[Wolves] For those thinking of a new music player

[Richard Smedley]

Andy Wootton wrote:
> It surprises me that anything with FM radio is still on sale in the UK. 
> There can't be many years of transmission left.

Don't worry - despite the best efforts of the BBC, they're not about
to ditch FM for an inferior DAB :-)

The new iPlayer streams are already at a higher bitrate than DAB will
ever achieve and other countries are looking at either DAB+ (aac)
alongside FM or - notably in the case of Germany - preparing to
ditch DAB entirely.

DVB-T, 4G & Internet radio all hold great potential, but DAB is
going nowhere, and the higher quality, more environmentally-friendly
FM - with its 100million+ installed sets - will be around for
a few more years yet ;-)

  - Richard "analogue" Smedley

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