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

[Poppa Bear]

It seems like you have some experience with these kind of setups, but not
this particular product, so I may be careful about shooting down the
technology across the board with any blanket statements. Some blind people
do not care to be tied to their phone for every form of entertainment and
something like this may be a viable solution for some. I'm not trying to be
a thorn in the side on this, just attempting to make that one point. 
Take care and I do think your experience is something to take into serious
consideration. 

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Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:05 AM
To: Gerald Levy; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: New Accessible HD Radios

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
appliances
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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