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Digital radios
There are a few cases of newer technology that is not as good as older technology. I need to mention digital radio.
Like everyone I was made to go out and buy replacement digital radios when they cut off the old broadcasting system. They said they would be better. I was supplied with a digital radio in my most recent car. They are worse than the ones they replaced, as well as being dearer. Nor was it environmentally friendly to have to ditch all the older radios which still worked fine all the time there was a signal for them to pick up.
There are places where my car radio now cuts out in the middle of busy areas because reception is poor. I used to get uninterrupted reception in these locations on the old system. The home radio needs to be switched on two to three times before it will work. It does not give you instant reception with a simple turn on/off button as the old radio did.
There is one room in the house where I cannot get good reception, and can only get some signal by balancing the radio high on a bookcase and adjusting the way it is pointing from time to time. When leaving the garage the car radio repeats itself.
In another room reception varies depending on where a person is in relation to the radio.
Whilst most modern technology is so much better than last century, digital radio is temperamental, poor quality and frustrating to the listener.
Source: http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2017/03/21/digital-radios/
