HD-2 Channels I'd like to see come on...

[jras20]

San Antonio or Austin:
Comedy
Classic Country
50's
Dance
New Alternitive

 

[captex]

in austin, classic country, oldies and a better classic rock station.

 

[jras20]

in austin, classic country, oldies and a better classic rock station.

Rockin country sounds good on kvet.

 

[captex]

thanks, i try it out.

 

[RyanFromTexas]

San Antonio or Austin:
Comedy
Classic Country
50's
Dance
New Alternitive

Say jras20, why don't you just get XM and call it finished?

Ryan

 

[jras20]

Why pay for something when I can get it for free?

 

[beaun]

Nice answer!!!! ;D

Besides the sound quality of XM and Sirius is terrible!

 

[captex]

jras, i finally got me a hd radio sound quality is good that only stations i can get is kvet-2, kase-2, kpez-2, bob-2 and kfmk-2 hd channels. hopefully there will be more hd stations on air by next month. thanks

 

[sdh483]

Why pay for something when I can get it for free?

kinda like saying why should I buy grocheries when I can eat free samples. Terestrial radio is like free samples, it doesn't offer the whole shebang of your local grochery store, just a small rectangular cutout of an entree. If you want more, you must buy it. Therefore, I would rather pay for something that will offer me more music and variety than to listen to free crap on the radio(i'm starting to tolerate commercials on The Virus 202 because humans, not computers, need breaks). Then again, jras20, you live in an area where you can pick up stations from many cities, plus you have the equipment to do so. I'm a poor college student who can afford 16 dollars a month for XM subscription service, not hundreds of dollars worth of radio equipment.Plus, in the area I live in, most stations get wiped out, especailly on analog tuners, because of a pirate on 101.5.

 

[Kent]

Then again, jras20, you live in an area where you can pick up stations from many cities, plus you have the equipment to do so. I'm a poor college student who can afford 16 dollars a month for XM subscription service, not hundreds of dollars worth of radio equipment.

Math check: $16/mo for one year = $192. Total expenditure at $192/yr during 4 years of college = $768. Sounds like you're already spending hundreds of dollars on radio equipment!

 

[jras20]

Why pay for something when I can get it for free?

kinda like saying why should I buy grocheries when I can eat free samples. Terestrial radio is like free samples, it doesn't offer the whole shebang of your local grochery store, just a small rectangular cutout of an entree. If you want more, you must buy it. Therefore, I would rather pay for something that will offer me more music and variety than to listen to free crap on the radio(i'm starting to tolerate commercials on The Virus 202 because humans, not computers, need breaks). Then again, jras20, you live in an area where you can pick up stations from many cities, plus you have the equipment to do so. I'm a poor college student who can afford 16 dollars a month for XM subscription service, not hundreds of dollars worth of radio equipment.Plus, in the area I live in, most stations get wiped out, especailly on analog tuners, because of a pirate on 101.5.

Its not to costly equipment to have though, and if you think about it, its only a one time payment, not all the time like on SR.

 

[ElCheapo]

And HD Radio's offerings will become more diverse as the rollout continues. Eventually, there will be a satellite radio-like format diversity free for the taking in every major US city.

Will every single format offered by satrad be offered? I doubt it - but realistically, they shouldn't be offering dozens of the formats they're offering now either. They've stretched the limitations of their bandwidth way too thin and are having to compress each channel way more than is feasible.

The only thing I can tolerate on XM is the talk channels. The music channels have no high end and have a very harsh, highly compressed sound. Of course, the talk channels do too but that doesn't bother me as badly.

 

[jras20]

And HD Radio's offerings will become more diverse as the rollout continues. Eventually, there will be a satellite radio-like format diversity free for the taking in every major US city.

Will every single format offered by satrad be offered? I doubt it - but realistically, they shouldn't be offering dozens of the formats they're offering now either. They've stretched the limitations of their bandwidth way too thin and are having to compress each channel way more than is feasible.

The only thing I can tolerate on XM is the talk channels. The music channels have no high end and have a very harsh, highly compressed sound. Of course, the talk channels do too but that doesn't bother me as badly.

Will the Satellite radio-like format be at a decent price? That would be great to have in my area. HD Radio does pretty good, but Satellite would probably be better.

 

[mmnassour]

The only thing I can tolerate on XM is the talk channels. The music channels have no high end and have a very harsh, highly compressed sound. Of course, the talk channels do too but that doesn't bother me as badly.

Amen to that. When SatRad sounds better than AM skip on a cold winter night, I'll give them another look. As it is, the additional compression that XM instituted this past March pretty much killed it for me. And Sirius...? It is to laugh............ :

Personally, I'd kill for 1) and indie dance channel and 2) BBC news 24/7. Of course, we're close to #2 with KUT right now......

 

[TheRover]

Blues Based Hard Rock and Progressive Rock....... But --WITHOUT-- the commercial/pop rock sounds of Green Day, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Billy Squier, etc . . . . !