In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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Those who moan about current 'DAB quality' are almost certainly
listening to pop music stations - as R3&4 have a just about adequate
data rate for the material they carry. Or at least during the times I
listen to them. And *every* pop and light music station is so heavily
processed on all wavebands that - to me - they are simply dreadful to
listen to.

The above sums up my own experience of DAB. Although these days I mainly
listen to DTTV rather than DAB.

Slainte,

Jim

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In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
The above sums up my own experience of DAB. Although these days I mainly
listen to DTTV rather than DAB.

Indeed - and DDTV tuners are rather cheaper than DAB ones. And most will
already have a UHF aerial. Only slight snag can be selecting the correct
station without having a TV attached.

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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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In article , Jim Lesurf
wrote:
The above sums up my own experience of DAB. Although these days I
mainly listen to DTTV rather than DAB.

Indeed - and DDTV tuners are rather cheaper than DAB ones. And most will
already have a UHF aerial. Only slight snag can be selecting the correct
station without having a TV attached.

Yes. Particulary annoying with the Nokia DDTV RX box I have in the living
room. This insists on keeping 'radio' and 'TV' stations in distinct lists
so you can't switch between them simply by selecting the channel number
with the remote. With practice I can navigate the menus without the TV
being on, but it is a PITA.

Slainte,

Jim

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In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
Indeed - and DDTV tuners are rather cheaper than DAB ones. And most
will already have a UHF aerial. Only slight snag can be selecting the
correct station without having a TV attached.

Yes. Particulary annoying with the Nokia DDTV RX box I have in the living
room. This insists on keeping 'radio' and 'TV' stations in distinct lists
so you can't switch between them simply by selecting the channel number
with the remote. With practice I can navigate the menus without the TV
being on, but it is a PITA.

I have a Sony which is only used for radio - since the TVs have now built
in tuners. I have only the radio stations I want on the favourites list
which makes things rather easier.

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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , Jim Lesurf
wrote:
Indeed - and DDTV tuners are rather cheaper than DAB ones. And most
will already have a UHF aerial. Only slight snag can be selecting
the correct station without having a TV attached.

Yes. Particulary annoying with the Nokia DDTV RX box I have in the
living room. This insists on keeping 'radio' and 'TV' stations in
distinct lists so you can't switch between them simply by selecting
the channel number with the remote. With practice I can navigate the
menus without the TV being on, but it is a PITA.

I have a Sony which is only used for radio - since the TVs have now
built in tuners. I have only the radio stations I want on the favourites
list which makes things rather easier.

The Nokia won't allow you to put both 'TV' and 'radio' stations on the same
favourites list! However a cheap Philips DTTV box will do this, and makes
no distinctions so you can select any by channel number. This is a flaw in
the user interface of the Nokia, but I continue to use it for the AV system
as it delivers good sound via its SPDIF output and good pictures. The
Philips is poorer IMHO.

Slainte,

Jim

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