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Sounds like it was dead on arrival because of FM band.Reminds me of Thomson MP3pro's proprietary audio format that didn't take off either. https://en.wikipedia

by nexoft 4y ago

Sounds like it was dead on arrival because of FM band.Reminds me of Thomson MP3pro's proprietary audio format that didn't take off either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3PRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3PRO You could play an mp3pro 64kpbs with any regular mp3 codec and it sounded bad as expected, but using mp3pro codec it artificially improves it by recreating higher frequency harmonics that were removed due to the low bitrate and compression. Edit : typos and precision.

fuckstick 4y ago
> Sounds like it was dead on arrival How can something that is still in deployed commercial use for many years be “dead on arrival?” Moreover, AM stereo came out long after the FM band was well established.
- exikyut 4y ago
  *HD-DVD noises*
  - regular 4y ago
    Whatever you thought that meant.
- regular 4y ago
- msla 4y ago
  Because being niche when you were positioned to go mainstream is a failure.
LeoPanthera 4y ago
mp3PRO and HE-AAC work in essentially the same way, but AAC is more efficient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Efficiency_Advanced_Audio_Coding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Efficiency_Advanced_Audio...
regular 4y ago
It wasn't DOA because of FM. FM stereo predated it by decades.
Aloha 4y ago
It was a combination of factors: 1) poor noise rejection of AM 2) high noise on the AM band 3) changing programming on AM (aka the rise of talk radio)