital)
  • Re: DAB Drops Out Again
    ... nonsense time and again. ... The DAB standard was set far earlier ... numerous occasions that AAC was standardisd in 1997, ... internet-connected devices which terrifies the UK radio industry. ...
    (uk.tech.broadcast)
  • OT: Media/Internet radio and no AAC
    ... Just a heads-up that I've purchased a radio recently that supports "Internet Radio" and will also stream media files from my PC. ... This isn't a great hardship but as my mobile phone's default format is AAC, this does mean I have to either not use the phone's default format or maintain two copies of anything I want to be able to listen to on both. ... This is not a great problem for me and I knew about it (purchase cost/ease of use tradeoff) but it might be something that you want to consider. ...
    (uk.tech.digital-tv)