In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
I reckon that Dab as we know it will die away left behind by other radio
tech, and theres still no firm date for digital changeover indeed a lot
of the commercial sector can't afford to run DAB and FM transmissions..

If enough pull out of DAB it will force the 'rental' costs down. They were
ludicrous to start with.


Apart from a monopoly transmission provider the other is that one
company own's the multiplex!...
--
Tony Sayer

"David Looser" wrote in message

"Rob" wrote in message
om...

I'm of a view that if you do have an opportunity to provide
something to
a high standard, you take it. Not everyone will appreciate it,
maybe,
small price. I found the whole roll-out of DAB wrong-headed.


How high is high?


Higher than the **** we've got now.

128 kbps MP2 is the equivalent of about 80 kbps MP3. How many people
use 80 kbps? No-one, basically. Everyone uses higher bit rates, and
many use 192k+ these days.

DAB is a ridiculous system. (cue Lesurf sticking up for this FAILURE
of a system using some pedantry or other)



--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

The adoption of DAB was the most incompetent technical
decision ever made in the history of UK broadcasting:
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...ion_of_dab.htm