"D. Peter Maus" wrote in message
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On 1/13/12 13:48 , FarsWatch4 wrote:
IBOC is a technological travesty. It does not live up to its claims.

IBOC, HD...it will eventually end up with some form of digital
broadcasting.

Analog is not long for this world.


That may be true. But what we have, today, isn't the working solution.
It's the equivalent of hanging chrome on an AVEO and calling it a
Cadillac.

If you are saying we need more development and improvment for digital radio
to be a primary platform...I would agree. Let's hope it only gets better.

Right now...this is what we got.


HD radio, may be a technological solution in search of a problem.

Gee, was this is a "sound bite" that is oft repeated from HD WHiners.

The problem is...not enough choices on the (free) broadcast band to keep up
with what the populace is expecting these days.

HD IBOC is one solution.

It doesn't offer the improvement in audio promised.

It does. However, people are not buying it for "audio improvment".

And programming alternatives are merely repackages of the same content on
other stations.

This is not true. There has been great efforts not to simply duplicate
programming available on analog.

In the meantime, HD radio, IBOC is not the solution.

Ity's not THE solution...it's A solution.

Don't like it...don't use it.

Want to take advantage of it? Go ahead.

Just another choice.

And the public has shown its disinterest in creating a market for a
product that does not live up to the claims made for it.

The public has shown disinterest in ALL radio.....hard to get anyone
interested in antyhing to do with radio these days.

It's just some extra functionality added to the radio.

Which, again, hasn't lived up to the claims made for it.

Works fine for me. I have it on all day in my office.