All posts by Michael Rogers
Below are all of Michael Rogers's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
BBC - Bosses Bonus Consortion ??? It is tragic that the BBC is not a shadow of its former exemplary self. With so much expended on presenters, round-the-world crew travel, "celebreties", a few blockbuster productions etc, managers are over-remunerated to out-waffle the expectations of licence-fee paying plebians... I accept lower DAB bitrates for AM-replacement speech-only, but utterly reject other initiatives such as the iPlayer option-squeeze. DAB should excel FM coverage and audio quality.
Sorry for the waste of bandwidth posting this. They will not listen.
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BBC - Bosses Bonus Consortion ??? It is tragic that the BBC is not a shadow of its former exemplary self. With so much expended on presenters, round-the-world crew travel, "celebreties", a few blockbuster productions etc, managers are over-remunerated to out-waffle the expectations of licence-fee paying plebians... I accept lower DAB bitrates for AM-replacement speech-only, but utterly reject other initiatives such as the iPlayer option-squeeze. DAB should excel FM coverage and audio quality.
Sorry for the waste of bandwidth posting this. They will not listen.
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76 mbps - Wow! I get sub-1mbps download - not enough for streaming. I used to be able to save to harddisk via the iPlayer and watch later, but no more. Also, the useful iPlayer download speed monitor has gone. I listen mostly in the mornings and at night. There are many 24/7 music stations, so I would dread losing Radio4, Radio5 and the WS at night - although night-time would admittedly be the most convenient for static webradio. The big plus of AM, FM, DAB is that they enable mobile listening, whether around the house or on the road. Freeview, Freesat and webradio can offer better audio quality, but, except if using a wifi battery radio at home, one is "chained" to the TV or PC and sound-system. 3G or 4G listening is not cheap.
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I keep meaning to ask : what do the coloured bars at the bottom of each posting signify? ( It was doubtless explained somewhere, but I missed it.)
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Pray permit me to iterate gratitude for the explanatory discursive. I shall henceforth endeavour to approximate to Key Stage 2 linguistic attainment. Tongue-in-cheek, I anticipate expectantly the colours this missive will engender :-)
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Netbod, one commiserates... My PURE Flow died a while back - bought for webradio, unintuitive and temperamental, with poor audio at best. Bad high-bucks choice. A cheapo laptop or Raspberry Pi plugged into cheapo PC speakers is incomparably superior. WorldSpace was a similar story : good idea, but then it caught a Betamax sneeze. L-band has gone quiet, but it just might resurge one fine day. Until then, it will have to be Freeview, Freesat and webradio with a cheapo router and laptop (cheapo router 'cos I have lost a few routers to distant lightening surges. Come FTTC that will hopefully recede. ) Oops, nearly forgot : AM still offers a wider range of content than sound-alike DAB and FM stations... Now where's the zipcord for my 'chute ???
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Bizarre indeed, Netbod, but not a-typical... I was curious to note that childrens' programming ran parallel to The Games when normally the single multiplex broadcasts children's programming until 7pm and BBC Three from 7pm. They are happy to saturate 301 and 302 with nationwide sports and music. Fine by me. It would, however, be quite feasible to broadcast regional events from regional transmitters on 301 and 302.
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MikeB : I tried a mock-up. TDA 1072 homebrew LW receiver with ferrite aerial tuned to 162kHz on the rear window feeding a micro FM transmitter. Works fine - except on a bend when the ferrite is momentarily in a null :-) Mark II will address this...
Netbod : I would settle for drop-out-free DAB coverage almost everywhere. Utopia is fine for musing, but their beancounters don't do that !
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Monday 7 July 2014 7:30PM
Brian, welcome as a yet-junior-but-highly-meritous member of the exalted club.
I shall raise a flute in your honour. We look forward to many years yet of what-they-didn't-want-us-to-know.