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iBiquity finally decides to certify HD radios !

And while we're on the subject of HD-Radios, here is yet another one that decodes C-Quam.

"An added treat showed up when I tuned to WJIB; this radio continues the trend of HD tuners decoding C-Quam AM Stereo. I wouldn't quite call it as good as HD, but it's not bad."

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0051/t.4735.html

Obviously not everyone in the industry considers C-Quam dead and, in fact, it makes a very good, cost effective, non-destructive alternative to HD-AM. As HD-R receivers grow in number so will the ability for listeners to receive C-Quam.

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C-Quam can sound fantastic. It has two limitations. The signal leaves the station VERY clean, but can become quickly screwed up by atmospheric conditions which randomly rotate phase relationships between the carrier and sidebands. The second is that no bass is broadcast below 50hz. THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN EASILY HEAR, and it's bothered me for more than 20 years. It wasn't even necessary! The reason for it has nothing to do with audio...it's about the pilot tone at 20hz. Today pilot tone cancellation could have been used in receivers, or filters could have been placed lower (say 40hz...below the lowest note on a bass guitar...and the lowest in most music) and made sharper.

As to the "finally" in the title of the thread, to my knowledge Zenith never certified FM Stereo radios, nor did Motorola certify AM Stereo radios. Ibiquity's move is to make sure radios meet a standard quality level...which is a step BEYOND what has been done before.
 
clouseau said:
PocketRadio said:
"iBiquity Digital approves HK group for radio testing"

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/4/12/ibiquity-digital-approves-hk-group-for-radio-testing/
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Right. Finally approves. We've had final approval of the entire system for about 3 weeks. The final rules haven't even gone into effect yet, but "Finally" approves.

Sorry we couldn't get this to you sooner.

The Geico Caveman.
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iBiquity should have been certifying HD radios from the start - why, should they have waited until HD/IBOC got approval from the FCC ? It is too late - too many reporters have written critical articles concerning HD radios, and no doubt, a large percentage of HD radios have been returned for lousy reception. Actually, if iBiquity had been doing this from the start, they would have figured out that HD/IBOC does not work as advertised.
 
HD/IBOC is only growing, slowly that is, in the number of HD Radio Alliance stations going HD - there are still only 1,200 out of 13,500 stations that have gone HD (and only 175 AMs). The number of HD radios produced is growing, but that matters little without consumer interest:

For the go-to site for further information about HD Radio:

http://www.statsaholic.com/hdradio.com

Consumer interest has been on a steady downhill trend for the past year.

Let's see, if the new announcement about the Radiosophy HD100 has generated significant interest, yet:

http://www.statsaholic.com/radiosophy.com

Nada !
 
PocketRadio said:
HD/IBOC is only growing, slowly that is, in the number of HD Radio Alliance stations going HD - there are still only 1,200 out of 13,500 stations that have gone HD (and only 175 AMs). The number of HD radios produced is growing, but that matters little without consumer interest:

For the go-to site for further information about HD Radio:

http://www.statsaholic.com/hdradio.com

Consumer interest has been on a steady downhill trend for the past year.

Let's see, if the new announcement about the Radiosophy HD100 has generated significant interest, yet:

http://www.statsaholic.com/radiosophy.com

Nada !
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How many stereo AM's were there at its peak? If IBOC were so vulnerable you wouldn't be spending so many houors coming up with these rediculous scenarios. By the way here's a clue, IBOC has only been out of its experimental stages for under a month.
 
PocketRadio said:
The HD Radio Alliance ad campaign has been going on for a year, costing $250,000,000, with little affect.
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The campaign has been going on for 9 months, and cost nothing. It´s value may be high, but it is only using unsold inventory on the HD Alliance stations. No cost.
 
DavidEduardo said:
PocketRadio said:
The HD Radio Alliance ad campaign has been going on for a year, costing $250,000,000, with little affect.
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The campaign has been going on for 9 months, and cost nothing. It´s value may be high, but it is only using unsold inventory on the HD Alliance stations. No cost.
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"HD Radio Launching $250 Million Ad Campaign"

"The HD Radio Alliance has said they will increase their advertising budget in 2007 to $250 Million. This is sure to add to the costs losses incurred for each HD radio sold (currently at $1,000 for every $300 radio sold)."

"Good luck, bro." :D

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/hd-radio-launching-250-million-ad-campaign.html
 
PocketRadio said:
DavidEduardo said:
PocketRadio said:
The HD Radio Alliance ad campaign has been going on for a year, costing $250,000,000, with little affect.
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The campaign has been going on for 9 months, and cost nothing. It´s value may be high, but it is only using unsold inventory on the HD Alliance stations. No cost.
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"HD Radio Launching $250 Million Ad Campaign"

"The HD Radio Alliance has said they will increase their advertising budget in 2007 to $250 Million. This is sure to add to the costs losses incurred for each HD radio sold (currently at $1,000 for every $300 radio sold)."

"Good luck, bro." :D

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/hd-radio-launching-250-million-ad-campaign.html
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I love the content of the satelite ads along with their poduct views... another is the suggestion by the others here that the same people are replying with comments again and again as the same people!

Sorry folks again, but HD is only in the minds of very few geeks.. namely the ones here... Still DavidEduardo believes the Tejano networks is selling thousands of thes HD radios in Dallas, Houston, etc... What a laugh... get real! If this were so, why is my post at "Hispanic Programming" and in the "Puerto Rico" board have gone unanswered by the same people you claim have bought these HD radios?

When you find one Hispanic that bought an HD radio, be sure to give them the link to this board....

Radiopilot
 
Actually, I've met a couple of people who have bought these radios just for the pupose of the Tejano Simulcast in Houston for KRTX. The station has also been advertising their HD simulcast since its started and I have also heard the station and it receives a lot of calls by people requesting information about HD and complimenting the clear sound of KRTX through KPTY
 
radiopilot said:
Sorry folks again, but HD is only in the minds of very few geeks.. namely the ones here... Still DavidEduardo believes the Tejano networks is selling thousands of thes HD radios in Dallas, Houston, etc... What a laugh... get real!
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We believe that the figure is well over 10,000. Our HD stations are the only source for tejano music in dallas, most of Houston, Austin, McAllen and El Paso...

If this were so, why is my post at "Hispanic Programming" and in the "Puerto Rico" board have gone unanswered by the same people you claim have bought these HD radios?
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Nobody in Puerto Rico would look for a US based, English language radio message board. Of nearly 130 stations in PR, only one is in English. The proof of this is that the message volume on both of those boards is nearly zero... despite there being more stations showing in the PR Arbitron than in any other rated market in the US.

There is, in fact, a local Spanish PR board but the only posters are radio insiders.... listeners almost never post.

When you find one Hispanic that bought an HD radio, be sure to give them the link to this board....
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Most of the Hispanic HD formats are in Spanish... and this board is about the last place Spanish dominant Hispanics would come; radio message boards are not common, popular or much used in Latin America.
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