RadioBanter - View Single Post - CLEARANCE SALE ON SONY HD RADIOS

Telamon · May 19th 08, 02:23 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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On May 18, 6:28*pm, Telamon
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*Rfburns wrote:
NEWS FLASH -- iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD *-- 3Getting
live or simulated demos in stores, however, has not been a significant
barrier to sales, iBiquitys Sapienza contended. The issue is 3No. 4 or
5 on the list of challenges, not No. 1 or 2, based on our success with
online retailers,2 he contended."

Really?SS.. Their challenge is to sell any radios.

iBiquity is in real denial. *I went to Best Buy on Saturday to get
something and took a trip by the radios as I usually do. *Three Sony
XDRS3HD's have been sitting the display shelf for MONTHS for $199.95.
At one point one of them was sold but was quickly returned a week
later. *On Saturday ALL THREE were marked down to $119.95 with a big
CLEARANCE tag on them.

Sorry iBiquity but this is not the sign of a product that is going
anywhere. *You can spin it all you want but HD Radio dead.

Would you invest in a company like this???

They need to come out with the 2nd generation radios that can also be
software upgradable. I would not buy what is currently offered.

Then, one would would have to buy another HD radio that includes
"conditional access", but that is the plan - same thing for
broadcasters, with hardware/software upgrades. Quite the money-maker
for that money-grubber Struble.

People just do not understand the consequences of this technology. I
predicted everything you see happening with HD now and I'm telling you
and the other readers of this news group that there are serious
drawbacks yet to come. This technology was thought up by pointy haired
bosses and bean counters that misunderstood this whole concept of
digital over the air. They do not understand that to have improved sound
quality and improved quality of service that you need more bandwidth.
News group retards like RHF think just raising the power will solve all
the problems through brute force but it won't. IBOC sucks big time.

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Telamon
Ventura, California