Do the Satellite Radio and HD Radio work in Germany?
08-13-2006, 12:52 PM
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also of interest from Wikipedia "it is important to note, that the "HD" in HD-Radio does not represent the same thing as the "HD" stands for in HDTV. For television the "HD" stands for "High Definition" but in the case of HD-Radio the "HD" actually stands for "Hybrid Digital" according to the developing company Ibiquity."
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08-13-2006, 01:07 PM
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As stated here HD radio has nothing to do with HDTV but is a digital radio broadcast service which is incompatable with DAB which is also a digital radio service.
Users of the world should unite in shooting the regulators who make incompatable international standards, NTSC, PAL & SECAM are examples of a madness that should have long since disapeared alas but no we now have two competing HD DVD formats from Sony & Tosihba the world never learns.
Users of the world should unite in shooting the regulators who make incompatable international standards, NTSC, PAL & SECAM are examples of a madness that should have long since disapeared alas but no we now have two competing HD DVD formats from Sony & Tosihba the world never learns.
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Originally Posted by Nova Invicta' post='322247' date='Aug 13 2006, 10:07 PM
NTSC, PAL & SECAM are examples of a madness that should have long since disapeared alas but no ...
So there is hope that standards unify over time.
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08-13-2006, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='322254' date='Aug 13 2006, 06:17 PM
Actually the TV colour encoding systems PAL and SECAM "merged" with the advent of DVD and now NTSC and PAL have "disappeared" with the advent of HDTV.
A more basic question for the HD Radio working in Germany... does regular FM in a US spec car even work in Germany? I thought the frequency spacing was different between the two. Or will the radio auto tune to the local frequency?
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='322263' date='Aug 14 2006, 12:48 AM
...does regular FM in a US spec car even work in Germany? I thought the frequency spacing was different between the two. Or will the radio auto tune to the local frequency?
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='322263' date='Aug 13 2006, 11:48 PM
Really? Here NTSC is turning into ATSC (aka Direct Broadcast HDTV). Is the EU also supporting ATSC? I thought it was only used in North America and a few Asian countries.
PAL, SECAM and "NTSC" are analogue broadcast TV colour encoding standards. ATSC is a series of (18) US digital broadcasting standards which *includes* HDTV.
This gives further information.
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08-14-2006, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='322263' date='Aug 14 2006, 06:48 AM
Really? Here NTSC is turning into ATSC (aka Direct Broadcast HDTV). Is the EU also supporting ATSC? I thought it was only used in North America and a few Asian countries.
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Originally Posted by laet' post='322081' date='Aug 13 2006, 01:32 PM
Does the Satellite Radio and HD Radio for the US specs, work in Germany?
What do they do?
I'm buying a US spec. e60 and I would like to know if I can use the Satellite Radio and HD Radio in Germany/Europe?
Anyone know the answer?
What do they do?
I'm buying a US spec. e60 and I would like to know if I can use the Satellite Radio and HD Radio in Germany/Europe?
Anyone know the answer?
I was about to order it, but you all saved the day
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