On Oct 9, 1:02 am, wrote:
I choose FREE over-the-air broadcasts anytime. I refuse to pay for
radio the same as I refuse to pay for tv. Those who wish to throw
your money away on satellite radio or cable tv have that privilege. I
prefer to spend my money on other things.

It's nice to be able to have a portable radio you can carry from room
to room, or to the garage, or even in the back yard, not to mention
taking a radio with you to the park, or anywhere else you might go.
And it won't be long before the inexpensive portable HD radios start
showing up on the market.

It amazes me just how many crybabies there are on this forum. I think
it would be enough to just state your position and then LET IT GO.

"And it won't be long before the inexpensive portable HD radios start
showing up on the market."

That won't help the sagging HD Radio sales:

"HD Radio and the 'myth' of price"

"We, as an industry, should not assume that lowering the price of HD
radios will remove the primary obstacle to the technology's success.
Not until someone convinces us they know what those primary obstacles
are."

http://www.hear2.com/2006/05/hd_radio_and_th.html

Word has already gotten out about HD Radio and it isn't pretty:

"Is HD Radio Toast?"

"There are serious issues of coverage. Early adopters who bought HD
radios report serious drop-outs, poor coverage, and interference. The
engineers of Ibiquity may argue otherwise and defend the system, but
the industry has a serious PR problem with the very people we need to
get the word out on HD... In New York City, the #1 market in the
country, there are 25 stations broadcasting 42 HD channels. You'll
find CHR, AC, Classic Rock, Hip-Hop, News, Talk, and Sports. In other
words, everything you can find on the regular FM dial... The word has
already gotten out about HD Radio. People who have already bought an
HD Radio are telling others of their experience (mostly bad) and no
amount of marketing will reverse this."

http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=487772