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![]() "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . com... iBiquity is well financed, and radio has invested over $200 million just in hardware already. It will never catch on. There are about 200 million car radios out there who can't rx the digital signal and you would be hard pressed to find 1000 people who would toss their car radios just to be able to get the IB signal. Just like Siruis and XM this to is destined for the scrap heap in a Year's or 2's time at best. First, less than a third of radio listening is done in the car. Second, new cars are sold every year, and there are aftermarket radios and add-ons that will eventually contribute to the penetration of HD, especially since the HD2 channels are free and can only be had with an HD radio. |
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![]() "David Eduardo" wrote in message .com... "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . com... iBiquity is well financed, and radio has invested over $200 million just in hardware already. It will never catch on. There are about 200 million car radios out there who can't rx the digital signal and you would be hard pressed to find 1000 people who would toss their car radios just to be able to get the IB signal. Just like Siruis and XM this to is destined for the scrap heap in a Year's or 2's time at best. First, less than a third of radio listening is done in the car. Second, new cars are sold every year, and there are aftermarket radios and add-ons that will eventually contribute to the penetration of HD, especially since the HD2 channels are free and can only be had with an HD radio. .....sure! (keep dreaming) The HD upgrade for my Subaru at the dealer was $800. How many people do you know would put down that kind of cabbage to get a radio upgrade - apart from dumbass ham radio operators of course..? |
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![]() "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message .com... "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . com... iBiquity is well financed, and radio has invested over $200 million just in hardware already. It will never catch on. There are about 200 million car radios out there who can't rx the digital signal and you would be hard pressed to find 1000 people who would toss their car radios just to be able to get the IB signal. Just like Siruis and XM this to is destined for the scrap heap in a Year's or 2's time at best. First, less than a third of radio listening is done in the car. Second, new cars are sold every year, and there are aftermarket radios and add-ons that will eventually contribute to the penetration of HD, especially since the HD2 channels are free and can only be had with an HD radio. ....sure! (keep dreaming) The HD upgrade for my Subaru at the dealer was $800. How many people do you know would put down that kind of cabbage to get a radio upgrade - apart from dumbass ham radio operators of course..? I am surprised they offered it. The real rollout of HD is just starting today! Of course, the XM for my car was offered at more than that, plus $150 a year. |
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![]() David Frackelton Gleason, posing as 'Eduardo' nearly crapped his panties when he wrote: "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message .com... "Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . com... iBiquity is well financed, and radio has invested over $200 million just in hardware already. It will never catch on. There are about 200 million car radios out there who can't rx the digital signal and you would be hard pressed to find 1000 people who would toss their car radios just to be able to get the IB signal. Just like Siruis and XM this to is destined for the scrap heap in a Year's or 2's time at best. First, less than a third of radio listening is done in the car. Second, new cars are sold every year, and there are aftermarket radios and add-ons that will eventually contribute to the penetration of HD, especially since the HD2 channels are free and can only be had with an HD radio. ....sure! (keep dreaming) The HD upgrade for my Subaru at the dealer was $800. How many people do you know would put down that kind of cabbage to get a radio upgrade - apart from dumbass ham radio operators of course..? I am surprised they offered it. The real rollout of HD is just starting today! You sound so excited, oh shilling one! |
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I get at least sixty nine XM music channels with my DirecTV.I never
asked for them,but they are there. cuhulin |
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I was at the Wal Mart store this afternoon.The cheap old AM/FM radio I
bought at a K Mart store about seventeen years ago,it quit working a few years ago.I looked at the auto radios in the store,I saw a price tag thingy on the shelf for a radio priced at about $27.00 but that radio wasen't on the shelf or I would have bought it.Radio listening when I am driving makes me nervous anyway,so I am not in any hurry. I bought a dress thingy for $2.85 at the Goodwill store this afternoon too.I dont know what it's called,it is sort of like a dress but the lower part is made sort of like pants legs and it has a zipper from the waist on up.Of course I tried it on in the store before I bought it to make it fits me ok,it looks cute on me. cuhulin |
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David Eduardo wrote:
"Gridleakkbe3" wrote in message groups.com... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . com... iBiquity is well financed, and radio has invested over $200 million just in hardware already. It will never catch on. There are about 200 million car radios out there who can't rx the digital signal and you would be hard pressed to find 1000 people who would toss their car radios just to be able to get the IB signal. Just like Siruis and XM this to is destined for the scrap heap in a Year's or 2's time at best. First, less than a third of radio listening is done in the car. Second, new cars are sold every year, and there are aftermarket radios and add-ons that will eventually contribute to the penetration of HD, especially since the HD2 channels are free and can only be had with an HD radio. My dad and step mom just bought a new Honda Element with XM radio. They weren't interested in IBOC, and the dealer couldn't talk them into it. If a car salesman can't sell something. it says a lot. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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