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      BBC proposing 4 additional DAB+ stations

      Apparently the new DAB+ stations will be highly automated and even when there is a presenter they won't be live. Think of it as automation playing the archives. This is much cheaper than channels with a live presenter. But I do agree with you, this looks odd given cuts elsewhere. However the...
    2. O

      Reprieve for now

      The previous cutoff date was 2030. The article fails to mention what the new one is, does anyone know?
    3. O

      Reprieve for now

      I listen to FM in preference to DAB since FM gives me better audio quality. They could easily convert me into a DAB listener by doubling the DAB bit rates, which is about what it would take to be clearly better than FM in all circumstances. But that's not going to happen. I have separate...
    4. O

      CH48 interference on HDRFOX-T2 Boxes

      The best thing to do from an engineering point of view (barring putting the aerial outside) would be an amplified 2 way split in the loft and then use passive splitters everywhere else. That amplifies the signal at the point it is cleanest, and the gain of that should be chosen to be enough to...
    5. O

      BBC proposing 4 additional DAB+ stations

      Proposal has to go through a lot of consultation, with doubtless a stream of complaints from commercial broadcasters: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/02/bbc-planning-to-launch-new-digital-music-stations-on-dab/ If this goes ahead at least some existing BBC radio stations will have to go DAB+ to...
    6. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      I only use iPlayer if I miss recording something with the HDR Fox T2. The iPlayer picture quality is worse than Freeview HD and iPlayer is only in stereo sound whereas Freeview HD provides 5.1 audio if the programme has it (except on ITV1 HD with it's knowingly "lowest common denominator"...
    7. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      At the moment I'm watching Domino Day which if memory serves is on BBC3. I'll admit I don't get a lot of use out of BBC3 these days. Prior to that I watched Fort Salem on BBC3 during covid lockdown, but that was when BBC3 was online only and I watched it in the late night slots on other BBC...
    8. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      But they're in SD and stereo sound at which point the streaming catchup options are on a par quality wise. I don't have any problems with buffering, streaming works fine for me it's just the reduced sound and picture quality for the terrestrial broadcasters that means I don't use streaming more.
    9. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      I watch about 7 channels on Freeview: the four BBC ones, ITV1, C4 and Five. What is hurting Freeview for me is the reduction in choice and quality on those main channels, not losing pointless channels.
    10. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      For a moment I thought 5 top channels would mean they had to be removing everything except Channel 4 itself. But then I saw the list and laughed: 4Music, The Box, Kerrang TV, Kiss TV and Magic YV. I'm not sure I've ever watched those. I don't think this is a nail in the OTA Freeview platform...
    11. O

      YouTube-dl: BBC iPlayer available source quality & DOG

      iPlayer always has poorer picture quality than Freeview HD. Also iPlayer sound is stereo only, Freeview HD usually has 5.1 sound if the programme was made with that. I don't watch BBC in SD so can't comment on Freeview SD.
    12. O

      Stuck @ Wizzard ?

      There haven't been any firmware updates from Humax for many years, and the last one was only available over USB.
    13. O

      DAB+

      I can't see how Classic FM are breaching their broadcast licence, that's what Ofcom enforce. And if their charter is relevant to Ofcom, what clause would they be breaching? The ASA is clearer, they said the change to DAB+ was turning up the broadcast quality and it doesn't. But is it an advert...
    14. O

      DAB+

      Do you really expect any of Classic FM, Ofcom or the ASA to give a damn?
    15. O

      ClassicFM

      It was only ever mono. I don't what the bit rate has been in the past.
    16. O

      DAB+

      There is the metallic sounding brigade, which feels either like generally poor reception or incorrect SBR handling. And then there's some complaints of it sounding dull, which I think is no SBR decoding at all. In my case with the Arcam T32 tuner I get neither issue. The DAB+ sounds basically...
    17. O

      DAB+

      I wish I could get a Digital Spy account working. I'd point out on the thread there about this that some DAB+ radios ignore SBR (Sepctral Band Replication) data and effectively play all DAB+ as if it were AAC-LC. This means you lose the high frequency information held in SBR resulting in a dull...
    18. O

      DAB+

      We were never going to get full CD quality with this change. The BBC radio UK internet streams at 320kbps AAC-LC are close to but not full CD quality.
    19. O

      DAB+

      What specific complaint have you made? Personally I think there are two valid complaints: 1) They promised better sound quality with this change and it's far from clear there is any improvement. 2) Classic FM is no longer receivable on DAB (ie non DAB+) radios, which in some situations (eg a...
    20. O

      DAB+

      Comparing the DAB+ broadcast with FM, using an Arcam T32 hifi FM/DAB+ tuner with a very strong FM signal from an external aerial, FM sounds better. But then it did compared to the previous 128kbps joint stereo MP2 and indeed the older 160kbps joint stereo MP2. The last time it wasn't clear which...
    1. O

