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08 Jul 10 - 07:18 AM (#2941676) Subject: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Bonzo3legs The FM transmitter switch over to digital had been scheduled for 2015 by the labour mess, but thank goodness the Coalition has now postponed this. This is good news indeed, as DAB transmission quality is very much inferior at 192kbps at best from BBC Radio 3 compared with over 1400kbps on FM. |
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08 Jul 10 - 07:42 AM (#2941681) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Keith A of Hertford AND, the sets are expensive and power hungry. I have analogue radios in about every room, plus car. I hope it never happens. |
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08 Jul 10 - 08:26 AM (#2941695) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Richard Bridge Oh shit, I am going to have to agree with you both (apart from the bit about the Labour mess) - an example of cross-bench rationality on the Mudcat if ever. |
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08 Jul 10 - 10:47 AM (#2941764) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Dave Roberts Another agreement from me. I have two DAB radios, one an expensive Roberts (no relation) model, and neither can compare with my trusty old FM sets (I haven't a clue how many AM/FM radios I have). BBC Radio 7 broadcasting original stereo programmes in mono 'to save bandwidth' is just laughable. The changeover may happen eventually, but I'm glad to see that the deadline has been abandoned. |
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08 Jul 10 - 11:32 AM (#2941789) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: GUEST,H I am also glad the deadline has been postponed, my car radio has died - car DAB radios dont yet work well - so I can get an fm radio fitted :) But ... I also like to listen to the radio in most rooms of my house & fm reception downstairs is apalling, but 2 DAB radios both work superbly well - & have far more stations than FM. I bought small PURE dab radios - not v expensive with a bit of looking around. Forced dumping/replacement of fully functional equipment , lunacy (IMHO) H |
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08 Jul 10 - 01:26 PM (#2941871) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Mrs.Duck I only listen to the radio in the car on my journey to and from work (40 mins each way). It only has a FM radio so I will be ok for a while longer then. |
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08 Jul 10 - 01:38 PM (#2941880) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Greg F. Hey, but the whole point is that someone is going to make a bloody fortune SELLING RADIOS ! Who cares about audio quality??? |
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08 Jul 10 - 02:02 PM (#2941894) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: McGrath of Harlow DA doesn't work in quite a lot of places. Including my corner of Harlow I believe. |
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08 Jul 10 - 02:19 PM (#2941903) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: JHW So what happens to Long Wave? At present you can hear Daily Service or Yesterday in Parliament. I don't have a TV but I assume over there you can get such stuff on 405 lines Black and White? Will there indeed be any reason to play cricket when there is only digital? Digital switchover is easy for me. I only listen to Radio4 so when it stops that will be that. Shame, I'll miss it, but life's like that |
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08 Jul 10 - 03:46 PM (#2941943) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: John MacKenzie The government is looking back enviously at the money made selling mobile phone bandwidth, and hoping they can raise megabucks, selling the old FM wavebands. You didn't think it was about providing the listeners with a better sevice did you? |
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08 Jul 10 - 04:24 PM (#2941976) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: VirginiaTam but who will they sell the FM bandwidth too? the term bass ackward comes to mind. |
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08 Jul 10 - 04:49 PM (#2941994) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Richard Bridge Giok is right. They will auction FM bandwidth like after Thatcher destroyed UKTV just to get at Thames because it broadcast Death on the Rock (incidentally I sympathise with the SAS on that one) they then auctioned TV bandwidth. |
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09 Jul 10 - 09:45 AM (#2942337) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Bonzo3legs Who cares about audio quality??? Not the ipod generation - they have lost sight of it - and everything else!!! |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:32 AM (#2942368) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: Richard Bridge I think I can hear degradation even on the highest quality Ipod settings, too, but surely I am old and deaf so that cannot be so, can it? |
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10 Jul 10 - 12:30 AM (#2942786) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: mousethief but who will they sell the FM bandwidth to? Rupert Murdoch. |
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10 Jul 10 - 08:49 AM (#2942905) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: danensis I remember that in 1957 they were going to turn off AM radio, as everyone would be listening on FM John |
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10 Jul 10 - 01:26 PM (#2943018) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: open mike in u.s. most tv has gone digital/ a yearago there are converter boxes which the gov't offers subsidy to discount the cost. i get satelite dish tv so still get the same reception in th9is rural area there was little tvreception over the air have not heard of any plan to transfer to digital radio here.. has anyone else? satelit radio is avaialbel.. with the receiver - there was a thread on this... there used to be 2 companies.. Sirius and XM i think they have merged now... |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:17 PM (#2943204) Subject: RE: BS: UK FM transmitters switch off postponed! From: John on the Sunset Coast My main radio is a 30-odd year old Sansui receiver. The analog tuning offers something one cannot get with digital; it allows for off-tuning, slightly up or down, to allow for pulling in a signal competing with another signal on or near that frequency. The result is often a weak, somewhat staticky reception, but often just good enough to hear. Sometimes new is not better. |