So MANY HD Radio manufacturers!

[SUPERCASTER]

I have done some google searching, and cannot find any HD converters for car radios.
Anyone have info on availability of these?
I'm not interested in audio-output types, only RF-modulated types...
I've seen reference to converters, but none for purchase anywhere.
How long will we be waiting?

What good is converting HD digital (quality?) through a cheap analog FM converter, into an analog FM radio?
Isn't that defeating the whole reason for HD radio's existence?
HD Radio, digitally jams more stations then the new streams, from the same old stations, it claims to provide. Now with FM quality (at best) show me any benefit to HD.

 

[700WLW]

Radio Shack is a marketing company. They have carried other name brands at times over the years, and often carried items sold under other brand names with their own in-house names. Then, too, they also have exclusive products.
These are built under contract by the same manufacture facilities others contract with.
They do not have their "own facilities".

Radio Shack was "outsourcing" before the the word "outsourcing...." was invented..

I Thank God for Radio Shack..... in 1972 I was able to buy an underdash FM Cassette Player for around $120, when about the only other FM Cassette option for me to buy for my car was a SANYO model for $300! I say it again, Thank God for Radio Shack ! !

Radio Shack just sells cheap Chinese-made receivers, now - not since, the excellent DX-440 has there been one quality SW receiver. RS is now concentrating on cell phones, TVs, iPods, and Satellite Radio. Shopping at RS is always a miserable experience - there is always one dufus, who knows absolutely nothing, and one unscrupulous jerk, who tries to sell products that aren't need, or the most expensive versions:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec....t&q=radio+shack&rnum=5&hl=en#0c751276af8c8821

How many people, go to Circuit City and Best Buy, versus Radio Shack, now ?

 

[Mike Walker]

The Yacht Boy 400 was a poorly made receiver? The DX398 (their version of Sangean's 909)was a poorly made radio? The Eton E5 is a poorly made radio?

Hmmm. I haven't owned a DX440 in years. I gave it away because of the poor audio quality, and lack of bass extension on FM. But I seem to recall that it said "Made in China" on the back. And it was sourced from the same Sangean that you claim makes nothing but junk...despite the fact that severl radios in Sangean's line have been there for TWENTY YEARS!

Radio Shack is in almost every small town in America. The ones around here are frequently packed with customers. I visit a Radio Shack on average of once a week...have since I was a teenager in the 70s. It's an addiction. Without Radio Shack, many of us who grew up in small towns wouldn't have had access to thinks like shortwave radios and component audio systems. They bring things to small towns that just wouldn't be available otherwise (online doesn't count! You can't try it first! You can't TOUCH IT FIRST!)

 

[vsa]

My Radio Shack DX-440 says it was made in Taiwan. I still use it regularly. Great radio.

 

[700WLW]

The Yacht Boy 400 was a poorly made receiver? The DX398 (their version of Sangean's 909)was a poorly made radio? The Eton E5 is a poorly made radio?

Hmmm. I haven't owned a DX440 in years. I gave it away because of the poor audio quality, and lack of bass extension on FM. But I seem to recall that it said "Made in China" on the back. And it was sourced from the same Sangean that you claim makes nothing but junk...despite the fact that severl radios in Sangean's line have been there for TWENTY YEARS!

Radio Shack is in almost every small town in America. The ones around here are frequently packed with customers. I visit a Radio Shack on average of once a week...have since I was a teenager in the 70s. It's an addiction. Without Radio Shack, many of us who grew up in small towns wouldn't have had access to thinks like shortwave radios and component audio systems. They bring things to small towns that just wouldn't be available otherwise (online doesn't count! You can't try it first! You can't TOUCH IT FIRST!)

The last two decent SW receivers made, were the RS DX-440 (Sangen ATS803A), and the Sony ICF-SW2010 - since then, SW receivers are just cheap plastic throw-aways.

 

[TheRover]

Shopping at RS is always a miserable experience - there is always one dufus, who knows absolutely nothing, and one unscrupulous jerk, who tries to sell products that aren't need, or the most expensive versions:

How many people, go to Circuit City and Best Buy, versus Radio Shack, now ?

Oh, I know you're right about dufuses and jerks working at RS's. More often than not..... But, I still like to shop there for what they have in the store. It's.... a religious experience, a pilgrimige 700WLW. ;D

I will say, that, Best Buy AND Circuit City both have dufuses and jerks working in their Music and DVD Departments! An eceptional salesclerk, once and a while.... but most visits to Circuit City or Best Buy -- BEWARE !!!

 

[700WLW]

The Yacht Boy 400 was a poorly made receiver? The DX398 (their version of Sangean's 909)was a poorly made radio? The Eton E5 is a poorly made radio?

Hmmm. I haven't owned a DX440 in years. I gave it away because of the poor audio quality, and lack of bass extension on FM. But I seem to recall that it said "Made in China" on the back. And it was sourced from the same Sangean that you claim makes nothing but junk...despite the fact that severl radios in Sangean's line have been there for TWENTY YEARS!

Radio Shack is in almost every small town in America. The ones around here are frequently packed with customers. I visit a Radio Shack on average of once a week...have since I was a teenager in the 70s. It's an addiction. Without Radio Shack, many of us who grew up in small towns wouldn't have had access to thinks like shortwave radios and component audio systems. They bring things to small towns that just wouldn't be available otherwise (online doesn't count! You can't try it first! You can't TOUCH IT FIRST!)

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/10/30/daily38.html
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RadioShack&defid=432538

Great choice for the big HD Radio Rollout - RS will be out-of-business, in a few years !

 

[TheRover]

Great choice for the big HD Radio Rollout - RS will be out-of-business, in a few years !

Ahhhhh -- But it was Nice while it lasted ! ! ! ;D