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I think HD support is now just a given, they don't bother mentioning it. I also feel FM is a superior format to HD in most cases. The compression required by d
by mark-r 12y ago
I think HD support is now just a given, they don't bother mentioning it.
I also feel FM is a superior format to HD in most cases. The compression required by digital to fit into the spectrum is just too excessive for my taste. The only reason the stations are into it is so that they can sell the same commercial time multiple times for each of their digital sub-stations.
- mikeash 12y agoIf Wikipedia is to be believed, HD radio can transmit up to 300kbps, which is more than enough for extremely high quality sound. If quality is worse it's because stations are choosing to trade off quality for more channels, not because the technology forces it.
- TylerE 12y agoThey do, they usually jam on several subchannels so the quality is nothing special. Plus, if the signal drops a bit you get stuttering/drop outs/desyncs, not graceful degredation.
- rplst8 12y agoI also think the 300 kbps rate is limited if they continue to broadcast the analog signal as well.