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"Next-Gen Features on the Horizon"

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PocketRadio

"Next-Gen Features on the Horizon"

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.6493.html

Struble still claims the same low-one-hundred-thousands of HD radios sold so far - this "fuzzy number", is an indication that HD radios are not selling. These numbers are periodically given to iBiquity by the HD radio manufacturers, but there is no mention of the actual number of HD radios sold by and returned to retailers - can we assume that iBiquity is counting the number of HD radios sold to retailers, but still may be sitting on store shelves ? Could this be the same kind of farce that Satellite Radio pulled by counting the number of radios sitting in unsold dealership lots ? And, the HD Radio Alliance's charter will expire at the end of this year and disbanding is one option.
 
PocketRadio said:
"Next-Gen Features on the Horizon"

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.6493.html

Struble still claims the same low-one-hundred-thousands of HD radios sold so far - this "fuzzy number", is an indication that HD radios are not selling. These numbers are periodically given to iBiquity by the HD radio manufacturers, but there is no mention of the actual number of HD radios sold by and returned to retailers - can we assume that iBiquity is counting the number of HD radios sold to retailers, but still may be sitting on store shelves ? Could this be the same kind of farce that Satellite Radio pulled by counting the number of radios sitting in unsold dealership lots ? And, the HD Radio Alliance's charter will expire at the end of this year and disbanding is one option.
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You'd better tell this to Sony. I'll bet they had no idea. They could use a good product development man like you to help make them a successful company here in the US.
 
R.F. Burns said:
PocketRadio said:
"Next-Gen Features on the Horizon"

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.6493.html

Struble still claims the same low-one-hundred-thousands of HD radios sold so far - this "fuzzy number", is an indication that HD radios are not selling. These numbers are periodically given to iBiquity by the HD radio manufacturers, but there is no mention of the actual number of HD radios sold by and returned to retailers - can we assume that iBiquity is counting the number of HD radios sold to retailers, but still may be sitting on store shelves ? Could this be the same kind of farce that Satellite Radio pulled by counting the number of radios sitting in unsold dealership lots ? And, the HD Radio Alliance's charter will expire at the end of this year and disbanding is one option.
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You'd better tell this to Sony. I'll bet they had no idea. They could use a good product development man like you to help make them a successful company here in the US.
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"A Step In The Right Direction"

"It is going to take a concerted effort to put those new receivers in the hands of a passionate audience. It is going to take targeted promotion to physically place someone within listening distance of an HD radio, and say, “See what you’ve been missing?” But there also has to be something there first to listen to." :D

http://ronharper.com/blog/?p=9

Maybe, I could tell Sony about this guy's suggestion ? :D
 
Quote: "It is going to take a concerted effort to put those new receivers in the hands of a passionate audience."

Not really. Radio lovers are buying these units every day.

Quote: "It is going to take targeted promotion to physically place someone within listening distance of an HD radio, and say, “See what you’ve been missing?” But there also has to be something there first to listen to."

Most of the country lives in major metro areas, so having physical access to HD stations is not a real issue. And, there is plenty to listen to, especially with stations doing multicast. For those who need to know what they're missing, they only need to visit HDradio.com and check out the list of over 2,000 available stations. 8)
 
scanman1 said:
Quote: "It is going to take a concerted effort to put those new receivers in the hands of a passionate audience."

Not really. Radio lovers are buying these units every day.

Quote: "It is going to take targeted promotion to physically place someone within listening distance of an HD radio, and say, “See what you’ve been missing?” But there also has to be something there first to listen to."

Most of the country lives in major metro areas, so having physical access to HD stations is not a real issue. And, there is plenty to listen to, especially with stations doing multicast. For those who need to know what they're missing, they only need to visit HDradio.com and check out the list of over 2,000 available stations. 8)
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That's the problem - it is mainly the radio-geeks buying HD radios. General consumers would have returned HD radios, after figuring out that mounting AM-loop and external FM-dipole antennas was not worth the trouble (and reception is still problematic). When Statsaholic was working, it showed an average of 200 million hits/day on apple.com, but only 5 million/day to zero/day for hdradio.com. Of course Googling for "HD Radio" shows hdradio.com as the first site hit, but very few are searching for "HD Radio":

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="hd+radio"
http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+...odcast&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=all&sort=0
 
PocketRadio said:
scanman1 said:
Quote: "It is going to take a concerted effort to put those new receivers in the hands of a passionate audience."

Not really. Radio lovers are buying these units every day.

Quote: "It is going to take targeted promotion to physically place someone within listening distance of an HD radio, and say, “See what you’ve been missing?” But there also has to be something there first to listen to."

Most of the country lives in major metro areas, so having physical access to HD stations is not a real issue. And, there is plenty to listen to, especially with stations doing multicast. For those who need to know what they're missing, they only need to visit HDradio.com and check out the list of over 2,000 available stations. 8)
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That's the problem - it is mainly the radio-geeks buying HD radios. General consumers would have returned HD radios, after figuring out that mounting AM-loop and external FM-dipole antennas was not worth the trouble (and reception is still problematic). When Statsaholic was working, it showed an average of 200 million hits/day on apple.com, but only 5 million/day to zero/day for hdradio.com. Of course Googling for "HD Radio" shows hdradio.com as the first site hit, but very few are searching for "HD Radio":

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="hd+radio"
http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+...odcast&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=all&sort=0
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"Of course Googling for "HD Radio" shows hdradio.com as the first site hit, but very few are searching for "HD Radio":
"

Nope, their listening to them, not searching for them. Y'know, you've gotten so many things wrong I'd swear you work for the weather bureau.
 
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