[opendtv] Re: Fwd: DAB+ in the USA
- From: "Barry Wilkins" <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:35:42 +1300
Well,
It may not be any more attractive to the broadcasters, perhaps unattractive.
But if, as I have heard, IBOC is causing a lot of noise interference and
there has not been the mass adoption expected perhaps DAB+ will succeed. It
is spectrum efficient for the amount of channels and data rate compared to
DAB (Eureka 147) but obviously IBOC was a "having your cake and eating it"
scenario. The reality though may be that perhaps the cake was not as yummy
as expected.
Cheers
Barry
On 4/2/08, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Barry Wilkins wrote:
>
> > Erm, it is April 1st so perhaps it is "some kind of joke"
>
> Could be. Probably is.
>
> I couldn't figure out, again, why DAB would make FOTA radio any more
> appealing than IBOC does. It's another one of those modulation debates.
> If anything, you'd expect the other way around. IBOC makes for a trivial
> transition, whereas DAB requires new frequency assignments just like DTT
> does.
>
> I don't know how well IBOC is selling, but I still hear it advertized
> extensively on radio, and I happen to like it a lot. All it takes is for
> more auto companies to install it, as some have started to do at last.
> And here too, companies like GM with a stake in XM Radio will probably
> be slow to install IBOC. Same-o same-o. Always these conflicts of
> interest and greed at play.
>
> Bert
>
>
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