Re: [LAU] HD Radio broadcasts

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:18:52 -0600
The Other <sstubbs@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> What is HD radio? A local radio station is advertising they are the
> first HD radio station in my listening area. Is HD supposed to mean
> High Definition?
>
> How can radio waves be normal for other stations, and HD for this
> station? Doesn't make sense to me. I suspected HD means the
> recordings have not been so compressed as other 'normal' radio station
> recordings, and you can actually hear some dynamic range.

Google is your friend:
    http://www.hdradio.com/how_does_hd_digital_radio_work.php

Basically there's a digital component added to the analog. A HD radio
picks up the digital signal, and much like a TCP/IP stream can sort packets
that don't arrive in strict order, sorts them out into a signal without
static, hiss or pops.

The record labels are still going to insist that recordings be compressed
to within an inch of listenability.

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