On Mar 7, 9:06 am, Bob Miller wrote:
On 6 Mar 2007 08:51:15 -0800, "Radiola" wrote:

On Mar 6, 8:24 am, Bob Miller wrote:
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

bob
k5qwg

Here's a question. Why would anyone in their right mind spend over
two hundred dollars for a small table radio who's sound quality is
marginal at best? On another note how can you appreciate the quality
of HD radio with such an inadequate reproduction system? The Boston
Acoustics radio is not bad, I've heard worse, but still it's so
limited. This makes as much sense as receiving HDTV programming on a
1980's Sanyo television. It loses something in the translation, so to
speak.

It makes more sense if it has an output you could plug into a nice
stereo system -- a simple HD tuner would be a nice deal, if there's
enough local programming to justify it. It would also have to compete
with the stations at the low end of the FM band where all kinds of
alternative, jazz and classical music is available relatively
commercial free. I wouldn't welcome five minute commercial breaks on
HD programming.

bob
k5qwg

Absolutely. The smaller speaker all in one sets just don't cut it and
do justice to HD's new technology and potential. I did some shopping
around for the full up receivers for home stereo use. Around 1k
bucks. Uhh, not yet. FM radio is not worth that much, at least not
yet.