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Originally Posted by NowhereMan 1966
I'm surprised no one has made a radio that picks up digital TV audio like we had when we had radios that had AM/FM and channels 2 thru 13.
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It might not be feasible to build digital-TV sound radios. Digital signals cannot be manually tuned with a knob as on the analog radios, and most stations have more than one channel, so you would need some kind of LCD display on the radio for channel setup. The tuner for TV sound would be no simpler or cheaper than one in a TV. At that point, it is just more sensible to go ahead and build a whole TV set. There are a number of portable digital TV sets available now for less than US$100 with 4-to-7 inch screens. None have AM or FM tuners, though.