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Author:  pcernie [ Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/hi- ... ark-654871

Unless there's a drastic change in what's being broadcast and how, I'll never own one of these :oops:
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
You might want one when they turn the analogue radio signals off. :)
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
I have a digibox on the TV, and when I'm at home I'm usually close to the computer. I never really felt the urge to listen to the radio in the bath, so I don't think I'd ever use one at home. Even if I do want sound in the bath, I'll probably use an FM extender which I already have. Far cheaper to drown a 99p FM receiver than an expensive DAB or Internet radio.

In the car is another matter entirely. I seriously need my car radio to work, if only to drown out that frightful whining the poxy engine makes.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
Linux_User wrote:
You might want one when they turn the analogue radio signals off. :)


No, I mean there's nothing worth listening to, so it doesn't matter how it's broadcast IME ;)
Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
pcernie wrote:
No, I mean there's nothing worth listening to, so it doesn't matter how it's broadcast IME ;)


Have you tried BBC 6 Music? Radio 7? You might find something on there from the Beeb, amid the noise and chatter of all the crap "music" stations shouting for attention.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
Linux_User wrote:
You might want one when they turn the analogue radio signals off. :)


That’s not for some time off. At the moment, who’s going to buy a digital radio set when the analogue stuff is not going to be obsolete next year?
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
HeatherKay wrote:
pcernie wrote:
No, I mean there's nothing worth listening to, so it doesn't matter how it's broadcast IME ;)


Have you tried BBC 6 Music? Radio 7? You might find something on there from the Beeb, amid the noise and chatter of all the crap "music" stations shouting for attention.


I'll give them a go if I remember :D
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Digi radio hits 10m sales mark though sales still dropping
M'Lordships to save FM radio?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/08/lords_of_dab/

Quote:
It isn't just DAB, but digital radio in general that's proving to be a problem all over Europe. Germany has stopped funding DAB and postponed the move to DAB+, and although official policy of moving radio from analogue transmission remains, it isn't clear how this will be achieved.

"DAB – although vital – is in intensive care and living a sad, hospitalised existence," admitted the director of Deutschlandradio (German national public radio) Willi Steul [translation here].

France has postponed its digital radio transmissions for a year, leading to widespread skepticism that it will ever launch. The French have adopted DMB, not DAB+, although the former is around 40 per cent less efficient, according to Steve Green.


Fcuk me, it's in a right state :oops:
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