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Use of mobiles on radio programmes

  • 09-03-2015 4:53pm
    #1
    Sam Russell
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    I am fed up with radio programmes that think it is acceptable for people to be interviewed on radio using a barely audible/intelligible link using a crappy mobile signal. How can producers consider this acceptable?

    I understand if it is breaking news, but these poor connections are used for run of the mill interviews. Surely the minimum required is a good land-line connection but it should be normal for the interviews to be conducted from a studio.

    Mobile telephone quality is appalling under most conditions and is liable to suffer fading and echoes. Is this what we are reduced to?


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  • #2
    kn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭kn


    Landlines are becoming scarcer and scarcer.


  • #3
    cml387
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    I suspect the really dodgy ones are skype calls.


  • #4
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,322 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    kn wrote: »
    Landlines are becoming scarcer and scarcer.

    It is the acceptance by producers of poor quality audio over expediency. I find the audio quality of mobiles unacceptable for any but the unavoidable use. Radio stations should also.

    I cannot believe there are fewer land lines - it is just there are more mobiles.


  • #5
    L1011
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    cml387 wrote: »
    I suspect the really dodgy ones are skype calls.

    Skype is usually far higher quality, you can even get something that works similar to a standard telephone hybrid using Skype.

    There are far fewer landlines these days, as well as next to no payphones. If you want a call from someone at home or on the road the chances of it being mobile are hugely increased.

    I'm hoping that when 4G voice (VoLTE) comes in properly that either the landline networks support the protocol (which would allow landline-grade calls) or VoLTE hybrids become available as the call quality on it is near FM quality


  • #6
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,322 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    The broadcasters and producers should be pushing for this, and try to get interviewees to use the highest grade open to them. Many times I suspect it is the lazy option that is taken by all involved.


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    L1011 wrote: »
    Skype is usually far higher quality, you can even get something that works similar to a standard telephone hybrid using Skype.

    There are far fewer landlines these days, as well as next to no payphones. If you want a call from someone at home or on the road the chances of it being mobile are hugely increased.

    I'm hoping that when 4G voice (VoLTE) comes in properly that either the landline networks support the protocol (which would allow landline-grade calls) or VoLTE hybrids become available as the call quality on it is near FM quality

    Off topic, but Vodafone Ireland support what they call "HD voice" on their 3G network; basically the G.722 codec. It works if both handsets support it. I was on Vodafone for a short while last year when testing their 4G service and I took a call from a person I know. I had an iPhone 5S and he had a Nokia Lumia of some sort. The sound quality was quite surreal for a phone, it took a bit of getting used to!


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