DAB in the UK is old technology (MPEG2), terrible quality and only fit for tiny radios that sound bad anyway. They have opted for many stations at low bit rates, rather then a fewer good quality ones. I sold my DAB tuner last year as it sounded a lot worse than my 20 year old FM tuner. Plus they cost several times the price of a FM or AM radio for that poorer quality.
People have bought DAB radios for more stations, but quite a few stations has since closed down,including some very popular ones.
But the killer for me is that almost no cars are fitted with DAB, so they plan to switch off FM and disable most car radios by 2012 - way to go!
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
DAB in the UK is old technology (MPEG2), terrible quality and only fit for tiny radios that sound bad anyway. They have opted for many stations at low bit rates, rather then a fewer good quality ones. I sold my DAB tuner last year as it sounded a lot worse than my 20 year old FM tuner. Plus they cost several times the price of a FM or AM radio for that poorer quality.
People have bought DAB radios for more stations, but quite a few stations has since closed down,including some very popular ones.
But the killer for me is that almost no cars are fitted with DAB, so they plan to switch off FM and disable most car radios by 2012 - way to go!