Re: [Swprograms] Satellite v/s digital

[Lee Reynolds <kd1sq@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting article written by a guy that either has a hidden agenda as regards
digital modulation schemes (or is a terminal technophile, pure and simple) or
he simply Does Not Get It (tm).

I've been a Sirius subscriber for quite a few years now.

I didn't choose it because it's digitally encoded and decoded.

I didn't choose it because it offers a (claimed) near-CD audio quality.

I chose it because it offers programming that I find enjoyable and interesting
and it is almost advertising-free. And I tend to listen, mostly, to half a
dozen of the 100+ plus channels that Sirius is always going on about. The
signal to crap ratio for those half dozen is far higher than on most
conventional stations.

If it was broadcast in analog from a first generation communications satellite
and had a 3500Hz audio bandwidth per channel I'd *still* pay for it because of
the programming.

That journalist badly misunderstood McLuhan - in this case it's the message, not
the medium, that's important.

Digital crap smells just as bad as analog crap. Giving it a wider bandwidth to
stink in still won't make people like it. Look at IBOC...

Lee

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