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HD Radio on the Offense

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HD Radio on the Offense

"But after an investigation of HD Radio units, the stations playing HD, and the company that owns the technology; and some interviews with the wonks in DC, it looks like HD Radio is a high-level corporate scam, a huge carny shill... Joel will assure you that Circuit City merely needs a new antenna on its roof to pick up this digital signal, but somehow your regular car antenna will manage to pick up all 37 stations just fine."

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-radio-on-the-offense

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This kind of publicity is not real great for HD Radio - this is the first article that I have seen, with such flaming remarks, by a newspaper. WOW !
 
If it's any comfort, I've seen newspapers fairly recently parroting the high end audiophile mantra that "LP sounds better than cd". We see how that turned out ;)
 
Wow, sounds like David Downs has been reading this board. He hit most of the legitimate objections and fumbles connected with HD Radio.

"Do not tune in until your unit comes standard on that used Honda Civic you buy in 2015." Obviously a referrence to the botched roll out that boosters say is 'on track.'

"Problem is, when you hit "seek" on the JVC unit, the HD tuner cycles and cycles as if we're in the wilds of Idaho. Very impressive."; referring to the reception/penetration problems of HD-R.

"They seem to be underfunded, unoriginal dumps of existing content... Big whoop." Apparently, the reporter is not too impressed with the content on the 'stations between stations' in his area.

But he saves the best for last by referring to the conglomerates who have invested in this technology as 'land barons' and that HD-R is little more than an FCC giveaway with no governmental oversight on how these streams are to be utilized.

Of course, Mr. Downs didn't get into the issue of how HD-R causes interference to adjacent stations but he does mention how the current scheme set up by iBiquity squeezes out the mom and pop stations that want to broadcast digitally.

All in all, a very good summation on the current landscape of HD Radio. I'm going to print it out and re-read it. Thanks for sharing.

db
 
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