[Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: New Accessible HD Radios

[Baracco, Andrew W]

There have been attempts to produce portable devices that can receive
digital TV. In fact, there was a blind guy that produced and marketed a
tabletop digital TV receiver. The problem is the way that digital TV
signals are transmitted, and the way that they prophigate. Digital TV
signals are transmitted at a power level that is much lower than the old
analog signals. This is one of the reasons why the switch occurred.
Also, the wave length is much shorter, thus the signal has poor ability
to penetrate any kind of structure. They may work well whemn you are
outside, but you will likely lose signal when you come indoors. I have
tried several units and they just do not work well at all when indoors,
and when you use the provided indoor antenna. In order to receive these
signals in a comfortable manner, you would need to erect an outdoor
antenna that would be high enough so that the signal would not be
blocked or altered by surrounding structures. Thus they would be a poor
solution for an apartment dweller. Your best solution would be a smart
phone, as there are several smart phone apps that make it possible to
watch TV on your phone.

Andy


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Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 5:38 AM
To: Andrews, David B (DEED); Discussion of accessible electronics and
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Electronics-talk] New Accessible HD Radios


Could you provide more details about this alleged Ibiquity HD radio?  HD
radio has been a colossal flop on the marketplace, so it is hard to
believe that anyone would be interested in producing one that is blind
friendly. 
The Narrator HD radio, originally marketed by Best Buy didn't even last
on the market six months. Instead of wasting its time developing a blind
-friendly HD radio, perhaps Ibiquity should try to develop a personal
portable radio that can tune digital TV channels, which would be much
more useful to blind consumers(and sighted users, also, for that matter)
than HD radio. Such radios were promised five years ago when digital TV
replaced analog TV broadcasting, but so far, no one has produced one.

Gerald


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