Re: First 112kbps station audio sample!

> >> http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/samples/century_nw_112k.mp4 (605
> >> KB) Now I defy anybody to say that that is transparent. Admittedly,
> >> if
> >> you owned a DAB portable radio then it might sound great, but on my
> >> hi-fi system that sounds crap.
> >
> > This DAB thing was already a joke, now it is beyond a joke.
> > Please Ofcom, it is not funny any more.
> > Please, can we have proper radio now.
>
> DAB is dead as far as audio quality goes. Stick to FM at the moment, and
> hopefully the BBC will increase its bit rates on the digital TV
> platforms as well. And there's high bit rate live streams via broadband
> to look forward to.

If DAB is dead, turn it into visual radio. DAB Text displays are like the
mobile phones which are so out of date you're supposed hide them in a brown
paper bag; a coarse 2 line scrolling text display with a green backlight.
Why not use a better text display which can show all available lines of text
at once so you don't have to wait for it to scroll, use a variety of better
looking, more readable fonts with colour, and show colour pictures,
everything we take for granted with a mobile phone? Visual radio could be
free on DAB, instead of being limited to expensive subscription access via
mobile phone. If people want medium quality portable radio with a visual
element then let them have it on DAB instead of using mobile phones for it,
and use a system other than DAB to cater for audiophiles.

DVB-H will also will be restricted to subscribers, like ITV Digital, so
restricting it's popularity. Increase the visual bitrate on DAB and you get
DAB-TV. DAB-TV could be free, and provide a replacement for pocket TVs after
analogue switch off, unlike DVB-H which cannot replace them because of the
subscription. DVB-H requires a new network of transmitters, whereas DAB-TV
could hijack an existing network at very low cost.




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