"How to get HD Radio in cars"

[PocketRadio]

"How to get HD Radio in cars"

"3. Offer the automakers a share of HD Radio revenue in combination with 1 or 2 above."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/how_to_get_hd_r.html#comments

Sorry to say, with no consumer demand, there will never be revenue from HD Radio, for option #3.

 

[Mike Walker]

Just as you've had to do so many times when new radios were introduced (about 50 so far) and stations (growing every day), you'll have to eat these words as well when more manufacturers JOIN THOSE ALREADY OFFERING HD RADIO!

Know why God invented tomorrow? To keep everything from happening at once

 

[PocketRadio]

Just as you've had to do so many times when new radios were introduced (about 50 so far) and stations (growing every day), you'll have to eat these words as well when more manufacturers JOIN THOSE ALREADY OFFERING HD RADIO!

Know why God invented tomorrow? To keep everything from happening at once

All of that means little, with zero consumer interest:

http://www.statsaholic.com/hdradio.com
http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+radio",+"internet+radio",+xm,+sirius,+podcast

 

[PhilJSmith67]

Look how long it took car companies to include a freakin' CD PLAYER as standard equipment in cars... When I bought a Chrysler back in 1989 (car CD players had already been on the market for two years) the stock CD player was unavailable. They put me on a waiting list. When the unit became available it was $1500. GM was still putting in cassette players in some of their cars as standard equipment in 2002. Even so, the Compact Disc appears to have been a successful technology.

Just look how long it has taken for these car makers to start putting a little audio input jack somewhere on the dash. Long before iPods, people were forced to use cassette adapters and fm modulators to play personal CD players in the car. The demand was there, and the carmakers were still slow to respond.

 

[arnoldevns]

Hate to say, but I read this week the major auto makers stated they had no interest in HD Radio because it would cost too much money and there's no consumer demand for it.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199202063

 

[PhilJSmith67]

Some car makers are already committed to offering HD Radio receivers, according to the article. According to the article...

Ford: Not available for comment
GM: Not rushing to commit; waiting for devices to catch on
Chrysler: Reassessing in six months
Hyundai: Tentatively on board
BMW: Tentatively on board
Jaguar: Tentatively on board

If we're truly talking about the largest auto makers, we would have to include the new #1 which is Toyota. There are supposedly 11 car manufacturer agreements, some of which could not be disclosed (Toyota perhaps?). That not exactly "no interest." General Motors and Ford are both in a major financial slump. I wouldn't expect too much fringe spending from either company. GM also has a major vested interest in satellite radio. Daimler is entertaining the possibility of divesting the entire Chrysler division; it's not a good time to commit to contracts.

Isn't this article is already linked in another post?