LG Innotek in the HD game now

[Radioman100]

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A company with $68 BILLION in annual revenues and over 82,000 employees is now getting into HD Radio.

Gee. It really makes you wonder why a company like LG would get involved with a defective, destructive, DOA technology like HD Radio. ;D

Every day it becomes more and more apparent that the future is software defined radios that include HD Radio capability.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Software defined radios have been around longer then HD radio, can be programmed to work with almost any signal, FMeXtra, AMAX, and can even be bi-directional full duplex WiFi/WiMax. Other then HD radio's invasion of adjacent channels, being inferior, problematic, short range, unnecessary, interfering, and obsolete, what else is it about HD radio that you find so appealing?

Oh, yes. It's tightly controlled by the HD cartel. I almost forgot.

 

[LinoNYC]

Software defined radios have been around longer then HD radio, can be programmed to work with almost any signal, FMeXtra, AMAX, and can even be bi-directional full duplex WiFi/WiMax. Other then HD radio's invasion of adjacent channels, being inferior, problematic, short range, unnecessary, interfering, and obsolete, what else is it about HD radio that you find so appealing?

Oh, yes. It's tightly controlled by the HD cartel. I almost forgot.

He has a little library of these, he just cuts-and-pastes them. Saves time.

Lino

 

[clouseau]

Software defined radios have been around longer then HD radio, can be programmed to work with almost any signal, FMeXtra, AMAX, and can even be bi-directional full duplex WiFi/WiMax. Other then HD radio's invasion of adjacent channels, being inferior, problematic, short range, unnecessary, interfering, and obsolete, what else is it about HD radio that you find so appealing?

Oh, yes. It's tightly controlled by the HD cartel. I almost forgot.

I like HD radio because it is free and I can hear it in my car without a subscription or recurring cost. I bought the radio and now I can listen to jazz - totally free on my way to work. Without HD radio this would not be possible in my location.

Any other questions?

Clouseau

 

[JohnnyElectron]

I'm just wondering what coding/software is in the LG chipset - is it the better new and improved chipset used by Sangean HDT-1X or the defective feature-less used by Directed Electronics?

IF LG has the former, I would be excited about the prospect; the latter, and I'd be extremely disappointed.

 

[Radioman100]

I'm just wondering what coding/software is in the LG chipset - is it the better new and improved chipset used by Sangean HDT-1X or the defective feature-less used by Directed Electronics?

IF LG has the former, I would be excited about the prospect; the latter, and I'd be extremely disappointed.

LG makes a lot of nice products. I suspect the offerings from them and Samsung will both be well designed.

Oh yeah, that reminds me. Samsung is in the HD Radio game now too, and they're about TWICE the size of LG. Revenues of $142 BILLION and 229,000 employees! What could these huge high-tech conglomerates be thinking? Don't they read this board? HD Radio is DOOMED I tell ya! DOOMED! ;D

 

[Chuck]

If you've looked at the inside of a Sangean HDT-1, you'll note that the front end module says "LG" right on it. The next piece of really significant hardware downstream from LG tuner module seems to be a DSP chip with a TI logo on it.

Both companies are in the business of making components and assemblies for the OEM market. Since LG is also in the consumer electronics market, offering finished products that use their OEM components is not exactly earth shattering news. If that is what you did for a living, you'd probably do it too.