[BC] Wow, I wonder if y ou feel the same way about AM?

[Peter Smerdon]

One could argue that it is already obsolete.
It's DAB (using ancient MPEG LII codec) - and now there's DAB+ (using 
the current AAC+ codec).
"Classic DAB" doesn't have the spare bitrate for the nice extras like 
Slideshow and TPEG data like "DABplus".

There are enough non-upgradeable DAB receivers in the hands of UK 
consumers to make a transition to DAB+ an agonising choice.

Tom Spencer wrote:
> "[...] Ennals, who oversaw the early stages of the switch from analogue 
> to digital TV, said: "The earliest possible date that there might be 
> switchover would be six years from here, six to 10 years away, I 
> believe. We want to be responsible and transparent with consumers."
>
> He added that the rollout of the DAB transmitter network - which is 
> currently some way below the coverage offered by FM - was "absolutely 
> fundamental" to the future success of the platform. [...]"
>
> Dana Puopolo wrote:
>   
>> Jeff, you are correct that analog FM took a long time to catch fire-and that
>> IBOC has only had about ten years-BUT I reply that the paradigm has changed.
>> Things digital today move MUCH faster then their analog cousins did then.
>>     
>
> Which means that even the UK system will be obsolete before it's 
> implemented... right?
>
>   
Cheers,
-- 
Peter Smerdon.
Melbourne Australia.