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Does a US “HD” format radio work in Europe?
Heinz H asked:
2. Different way to ask the same question: is the HD format “universal”? Or, are we about to have another “VHS” vs “beta” situation, with the big time loser, the US consumer.
2. Different way to ask the same question: is the HD format “universal”? Or, are we about to have another “VHS” vs “beta” situation, with the big time loser, the US consumer.
3. What about the new Medium Wave (MW) and SW digital format in Europe? Will the FCC introduce ‘our very own’ ?
Please no second guessing. Meaningful Wiki (and similar) links welcome.
3 Responses on Does a US “HD” format radio work in Europe?
US HD radios hardly work in the US. The technology is very new, and not all that many broadcasters are using it yet. I have no idea what the Europeans are up to — sorry.
US and Europe have already differences.
For example, all radio stations in the US end in “odd” digits (ex. 95.7).
However, in Europe they use both odds and evens. So, there is the possibility that if you buy a digital radio from the US, it will not be able to lock to half the stations…
HD Radio was approved in the US by FCC it is based on technology by a single company (ibiquity). So since it is NOT an international standard, it may or may not be adopted by Europe,
Official web site:
However, according to this web site, Digital radio is already used in Europe.
Except for a test in Switzerland HD-Radio is “universal” only in the USA. The rest of the world seems to be going for DAB (digital audio broadcasting), even closeby Canada - as far as I figured out so far.
Seeing how reluctant the USA is accepting even international standards like the metric system I have some doubts that they will ever introduce “foreign technology”.
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