      BBC proposing 4 additional DAB+ stations

      Apparently the new DAB+ stations will be highly automated and even when there is a presenter they won't be live. Think of it as automation playing the archives. This is much cheaper than channels with a live presenter. But I do agree with you, this looks odd given cuts elsewhere. However the...
    2. O

      Reprieve for now

      The previous cutoff date was 2030. The article fails to mention what the new one is, does anyone know?
    3. O

      Reprieve for now

      I listen to FM in preference to DAB since FM gives me better audio quality. They could easily convert me into a DAB listener by doubling the DAB bit rates, which is about what it would take to be clearly better than FM in all circumstances. But that's not going to happen. I have separate...
    4. O

      CH48 interference on HDRFOX-T2 Boxes

      The best thing to do from an engineering point of view (barring putting the aerial outside) would be an amplified 2 way split in the loft and then use passive splitters everywhere else. That amplifies the signal at the point it is cleanest, and the gain of that should be chosen to be enough to...
    5. O

      BBC proposing 4 additional DAB+ stations

      Proposal has to go through a lot of consultation, with doubtless a stream of complaints from commercial broadcasters: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/02/bbc-planning-to-launch-new-digital-music-stations-on-dab/ If this goes ahead at least some existing BBC radio stations will have to go DAB+ to...
    6. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      I only use iPlayer if I miss recording something with the HDR Fox T2. The iPlayer picture quality is worse than Freeview HD and iPlayer is only in stereo sound whereas Freeview HD provides 5.1 audio if the programme has it (except on ITV1 HD with it's knowingly "lowest common denominator"...
    7. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      At the moment I'm watching Domino Day which if memory serves is on BBC3. I'll admit I don't get a lot of use out of BBC3 these days. Prior to that I watched Fort Salem on BBC3 during covid lockdown, but that was when BBC3 was online only and I watched it in the late night slots on other BBC...
    8. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      But they're in SD and stereo sound at which point the streaming catchup options are on a par quality wise. I don't have any problems with buffering, streaming works fine for me it's just the reduced sound and picture quality for the terrestrial broadcasters that means I don't use streaming more.
    9. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      I watch about 7 channels on Freeview: the four BBC ones, ITV1, C4 and Five. What is hurting Freeview for me is the reduction in choice and quality on those main channels, not losing pointless channels.
    10. O

      "Your Freeview TV will lose 5 top channels this year as major change confirmed"

      For a moment I thought 5 top channels would mean they had to be removing everything except Channel 4 itself. But then I saw the list and laughed: 4Music, The Box, Kerrang TV, Kiss TV and Magic YV. I'm not sure I've ever watched those. I don't think this is a nail in the OTA Freeview platform...
    11. O

      YouTube-dl: BBC iPlayer available source quality & DOG

      iPlayer always has poorer picture quality than Freeview HD. Also iPlayer sound is stereo only, Freeview HD usually has 5.1 sound if the programme was made with that. I don't watch BBC in SD so can't comment on Freeview SD.
    12. O

      Stuck @ Wizzard ?

      There haven't been any firmware updates from Humax for many years, and the last one was only available over USB.
    13. O

      DAB+

      I can't see how Classic FM are breaching their broadcast licence, that's what Ofcom enforce. And if their charter is relevant to Ofcom, what clause would they be breaching? The ASA is clearer, they said the change to DAB+ was turning up the broadcast quality and it doesn't. But is it an advert...
    14. O

      DAB+

      Do you really expect any of Classic FM, Ofcom or the ASA to give a damn?
    15. O

      ClassicFM

      It was only ever mono. I don't what the bit rate has been in the past.
    16. O

      DAB+

      There is the metallic sounding brigade, which feels either like generally poor reception or incorrect SBR handling. And then there's some complaints of it sounding dull, which I think is no SBR decoding at all. In my case with the Arcam T32 tuner I get neither issue. The DAB+ sounds basically...
    17. O

      DAB+

      I wish I could get a Digital Spy account working. I'd point out on the thread there about this that some DAB+ radios ignore SBR (Sepctral Band Replication) data and effectively play all DAB+ as if it were AAC-LC. This means you lose the high frequency information held in SBR resulting in a dull...
    18. O

      DAB+

      We were never going to get full CD quality with this change. The BBC radio UK internet streams at 320kbps AAC-LC are close to but not full CD quality.
    19. O

      DAB+

      What specific complaint have you made? Personally I think there are two valid complaints: 1) They promised better sound quality with this change and it's far from clear there is any improvement. 2) Classic FM is no longer receivable on DAB (ie non DAB+) radios, which in some situations (eg a...
    20. O

      DAB+

      Comparing the DAB+ broadcast with FM, using an Arcam T32 hifi FM/DAB+ tuner with a very strong FM signal from an external aerial, FM sounds better. But then it did compared to the previous 128kbps joint stereo MP2 and indeed the older 160kbps joint stereo MP2. The last time it wasn't clear which...
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