Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-13 Thread Man in a van
Percival Sweetwater wrote: > Norway switched off its FM in December 2017. > It uses DAB+ radio. This is far better than the below 128kBPS mp3 > quality that we have to put up with in brexitland. In shocking news today, a person from "God's own County" admitted to being within the UK !!

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread Julf
BJW wrote: > b/c mobile internet isn't free, and afaik, doesn't have the reach or > penetration of broadcasting. that isn't to say it won't tho, > eventually. Indeed. It makes more sense to improve mobile internet coverage than to deploy a parallel FM infrastructure. "To try to judge the

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread BJW
b/c mobile internet isn't free, and afaik, doesn't have the reach or penetration of broadcasting. that isn't to say it won't tho, eventually. using: win7 64 + lms 7.9 & duet & ipads w/the logitech app, and ipeng on an ipod http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/various_artists_logic &

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread Julf
BJW wrote: > one wonders if digital FM broadcasting will gain enough of a foothold to > actually survive? Why would it? There is mobile Internet... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread BJW
i believe the article said Norway switched off its national FMs, but locals still do FM. i know very little about the various DAB implementations. i think if the different gov'ts of the world want to go all digital to replace analog FM so they can reclaim the spectrum for other uses they will

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread Percival Sweetwater
Norway switched off its FM in December 2017. It uses DAB+ radio. This is far better than the below 128kBPS mp3 quality that we have to put up with in brexitland. Percival Sweetwater's Profile:

Re: [slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-12 Thread BJW
wow, i never thought i'd see this. unlike TV, which made sense to go all digital, it seemed to me that analog FM radio would live forever, for a variety of reasons... one wonders if digital FM broadcasting will gain enough of a foothold to actually survive? tech like 5G could supplant it b4

[slim] Switzerland to cease analogue VHF FM broadcasting by the end of 2024

2019-09-05 Thread Raymond Woodward
Possibly earlier (subject to industry consultation). https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/09/04/switzerland-to-end-fm-broadcasts/ Raymond Woodward's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63990 View