For One and All,
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Here is "Why" I am 'skeptical' about Digital Radio Mondiale
(DRM) and In-Band On-Channel (IBOC); and will continue to
buy a a few more radios in the next Ten Years (10 Yrs) that
simply offer normal 'analog' AM/MW, FM and Shortwave Broadcasts.
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DRM - Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)
DRM = http://www.drm.org/
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Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Broadcast Schedule {Links}
WWDXC = http://www.wwdxc.de/drm.htm
DRM = http://www.drm.org/livebroadcast/globlivebroadcast.htm
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Experimenting with DRM - {FineWare SWL}
DRM SWL = http://www.fineware-swl.com/drm.html
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IBOC - In-Band On-Channel (IBOC) AM and FM Digital Audio
Broadcasting is designed for use in the USofA (Only).
IBOC = http://www.ibiquity.com/technology/iboc.htm
IBOC = http://www.ibiquity.com/technology/hdradio_how.htm
RW = http://www.rwonline.com/reference-room/iboc/index.shtml
"iBiquity Digital designed its IBOC technology to bring
the benefits of digital audio broadcasting to today's
Radio while preventing interference to the "host" analog
Station and stations on adjacent channels."
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For the most part TV is an Every Family (Household) and
Every Family Member (Everybody) Broadcast Media Activity.
[ Everyone Watchs TV 3-5 Hours a Day Every Day ]
TV is "The" Mass Market Media in the USofA [.]
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Contrast that to Shortwave Radio; where One Household
in Ten in the USofA and 'only' One Member of that
Household (One-in-Three) may be a Shortwave Listener
(SWL) and 'want' DRM and IBOC. This is a limited and
specialized Consumer Market with small Profit potential.
Likw AM-Stereo this may be a Product the the Consumers
"Do Not Want" {Feel They Need}.
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IN-THE-NEWS :
So here is the News Article that got me to start Thinking
and Writing this post. It is about the the near term
future (2-4 Years) of Digital High Definition TV (HDTV)
and related Technologies and Products.
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READ - Waiting for a TV Technology to Inherit the Future
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...3Demail&sub=AR
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Jan8_2.html
The good news from this year's Consumer Electronics Show
is that companies manufacturing the latest television models
have finally learned to make some of these sets fit into
ordinary budgets. - by Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post
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MY-POINTS - About High Definition {Digital} Television HDTV :
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* It's coming and will become the 'standard' for most
American Households but not for the next few years.
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* The Commercial Forces behind it are Great because
there is Big Money to be made selling the 'new' TVs.
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* The Consumer Demand is 'growing' and as TVs wear out
more and more of the replacements will be HDTVs.
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* Since most 'analog' TVs still have a "Picture Tube";
I would expect that a TVs useful life would be 3-7 Years.
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* While our AM/FM Shortwave Radios being fully Solid
State should have a useful life of 10-15 Years; barring
a user caused 'accident'. (Or the Urge for a New Toy.)
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so - what say you ~ RHF