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HD Radio at Circuit City

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RCbridge

Discussion Starter · Oct 6, 2006

CC has started advertising for HD radio, it looks like they only carry the table top model, hopefully this will start to spread and we will see more products soon!!

I want a stand alone tuner for my home stereo!!

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SayNoToIBOC

· #2 · Oct 6, 2006

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Originally Posted by RCbridge
CC has started advertising for HD radio, it looks like they only carry the table top model, hopefully this will start to spread and we will see more products soon!!

I want a stand alone tuner for my home stereo!!

Big deal - CC just came out with their new digital music store, which won't include HD Radio. I tried the Receptor HD at CC and it could only pick up a couple of FM stations, and it sounded worse than the analog AM/FM boom-boxes that were booming away on many FM stations. Just like Radio Shack, the salesmen are apathetic about HD Radio - the Receptor at CC wasn't even plugged in ! Satellite Radio, iPods, cell phone streaming, Wireless Internet (the new 3G wireless broadband network is up and running and WiMax is not far behind), Internet Radio, iRadio, etc. will kill HD Radio, and this is backed by the Bridge Ratings. Due to the power supply requirements of the IBOC codec, portable HD Radio is years away, and that will definately help kill HD Radio. The Receptor HD is ranked between 2,000 and 13,000 on Amazon - look at all the negative reviews that have been posted !

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scowl

· #3 · Oct 6, 2006

As of this week, Portland now has nine HD-2 stations and stations are finally starting to advertise them. It will really be interesting when our CBS/Infinity stations go HD.

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hphase

· #4 · Oct 10, 2006

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Big deal - CC just came out with their new digital music store, which won't include HD Radio. I tried the Receptor HD at CC and it could only pick up a couple of FM stations, and it sounded worse than the analog AM/FM boom-boxes that were booming away on many FM stations. Just like Radio Shack, the salesmen are apathetic about HD Radio - the Receptor at CC wasn't even plugged in ! Satellite Radio, iPods, cell phone streaming, Wireless Internet (the new 3G wireless broadband network is up and running and WiMax is not far behind), Internet Radio, iRadio, etc. will kill HD Radio, and this is backed by the Bridge Ratings. Due to the power supply requirements of the IBOC codec, portable HD Radio is years away, and that will definately help kill HD Radio. The Receptor HD is ranked between 2,000 and 13,000 on Amazon - look at all the negative reviews that have been posted !

Well, at least your screen name will let everyone know how to consider the source of any "data" you offer here.

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scowl

· #5 · Oct 10, 2006

SayNoToIBOC (or someone who happened to have that exact screen name) was on a one-man mission to destroy HD Radio with his bare hands on the Radio-Info.com board by putting "doubt in people's minds". I say if there's a better system that doesn't require a wire to the Internet, let me know when I can put it on my desk and listen to it.

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Carnivore

· #6 · Oct 11, 2006

Please don't feed the trolls.

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Mike Walker

· #7 · Oct 12, 2006

I agree with Scowl that "if there's a better system, let us know". But I would remind him that the internet no longer requires a "wire". And wireless connectivity (and internet radio, which gets little publicity, but actually has far more listeners than the two satellite systems combined) DOES present real competition to HD Radio.

I'm not bashing HD. I think the technology will succeed. But let's get real...a "wire"? Don't you know Scowl that "the internet is a series of tubes...."

(THANK YOU TED STEVENS! No go take a drive on your "bridge to nowhere")

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Bob Smith

· #8 · Oct 12, 2006

I think the Internet is the last hope for a high quality medium. I'd easily do a pay as you go deal with any internet service that provided Red Book quality audio.

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scowl

· #9 · Oct 12, 2006

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I agree with Scowl that "if there's a better system, let us know". But I would remind him that the internet no longer requires a "wire".

The Internet speeds I get on my cell phone are slower than dialup, and that thing cost more than my Recepter radio. I know there are other forms of wireless Internet on the way real soon but we're talking a subscription service and overhead for individual connections since it won't be a free broadcast service and I can't imagine it would involve such things as live DJs.

There's lot of potential for high-end wired music right now that doesn't seem to be happening. The music channels on my cable system are 128kbps MP3. They sound OK now, but if they doubled the bitrate or switched to AAC, my God they would sound fantastic. Internet radio services like Live365 don't seem to be interested in pushing high quality broadcasting even though a large percentage of people have broadband connections now.

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Bob Smith

· #10 · Oct 12, 2006

You're right. I have heard of a high quality download service that allows you to download uncompressed CDs, but can't recall if it was available yet or not. It just seems that quality doesn't matter any more, so I'm probably just dreaming such a service could come about.

Still, I hope there's enough interest in high quality sound to have at least a couple of preminum services available. The lack of mobile operation is the show stopper of course, but I'm not one that really believes quality in a car means much, that could be provided by a standard 128 Kb link.

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