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<<MODERATOR'S NOTE:  On Friday, November 17, RADIO-L posted a query
from Paul Ressel on DSR and its relationship to DAB.  Three replies
have been received.  To save repeating the original message three times
in order to give context, it is repeated once below, followed by the
three responses.>>

Paul Ressel wrote:

>I do own a DSR reciever, getting 16 channels in CD - quality, and I am
>quite content with this system.
>
>My question: Will the introduction of DAB mean that DSR is going to
>disappear sooner or later ?
>
>( I am living in Germany BTW.
>
>Paul Ressel

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Date: Fri Nov 17 08:17:43 1995
From: I.P.Beeby@bnr.co.uk (Ian Beeby)
Subject: Re: DAB versus DSR

Lucky chap - DSR isn't available here in England:-(

Good question.  I suspect that DAB will take off faster in countries
where there is no equivalent quality service already.  I note that the
trials here in England are mainly aimed at in-car users.

I should like to know if the DAB receivers will support a similar
digital output to DAB - or to CD or DAT.  The point being that I have a
DAC that works with CD/DAT/DSR(same as 1/2 speed DAT) formats but no
other ones and I don't want to fork out for a new DAC.

Cheers

Ian

--
Ian Beeby
BNR Europe Limited
Maidenhead
England

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Date: Fri Nov 17 15:29:14 199
From: ston0030@gold.tc.umn.edu ("Ronald Lee Stone")
Subject: reply to Paul Ressel

The following represents my own personal opinion and does
not necessarily reflect that of others.

--- begin personal opinion ---

Regarding the implications of DAB on the DSR you describe: as
long as your DSR provider is interested in providing this service
to consumers who wish to use it, I doubt that the service would
be interrupted.

Perhaps other questions may be more revealing . Will the DSR
provider want to provide DSR as it is now in five or ten years?
And will consumers wish to use DSR as it is now in five or
ten years?

--- end personal opinion ---

Until later,

Ron

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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 95 18:23 MEZ
From: holger@uranus (Holger Bruns)
Subject: Re: DAB versus DSR

As far as I know, the answer is: No. I contacted the German Telekom to
get more information about the future of DSR (Digital Satellite Radio).
They told me, that their contracts with the participating radio
stations must be new negotiated until the end of 1996. The German
Telekom tries to keep DSR alive, but the company plans not to offer
more than one DSR packet with 16 stereo channels.

Holger Bruns