ATSC could eat HD Radio's Lunch (was IBOC : The Killer-Appfor FM "HD")
 

On Mar 29, 10:50*pm, (Mark Zenier) wrote:
In article ,

RHF wrote:
- - IBOC : The Killer-App for FM "HD" Radio's HD-2 Channels
- -
- - Joe,
- -
- - You just point-out one of the two natural Killer-Apps for
- - FM HD Radio's HD-2 Channels : TV Audio {Sound} !

- But HD radios cost a whole lot more than the $40-$70
- DTV converter boxes.

That is True.

- Many or most of which have an audio output.

That is True.

Currently I using a Comcast Cable Set-Top-Box and
it's extra set of Audio Outputs to Fill-the-Room with
40 Channels of Digital Stereo Sound using a 2.1 Set
of Self-Powered Speakers.

Altec Lansing VS2421 3-Piece Multimedia Speaker System
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8154598
Using an L&R RCA "Y" Adapter to 1/8" Stereo Plug.

-*All somebody needs to do is come up with a boombox.

Actually a Set of Self-Powered Speakers will do nicely
for use in one Room.

-Or- amd FM-Stereo Transmitter for the Whole House effect.

- There's something like 19 million bits per second in an
- ATSC transmission.

Wow that many - I had no idea.

- They could spare the 300-500 thousand bits per second per
- audio channel for several "stations" and not even notice it.

Yes that could/would work.

-*And that's a lot more bits (and fidelity) than what an IBOC
- channel can spew).

=BUT= The object of my post was using the HD-2 Audio
Channels of the new FM HD-Radios as a method of
Re-Broadcasting TV-Audio-Sound to each and every
AM/FM HD-Radio :
1 - In the Home
2 - At Work / In the Office
3 - In the Car & Truck
4 - Portable "Pocket" Radio
4 - Portable "Headphone / EarBud" Radio
- - - and the ATSC HDTV Set-Top-Box can't presently
do all that. Maybe in the future -but- not now.

- They already do this in the UK with their DVB-T networks.
-
- Mark Zenier *
- Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

MZ - Can't Argue with you ATSC -aka- HDTV
is far superior to so-called HD-Radio. ~ RHF

Radio has lost the battle to TV for being the # 1 Media Choice
by the time of the first Color TVs and has been TV's second
fiddle for more than about 50 Years.

With all the New Media Choises Radio may well be # 3 now.

=BUT= Whether Radio is # 2 or # 3 : Radio Has To Be All
That It Can Be : Even -if- It means putting TV-Sound on the
HD-2 Channels of the new FM HD Radio Stations.

IBOC : The Killer-App for FM "HD" Radio's HD-2 Channels
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...e05095a43bec7b