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Old June 5th 06, 10:26 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Frank Dresser
 
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Default With-Respect-To : IBOC AM Radio -vice- AM Radio DXing


"Tom Holden" wrote in message
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"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"RHF" wrote:

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As part of the DX Radio Community 'we' may not like IBOC
{High Definition} "HD" AM Radio Broadcasting and the


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HD, as applied to radio, does not mean High Definition. HD is

ibiquity's
meaningless marketing term.

Here are three places you won't see much of the term "High Definition".

http://ibiquity.com/

http://www.hdradio.com/index.php

http://www.hdradioalliance.com/index.php

Frank Dresser


How about "High Density"? Seems to describe the way digital radio sounds

on
a conventional AM detector and the way complainants characterise the
interference. Some might also say it characterises the way a digital
receiver sounds - certainly not CD quality.

Tom



That reminds me that ibiquity's stylized "HD" symbol looks like a recycled
version of the cryptic CH symbol found on the once- common high density 1.44
Mb floppy disks. I'd think a company as aware of marketing as ibiquity
would have been more sensitive to the image of a short digital lifecycle.

Frank Dresser