[rollei_list] Re: Happy New Year!
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:34:52 -0800
Frank,
OK, I give up! What is a "bitrate"? I know what a bitartrate is,
but not a bitrate.
Jerry
Frank Dernie wrote:
> Good idea Richard. I shall mention it but one of the things she was
> wanting was to have a radio alarm to wake her up to the Radio 4
> "today" programme, her computer is not in her bedroom!
> Frank
> I am pretty fond of Radio 7 too and I have a DAB tuner connected to
> my stereo so get it well enough. Sadly the bitrate for DAB has slowly
> got less and less since its introduction as they are jamming more and
> more channels onto the same multiplex. The hardwired standard is MP2
> also - which means fairly high bitrates for top quality. I would say
> that only radio 3 on DAB is competitive with a good FM tuner
> nowadays :-(
>
> On 1 Jan, 2006, at 15:42, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi Richard,
> >> my eldest daughter settled in Wales after studying for her PhD
> >> there. She speaks and reads some Welsh and is very happy and
> >> integrated. Her biggest regret though is that Radio 4, from the
> >> BBC, is not available. They have Radio Wales instead which has a
> >> much more parochial content, Radio 4 is more countrywide and
> >> worldwide. Radio 4 is permanently tuned to in the Dernie
> >> household and cars :-) My wife also speaks a little Welsh as she
> >> conducts a Welsh male voice choir.
> >> Frank
> >>
> > Its possible she might be able to hear Radio-4 on her computer,
> > its available on the web. I am also a fan of Radio-4, and also
> > Radio-7. I am on a dial up and get reasonable quality.
> >
> > ---
> > Richard Knoppow
> > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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