> > Dude...you must have stock in Ibiquity...you didn't answer
>
> > my questions at all. The Viagra not working??
>
> I'm not sure how to anwer your rant and I don't have stock
> in Ibiquity.
My Rant was in response to your blind acceptance to HD radio.
> > Multicasting and HD are NOT FREE...The radios (vaporware
> for
> > the most part) are expensive
>
> Like all good things, give it time.
You think its good...I do not.
> > and replacing something that is not broken...only the
> quality of the ?
> > programming is broken...
>
> I have no problems with my local programming.
Good for you...there are many out there who do have a problem with it.
>
> > You don't get it. Let's say I wanted to get a nice
> > HD Tuner (not a boom box version)...From what I've seen
> they
> > are going to cost me at least $500...
>
> Sure I do, my HD tuner will never cost me another cent.
But it will still be delivering the same boring programming that's out there now. I can listen to the same stuff and not have to shell out any more $$ by using my current analog tuner. Also from what I've heard there may be some some sort of encryption on some of the multi casting channels and in order to hear it guess what?? You'll have to pay a fee!! I'll find the link about this (it was talking about NPR stations)
>
>
> > So if I buy an XM or Sirius rig it will cost me say $200
> (maybe less from
> > what I've seen) and the subscription is around $10 a
> month..so it
> > will still take over two years for me to hit the cost of
> an
> > HD radio....In the meantime I'm listening to what I WANT
> TO
> > HEAR.
>
>
> Do you actually have one?
>
Do I actually have an HD radio or a Sat Radio??? Right now I have neither but have been able to listen to many of the streams on XM thru a friends radio and I love it. Some of the specialty programming is wonderful. I plan on buing the new Grundig/Eton E1 XM radio shortly.
> > You didn't read my post or comprehend its meaning at
> > all...Read the part about the analogy between Cable TV and
>
> > Sat Radio...People will pay for quality
> programming....Earth
> > bound radio is in trouble (especially on the MW side of
> > things) because the programming isn't holding peoples
> > interest.
>
> Its kinda like cable for your car, sooon to be flooded with
> infomercials.
Where have you heard this...please post a link? I doubt it. And if that is the case then I will make a decision as to the economics of keeping Sat Radio vs the content.
> I had XM and found that I only listenned to one or two
> channels. Most of the music channels repeat themselves like
> clockwork, play very obscure crap, sound like crap due to
> lossy compression, and drop out under a bridge or tree.
> Plus I cant DX satellite radio from other planets.
>
> I cancelled it.
>
YMMV....I know many people who no longer listen to FM or MW.....
> > Your statement "If I wanted to listen to that station
> > clearly I'd live there" is a dumb as they get....So what's
> next if the
> > government tells me I can't read out of town newspapers
> I'll
> > have to move to that town too??
>
> I was just saying that cuz I guess I don't understand why
> someone would want to listen to a distant station talking
> about distant events, distant news, distant traffic, and
> distant weather.
This statement is even more off the wall than some of your earlier ones....In the paragraph above you talk about DXng...well that's why you want to listen to distant stations..duhhh! I listen to distant stations for two reasons...One is to DX but even more importantly to me I listen to them to broaden my view of the world ..to find out about other people and places and not be subject to the views and thoughts of people from just my local area. There is a wonderful to feel to many stations outside of our market (but I will admit there are just as many bad ones too). If dxng went away I would still seek out listening to distant stations via either the web or thru Sat radio.
Also if you are a dxer do you belong to any dxng clubs? I don't think so since I belong to many and have not seen any posts such as yours praising the virues of HD Radio.
> What if you won a prize from one of those stations, now you
> gotta drive very far to get your prize.
No...wait this statement is even dumber than the last one you made. You have to be kidding.
> > How old are you anyway...your replies sound like something
> a
> > teenager would come up...
>
> Old enought to know better..
What is that supposed to mean....from the previous couple of statements you made I doubt you are older than 18.
> > I may get censured for some of my rant but Dude come up
> with
> > something of substance other than "It Sounds Great"....All
> I
> > can think of is Rush Limbaugh or Al Franken and think
> ...WHO
> > CARES IF THEY SOUND BETTER.
>
> Unlike satellite (where talk stations sound like dial up
> internet streams) Rush and other talkers soung great!
> >
LOL...You just don't get it....ok let's put it this way (something someone of your age and mindset can get a grip on)....If I heard a fart over analog why on earth would I want to listen to it in HD.
Now please go back to your mother's basement...its time for the Cartoons.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">
Edited by Keith-MA on 08/27/05 02:58 PM.</FONT></P>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by jlehmann on 08/26/05 02:22 AM.</FONT></P>