IBOCcrock wrote:
On Feb 22, 2:51�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
http://www.rwonline.com/shows the cover of the current Radio World
magazine, where the lead article is about the Samsung chip, built around a
SHDR100A peripheral processor and the SDHR200A main processor and flash and
RAM memory and which is currently available. The article discusses the power
requirements and all kinds of other HD developments shown at CES, including
the SiPort chip, which is also available to manufacturers now. Both consume
between 120 and 180 mW of power. Both chips are intended for integrated
devices.

If you qualify for an online subscription, you can read the entire article.

"Don''t be put off by high power drain"

"I have just purchased my second Bush DAB radio (I left the first in a
hotel room and never had it returned) I have also owned the Ferguson
version which, I believe is the same but for the case and battery
compartment (Ferg uses 3 AAs). Yes they do use a lot of power but this
is understandable as the units use Digital to analogue converters
which are very power hungrydevices (feel the heat coming off your Sky
Box!). The trick is to use rechargable batteries (we should all do
this anyway for environmental reasons) - I use mine in bed every night
and frequently fall asleep with the unit on; using 2700 mAhr batteries
I get about 2 nights sleep out of them - Just have two sets - one on
charge and one on drain."

http://tinyurl.com/2uxork

"Nokia Music Internet Radio: Listen to the World Through Internet
Radio"

http://europe.nokia.com/A4668051

No matter what, digital to analogue converters are battery-hogs. No
one, is going to be interested in HD chipsets with cell phone
providers starting to provide access to Internet Radio. LOL!

XM receivers have DACs and use less than 10 mA.