Tuning
Is the act of tuning a radio, or tuning anything, becoming weird?
Tuning has largely given way to demultiplexing the right bits from a digital data stream, a.k.a. "changing channels". We still call it tuning but the frequency of the signal isn't consistently changing. I guess we'll still call it "tuning" when the last analog radio signal leaves the airwaves. Heck, we'll still probably talk about tuning up and down the dial. |
Tuning
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 12:08:13 PM UTC-8, Ross Archer wrote:
Is the act of tuning a radio, or tuning anything, becoming weird? Tuning has largely given way to demultiplexing the right bits from a digital data stream, a.k.a. "changing channels". We still call it tuning but the frequency of the signal isn't consistently changing. I guess we'll still call it "tuning" when the last analog radio signal leaves the airwaves. Heck, we'll still probably talk about tuning up and down the dial. Just to clarify, I don't think radio, especially least FM radio, is going anywhere soon. It meets a particular need almost perfectly. But it might eventually go digital... |
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