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SFTV_troy wrote:
HD RADIO is no worse than DAB or DRM radio


I hear a LOT of people complaining about Hybrid Digital Radio, but
from what I've heard from European listeners, HDR is no worse than DAB
(poor quality audio;worse than FM), or DRB (both poor quality &
interference w/ existing AM stations).

Thoughts?

Opinions?

Frankly I'm a bit surprised at the reaction. There's currently a
transition from analog to digital broadcasting (both in American and
the European Union), and there will be some growing pains, but it's
only temporary. In the LONG TERM, the digital radio will provide
better sound than the current analog (like squeezing 300 kilobit/
second 5.1 surround into the current FM bands).

Because you can't hear anything unless you've got hundred million
instructions per second running in your digital signal processor.

That means that radios will be
1)expensive (probably $50-90 minimum, compared with the $1.50 credit card
radio today)
2)relativly power hungry
3)use private/secret/obscure modulation (Nobody unliscened can build one)
4)enables digital rights management (nobody without a subscription can listen)

And sound like crap below 50-100 kBPS.

What a way to serve the public. What a way to control the public...

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)