[BC] "Nearly 9 out of 10 people" comment on HD

[Dan Dickey]

Actually I think the DTV system looks more like an expanded band than a 
layered approach.  Analog TV doesn't have the decimal point in their 
existing channel lineup like FM does.  Therefore when they added the .N to 
the channel numbers (e.g. 8.1) it appeared to the consumer as if there were 
more channels than before.  There is no confusion between the analog channel 
(CH) and the digital one even for the simulcast stream which is usually 
CH.1.  The extra channels are CH.2, CH.3 and so on.  If radio has an 
expanded band approach for multicasting that should seem logical to most 
people familiar with DTV's channel numbering system.

The challenge is how to make the FM radio channel designation look like the 
band is expanded.  Personally I don't see the logic in making the extra 
audio streams seem like they are coming from a completely different station 
(100.7 and 120.7).  However, there may be marketing reasons why some would 
want to do this.  If we were to go with a DTV like system it might be 100.7 
then 100.71, 100.72 and so on.  But this is probably too fine a distinction 
for many listeners.  I suspect the correct answers are not as straighforward 
as many would like.

Best regards,
Dan Dickey

P.S. Sorry about the previous blank response.  My computer just sent it 
without warning.

> They had better stick with the format HD-TV uses (HD-1, HD-2 is fine)
> because HD-TV is here, people are getting the hang of it and I am not sure
> IBOC is, at least where I live IBOC is nonexistent for over 150 air miles.