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[wkbam1690]

A story in today's Minneapolis Tribune about KSJN's new IBOC service:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1557/5469279.html

It's interesting to note the Best Buy spokesman's statement about digital receivers, "We probably won't have them for another year, if ever."

 

[SML]

> It's interesting to note the Best Buy spokesman's statement
> about digital receivers, "We probably won't have them for
> another year, if ever."

Of course you can get IBOC car radios through Crutchfield. If the consumer demand shows promise, Best Buy wil have to carry them. But that is not a great response, for sure.
At least this is better than the reaction I got when AM stereo was introduced. The sales guy at my local auto stereo shop told me that there was no such thing as AM stereo. And no matter what I tried to tell him, he would not believe me.

 

[jcolletta275]

> > It's interesting to note the Best Buy spokesman's
> statement
> > about digital receivers, "We probably won't have them for
> > another year, if ever."
>
> Of course you can get IBOC car radios through Crutchfield.
> If the consumer demand shows promise, Best Buy wil have to
> carry them. But that is not a great response, for sure.
> At least this is better than the reaction I got when AM
> stereo was introduced. The sales guy at my local auto stereo
> shop told me that there was no such thing as AM stereo. And
> no matter what I tried to tell him, he would not believe me.

Yes, but at least automakers were installing some AM Stereo recievers in their new models at the time the technology was trying to make it's debut. I haven't seen any new cars featuring IBOC receivers at all.<P ID="signature">______________
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