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Portable AM/FM with HD Sangean DT-600 HD

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Radio World reported in October,Sangean plans to release the DT-800 HD, which would be the first portable to support both AM- and FM-band HD Radio reception.

The article failed to mention the price, but I'm sure this will be on store shelves for $99.00. I won't be rushing out to buy this radio, because you can buy a much better radio for the same money without HD!

http://www.rwonline.com/article/96188
 
I'd get this for half the price...I like my Sangean HDT-1. Seems too much for just a radio and nothing else. If it had recording capabilities for $100, then I'd get it.
 
Looks likes an Ipod. I wonder if it records and it performs better than the Insignia portable, then a price of $99 might be worth it.
 
The DT-800 HD also looks suspiciously (exactly) like the mock-up of the DT-600 HD, leading me to believe that they don't even know what it will look like yet. The DT-800 supposedly has a whip antenna while the DT-600 uses your headphone cord as the antenna. It's very unlikely that they would look alike.

The portability of such a unit, if it actually performs well, could make it worth the price for a geek like me to play with. I don't see too many takers - aside from radio geeks - for this model at this price though. Not in the general public at least.

We'll have to wait and see on this one.
 
JohnnyElectron said:
If this baby decodes CQuam AM stereo in addition to Analog & HD AM, and has decent variable bandwidth, then I'm onboard!
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Geez, why not wish for a green eye 6J5 tuning meter too, while we're wishing for things that'll never happen?
 
Tom Wells said:
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Geez, why not wish for a green eye 6J5 tuning meter too, while we're wishing for things that'll never happen?
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Aren't those neat?? ;) My Grundig-Majestic 1088 table radio has one. And its AM section rocks, unlike the crap produced today. The FM side, of course, is numb.
 
I have a console RCA 811K with a great new 6G5 tuning eye tube. It's not really portable though and it definitely doesn't receive HD but it does pick up a lot of hisssssssss these past few years.
 
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