Love it or hate it, I see the price of DAB radios has dropped below 30 quid
now at places like Currys!

(I thought they'd catch on in the end - when they woke up to the fact they
were mostly competing with a perfectly acceptable 7 quid Murphy FM from
Argos!! :-)

Keith G wrote:
Love it or hate it, I see the price of DAB radios has dropped below 30 quid
now at places like Currys!

(I thought they'd catch on in the end - when they woke up to the fact they
were mostly competing with a perfectly acceptable 7 quid Murphy FM from
Argos!! :-)




Ignoring the sound quality (as I have never head one), its still a tad
irrelevent to me, as I can't recieve any of the BBC multiplexs where I
live.

--
Nick

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
Love it or hate it, I see the price of DAB radios has dropped below 30
quid now at places like Currys!

(I thought they'd catch on in the end - when they woke up to the fact
they were mostly competing with a perfectly acceptable 7 quid Murphy FM
from Argos!! :-)




Ignoring the sound quality (as I have never head one), its still a tad
irrelevent to me, as I can't recieve any of the BBC multiplexs where I
live.



You're not missing anything - it's just another implementation of the
'removal of noise, artefacts, life, realism by digitisation' syndrome that
has been slow to start due to the high, initial prices of the hardware, but
which is resulting in further lowering of *quality standards* in favour of
'greater choice for a greater market'.

(IOW, turning radio broadcasting into just another advertising vehicle....)

In article , Keith G
writes

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
news
Keith G wrote:
Love it or hate it, I see the price of DAB radios has dropped below 30
quid now at places like Currys!

(I thought they'd catch on in the end - when they woke up to the fact
they were mostly competing with a perfectly acceptable 7 quid Murphy FM
from Argos!! :-)




Ignoring the sound quality (as I have never head one), its still a tad
irrelevent to me, as I can't recieve any of the BBC multiplexs where I
live.



You're not missing anything - it's just another implementation of the
'removal of noise, artefacts, life, realism by digitisation' syndrome that
has been slow to start due to the high, initial prices of the hardware, but
which is resulting in further lowering of *quality standards* in favour of
'greater choice for a greater market'.

(IOW, turning radio broadcasting into just another advertising vehicle....)





Digital broadcasting?. Ever heard Bayern Klassik on Satellite at
320K? And 400K odd for Dolby 5.1 ?..
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Keith G
writes

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
news
Keith G wrote:
Love it or hate it, I see the price of DAB radios has dropped below 30
quid now at places like Currys!

(I thought they'd catch on in the end - when they woke up to the fact
they were mostly competing with a perfectly acceptable 7 quid Murphy FM
from Argos!! :-)




Ignoring the sound quality (as I have never head one), its still a tad
irrelevent to me, as I can't recieve any of the BBC multiplexs where I
live.



You're not missing anything - it's just another implementation of the
'removal of noise, artefacts, life, realism by digitisation' syndrome that
has been slow to start due to the high, initial prices of the hardware,
but
which is resulting in further lowering of *quality standards* in favour of
'greater choice for a greater market'.

(IOW, turning radio broadcasting into just another advertising
vehicle....)





Digital broadcasting?. Ever heard Bayern Klassik on Satellite at
320K? And 400K odd for Dolby 5.1 ?..


I'm not aware of a single satellite dish round here, thank Gawd...!!

(What's the betting I spot one when I go out next?? :-)

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
I'm not aware of a single satellite dish round here, thank Gawd...!!

Never mind. Perhaps the council will re-house you onto a richer estate.

--
*I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
I'm not aware of a single satellite dish round here, thank Gawd...!!

Never mind. Perhaps the council will re-house you onto a richer estate.


Course theres a natural aversion by the British about a satellite dish.
Over there in the rest of Europe there're seen as a functional thing for
the TV and Radio, but over here its a class symbol to which no one
aspires

Still mines in the backyard where it can't be seen

And brings in hundreds of Radio and TV channels even more probably...
--
Tony Sayer