[Electronics-talk] DH radios and digitral TV audio

[Gerald Levy]

At this time, there ain't no such animal.  Nobody has yet figured out a way 
to build a small, portable radio receiver that can also receive the sound 
portion of digital TV broadcasts.  Digital TV transmission has some very 
serious limitations that the lame-brains at the FCC neglected to take into 
account when they rammed this new standard down the throats of American 
consumers two years ago.  Of course, the special needs of blind consumers 
were never taken into account, so today, if you want to listen to TV 
broadcasts, you usually have to sign up for cable or satellite service 
because in many locations, it is impossible to get decent over-the-air 
reception with an antenna.  And therein lies the biggest problem with 
digital TV recettion.  Unlike analog TV signals, which remain fairly 
constant as you move around, digital TV signals fade in and out even with 
slight movement of the antenna, so until someone figures out a way to 
overcome this reception hurdle, you will not see portable radios with 
built-in TV sound like in the good old days. For about $60 or $70, you can 
buy a small 7 inch portable LCD digital TV, but these units have not 
received favorable reviews because of their lousy reception.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:50 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] DH radios and digitral TV audio


> Hi list this sounds like something for the accessible electronics list
> Huh?  Ken here with a question.  I know they stopped making the audio
> receivers with the braille dials for complete radio and TV band reception 
> years  ago
> Huh?  I was just wondering.  with the new networks on the  secondary
> channels of digital TV channels, does anyone know if there is an HD  radio 
> on the
> market that can also hear TV audio the way we used to have radios  that 
> got
> TV band?  for example, is there a radio that can hear the fourth  channel 
> of
> WPIX TV in NY so that a blind person who may not have cable or who  has
> DirectTV or dish network can hear the audio part of let's say adam-12 
> every
> day?  Yeah it's back on TV on the Antenna TV network from tribune
> broadcasting.  I would guess the radio in question would have to be an HD 
> radio Huh?
> thanks, Ken.
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