HD Digital Radio Alliance crash-burns, but won't admit it

[KB1OKL]

Looks like this person questions the newest Alliance strategy of trying to cram the er.. change the perception of their products differently in consumers minds, he seems to think good old AM and FM is great the way it is now, imagine that?:

"For better or worse, AM/FM works pretty well, it's cheap, pervasive and now that there are so, so many different alternatives for listening to music (for example, I have an 80GB iPod plugged into my car stereo so I have an enormous music library on the road and far more flexibility - and sound quality - than any on-air alternative) it doesn't need to be supplanted."

more at:

http://www.intuitive.com/blog/hd_digital_radio_alliance_crashburns_but_wont_admit_it.html

 

[scanman1]

I'll just add that analog audio on a good tuner sounds better than most of the HD audio counterparts and is a lot easier to receive.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Looks like this person questions the newest Alliance strategy of trying to cram the er.. change the perception of their products differently in consumers minds, he seems to think good old AM and FM is great the way it is now, imagine that?:

"For better or worse, AM/FM works pretty well, it's cheap, pervasive and now that there are so, so many different alternatives for listening to music (for example, I have an 80GB iPod plugged into my car stereo so I have an enormous music library on the road and far more flexibility - and sound quality - than any on-air alternative) it doesn't need to be supplanted."

more at:

http://www.intuitive.com/blog/hd_digital_radio_alliance_crashburns_but_wont_admit_it.html

"The metaphor that comes to mind is that it's like the rats organizing and having a rally as the ship they're on slowly swirls through the whirlpool and into the briny depths."



HD Radio= Titanic 2000 of new products?

Consumers have realized HD radio has hit an acceptance, and laws of physics iceberg, is dead in the water and sinking.

That's what broadcasters get when they've convinced themselves that their new digital HD Radio ship is unsinkable and foolishly steam the "SS HD Radio" full speed ahead at night. Reality has a habit of catching up with you.