Is the component tuner dead?

I just bought a used Sangean HDT-1x off "a certain auction site" and am happy with it. But I am disappointed to find through my obsessive-compulsive web searching that this may or may not still be in production (anyone know?) and it doesn't look like there's anything else on the market save for Day-Sequerra and other products that are out of my price range. I didn't find these forums until after I'd purchased otherwise I certainly would have asked first.

I guess the questions are, am I correct in that it's becoming more difficult if not impossible to find a new HD radio tuner. Is anyone aware if there's any movement towards developing HD radio products for home use? It seems that it is quite a shame that the main promise of HD seems to be improved sound quality and yet actual receivers seem to be almost exclusively mobile applications and/or integrated into only a few midrange and high-end receivers.

I've had a head unit w/ HD Radio in my pickup truck for several years and I quite like it. HD Radio wasn't the main reason that I selected that particular head unit but the fact that it was there and other units that I was considering didn't have it did influence my decision. Since living with it for a while I do like it - but then again I am a NPR junkie and NPR seems to be one of the biggest proponents of the technology.

thanks for any information and comments!

Wow, I didn't realize that I was going to stir up such a discussion... you guys seem more qualified than I to offer a technical opinion, for sure, but anyway, I am jumping back in to say that I still don't regret buying the tuner because apparently my local NPR station plays some BBC news programming on channel 3 and also at night rebroadcasts WXPN from Philadelphia which, honestly, is miles better than any local music station. So there's two things right there that I can't get over an antenna, and there's nothing even on XM comparable to WXPN. (am actually considering dropping my subscription, as the XM tuner in my truck has died, and I find that I don't use it in my company car as much as I used to. But it does keep me sane on road trips through radio "dead zones...")

at least from my perspective, there's no need for that... I actually was interested in the discussion, because all that I have at my disposal are the glossy color brochures and my ears...

Now you've got me curious as to what his higher quality audio, HD broadcast or a typical radio station's online stream I've been thinking that the HTPC might become a necessity at some point in the not too distant future...