Thread: iBiquity finally under investigation - LMFAO!!!!!!
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Old September 4th 10, 07:27 PM
harddisque harddisque is offline
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Maybe we will eventually have DRM for AM here in the US.

IBOC on AM is a disaster.


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Originally Posted by Drewdove View Post
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"HD Radio Not High Definition"

HD radio parallels HDTV in that if you transmit more than one program stream
on an RF channel the quality of each sub-channel lowers.

HDTV advancements in MPEG2 encoding and a healthy 19MBits make multicasting
bearable.

FM-HD radio at best has 96kBits which is slightly better than average FM and
much worse when you carve that pie up. And the fun part starts when your
favorite stations multicasts and clean analog blends to cheap internet
quality and you can't change back.

AM-HD is a joke that reminds people how bad things were when the internet
was only available via dial-up. Believe me, there is audio that sounds worse
than analog AM.

Not to mention your digital carriers can be jammed by first-adjacent
stations (93.7 by 93.9 & 93.5 and 640 by 650 & 630) and DRM becomes a much
better idea.

There, I feel much better. The above is as was always IMHO so YMMV.
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