rockitman wrote:TieNN89 wrote: whether you want to pay the amount that is been asked is another question
Can't see many takers for that sort of price. You can buy a top quality digital radio for $299.
broady wrote: Is that the song name as well that's displayed?
The broadcaster can display whatever information that want. Depending on the station you get song details, weather forecast, station promotions etc. You can also call up information on signal strength, broadcast frequency, bit-rate,signal mode,signal error, time ,date etc.
Juffa
Agree with your comments about the DAB+ device. Ultimately a DAB+ headunit is required for true DAB+ fidelity.
My phone displays that information on the screen when I'm listening to FM radio on it already, so it is already there.
There are differences between satellite radio and digital radio.
For satellite radio, you need to pay a subscription, whereas digital radio is free to air.
Digital radio is like digital television, in that the information is not modulated on a carrier wave like normal radio, but is sent as a digital feed, so you either have perfect reception or no reception.
As it is digital, the signal does not have to be as compressed as it is in FM, which is where you lose some of the music information.
I'm not sure what sort of compression is used, but from my understanding, the music is less compressed than it is on CD's, so you should get excellent sound quality, especially if you're listening to it on a high end stereo.
A bit like comparing AM to FM radios.
One is bearable, but the other is good.
Naturally, the quality of the sound depends on where the radio station is getting the music from, so if it comes off CD's, then you will get CD quality, but if it is recorded from a live concert in a full, uncompressed digital format, the quality will be superb.
