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(Short-, Medium-, Long)wave Radio Meets Digital Stereo

Posted by timothy on from the use-tubes-they're-smoother dept.

cryptec writes "Today shortwave radio will have some new life pumped into it as the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle will be the first full time shortwave broadcaster of DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM is a full stereo fully digital broadcast system. The quality of the broadcasts are close to that of FM radio. For samples check out this link." Akai adds this link to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle with some more information, like the involvement of the BBC and Voice of America in this undertaking.

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  1. but then ... by chrispy666 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "quality of the broadcasts are close to that of FM radio"

    what's the point ? maybe I missed something ?

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  2. Re:DRM? by WebMasterJoe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You took my comment! I was so just about to post that. Oh well, mod me redundant :)

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  3. Re:Marketing by nacturation · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Boy, they had better get a different acronym for the US market as there are more than a few folks here that want nothing to do with Digital Rights Management.
    I'm glad you explicitly pointed out what the acronym stands for. After reading slashdot for quite some time, I had *no* idea what it stood for.

    +5, Freaking Obvious

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  4. another ploy to make DRM acceptable to GPLers by CakerX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ha, here is the DRM we can all known and love at slashdot

  5. Re:Nice! by worst_name_ever · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dude, if there was such thing as "+1 Fuckin' Awesome" you'd get it for sure.

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  6. This brings to mind... by silverhalide · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I see they're using digital to revolutionize shortwave, why not revolutionize the TV band of the spectrum? Anyone these days either uses cable or dish for the most part, why not ditch all the analog counterparts and transmit digitally on the same spectrum? You could cram hundreds of channels in space of a few. Food for thought.