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Tezcatlipoca · 30-07-2009, 22:31

[OK, so this is a radio ad, not a TV ad...]

Little bump due to a DAB advert on "Absolute Radio" (prev. Virgin) irritating me.

It goes on about how IIRC "e.g. you wouldn't still dial the operator to make a phone call" & makes other comparisons to technological progression & the 21st Century, says analogue radio is outdated & hard to tune, & tries to sell the virtues of DAB... "more stations", "easy tuning", and... "digital quality sound".

Erm..."digital quality sound"? What, using a standard designed in the 80s, which uses the rather outdated MP2 audio codec?

Give me FM!

Oh, & the other adverts are all bloody awful too...

30-07-2009, 22:31	#96
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: What are your best and worse TV ads? [OK, so this is a radio ad, not a TV ad...] Little bump due to a DAB advert on "Absolute Radio" (prev. Virgin) irritating me. It goes on about how IIRC "e.g. you wouldn't still dial the operator to make a phone call" & makes other comparisons to technological progression & the 21st Century, says analogue radio is outdated & hard to tune, & tries to sell the virtues of DAB... "more stations", "easy tuning", and... "digital quality sound". Erm..."digital quality sound"? What, using a standard designed in the 80s, which uses the rather outdated MP2 audio codec? Give me FM! Oh, & the other adverts are all bloody awful too...