"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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David Looser wrote:
You could say that about near anything - with hindsight.

I don't think so. Whilst clearly the march of technical progress tends
to make any established service/product look out of date eventually,
few have looked quite so out of date quite so soon as DAB.

Plenty of examples. Various audio and video formats.

It wasn't that those formats "looked out of date", simply that they didn't
have what the market wanted. Often they were seen as unnecessary products
even though they were more technically advanced than the established market
leader. Examples like SACD and DVD-Audio.

FreeView boxes that
can't be re-tuned, due to a change in the format.

Well indeed, if it can be done with freeview why not with DAB? But the
earlier it is done the easier it is.


I have noticed a large increase in the use of DAB among my friends etc
over the past couple of years.

Have you?, depends on the circles in which you move I guess.

For things like a bedroom or kitchen radio
- where most actually want radio.

Who, other than a child or lodger, wants a radio in the bedroom?

Car use is far more of a problem, since
car makers think anything over 10 dollars too much for an installation.

And car radios last the life of the car, anything up to 20 years.


David.