"SFTV_troy" wrote in message
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Was there a downside to upgrading from Cassettes to CDs? No. Was
there a downside to upgrading from analog VHS to digital DVDs? No.
Was there a downside to upgrading from analog radio to Digital
satellite radio? No. (I could go on-and-on with other examples like
digital MP3s and Ipods and Internet radio and.....)


No downside? Ever hear of replacement costs? Ever hear of unavailability of
product? Ever hear of CHOICE?

Those that think there is no downside to "upgrading" technology do not take
a myriad of factors into account, some small (like the DX hobby), some
larger (orphaning millions of listeners that don't live inside city grade
contours of broadcast stations, and lose their ability to receive stations
that they were previously easily able to receive) to larger still (the
obsoleting of literally hundred of millions (possibly even billions) of
currently useful devices (analog TV's (especially portables), analog radios,
turntables, cassette decks, ad inf.). And has anyone considered the long
term ecological repercussions of having to dispose of all these millions of
now useless devices? "Progress" don't come for free. Sometimes it costs more
than people are willing to pay.

Digital radio is an answer to a problem that doesn't exist, and is/will
create(ing) more problems than it solves.

You mention digital satellite radio. That's fine, and I wouldn't mind giving
it a try.. but hey, satellite radio doesn't affect my ability to listen to
any of hundreds or more terrestrial analog stations whenever I choose. IBOC
terrestrial radios DOES! If you want to listen to digital radio, then get
yourself an XM or Sirius radio and listen to your heart's content.... just
don't expect the millions of people in the US alone that IBOC is negatively
affecting to just roll over and play dead.