[Scan-DC] Digital tv/radio

[Jeff Krauss]

It's not necessarily true that it's not economically feasible.  What 
are you willing to pay?

For $100 you can buy a portable digital TV receiver, which has a 
display and video frame memory.  Next year it will be cheaper.

What you need is the decoder chip set including audio AC-3 decoder 
plus speakers, but not the display and video memory.  You can buy the 
decoder chip set in a USB package that uses your computer's display 
and speakers for $50-60.  See for example
http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0286538

Is there a demand for an audio-only product?


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>Message: 9
>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:05:47 EST
>From: Rirri at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Digital tv/radio
>To: cathy at drzyzgula.org, j333_76484 at earthlink.net,
>         scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
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>In a message dated 2/3/09 15:53:31 Eastern Standard Time,
>cathy at drzyzgula.org writes:
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>For a  friend of mine, I'm wondering if anyone knows of a source for a
>radio that gets TV sound, and will work after the digital  conversion.  I
>know there are small portable TVs available with  sound and picture, but
>can't find one with just sound. Less money  would be better.
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>So far, there is no such product.  To get the sound, the unit would  have to
>decode the entire digital signal including the picture.  That's not
>economically feasible, yet.
>
>Rich
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