Teodoro Lamond: That sort of thing was common with analog TV because it was very easy to include the TV audio frequencies with any radio that had the FM broadcast band. Analog TV audio is also FM, so the additional parts in a set were minimal.Not so with digital. You'd need a complete ATSC tuner, and you'd also need the same quality of antenna that's required to receive video. Analog television audio was receivable with a simple whip antenna on a portable radio, but you need the full digital bitstream, with good signal strength, to capture digital TV audio.For those reasons, manufacturers haven't rushed to market digital TV audio radios. The production costs would be far too high and the demand for the product would be low....Show more
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