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Astra Digital Radio

Digital Radio over satellite, compatible with analog television transmissions. Alternatively the normal TV subcarriers can be modulated by a MPEG-1 Layer-2 48 kHz 192 kbps signal. Quality is better than analog carriers and only needs half the bandwidth (analog stereo = 2 carrier, digital stereo = 1 carrier). Quality is limited and the data rate can't be increased.

Last updated: 2001-12-13

Nearby terms:

asterisk ♦ asterix ♦ Astra Digital Radio ♦ Astral ♦ AST Research, Inc.

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