On Feb 29, 11:06 pm, Rfburns wrote:
HD Radio Sales Restated

By Glenn Fleishman

"Industry analyst says HD Radio sales were far lower than previously
stated and projected: Mark Ramsay of hear2.0 and Mercury Radio
Research writes in a blog post a few days ago that while iBiquity
claimed 200,000 digital AM/FM equipped radios were sold in 2006 and 1m
to 1.5m would be sold in 2007, the actual numbers were far lower:
40,000 in 2006 and 330,000 in 2007. The 2008 estimate is now
500,000."

"I'm not hearing any good news about HD Radio at the moment, despite
more companies selling products, and the whole iPod integration into
very specific system setups."

Just in case you might have missed the iBiquity Digital Corportation
spin on HD Radio sales. Good luck J.R.

jw

No offense, but Glenn Fleishman is generally an IBOC-shill. I've had
run-ins with that asshole, too. If one were to believe 330,000, then
one is a fool - can't count "trade" purchases, returns, and
promotional giveaways to broadcasters and used car dealerships:

"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"

"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers
were sold last year. This is a 725 per cent increase from the 40,000
sets purchased a year earlier and therefore 2007 was a 'breakthrough
year' for the technology. In 2008 they will sell a million of the
things."

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...s-attempt-fast

"DEAD AIR: Radio's great leap forward stalling in the Valley"

"Retailers say no one is buying HD radios in South Texas despite
scattered attempts by broadcasters to promote the digital signal
technology..."

http://www.themonitor.com/news/radio...gital_new.html

"HD Radio Has Yet To Take Off"

"But the technology hasn't taken off as expected. NBC 5 could not find
one person who owns a hi-def radio and neither could KISS FM's program
director. I don't know anybody that has one yet, Davis said."

http://www.nbc5i.com/technology/14878368/detail.html

"High-def radio is here, but is anyone listening?"

"But 19 Utah stations are broadcasting 31 high-definition radio
channels with six more coming soon... It seems the stations are
investing in technology the public isn't quite ready to embrace....
Some have heard it referred to but never had cause to get one. Unless
you are a gadget person, few of these radios have sold."

http://www.sltrib.com/technology/ci_7852904

"HD's here. Who's listening?"

"But consumers haven't exactly been stampeding to electronics stores
for the new HD Radio sets that are required to tune in the digital
signals."

http://www.twincities.com/business/c...=1#recent_comm

"Don't touch that dial: Digital radio lags behind"

"Digital radio -- now synonymous with the HD Radio brand name --
apparently has yet to catch on with listeners in this area..."

http://tinyurl.com/2gdmca