On 07/01/2012 00:12, HDRadioFarce wrote:
"The Biggest CES Flops of All Time"

"2003 -- HD Radio: Dubbed the "next great thing" in free broadcast
radio, HD radio offered digital CD-quality sound but poor marketing
and manufacturing costs meant this would always remain a pipe dream
for the masses."

CD-Quality sound. That sounds like the same nonsense we had with DAB
advertising.

Surely it is technically impossible for HD radio to provide CD quality
sound. (DAB could technically provide near CD quality sound, but here in
the UK, no DAB transmissions actually provide it, and most are way way
below CD quality).

Richard E.