On Mar 11, 8:14*am, IBOCcrock wrote:
"HD Radio"

Until now, portable HD Radio receivers have been unavailable because
the chipsets needed by this technology required too much power to be
practical for a battery-operated device. However, in January 2008 at
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas iBiquity unveiled a
prototype of a new iPod-sized portable receiver. It is based on a new
chipset developed by Samsung. Although portable, it is still a
relatively power-hungry device (it will run on an average set of
alkaline batteries in about two hours, according to an iBiquity
engineer). But Samsung engineers at CES say a second-generation
chipset due in 2009 will be about 40 percent more power efficient and
then a third-generation chipset due about a year later will use even
less energy. According to iBiquity, Sony and others have expressed an
interest in using the first-generation chipset and that the first
portable HD Radios could be on the retail market in the USA as early
as Christmas 2008."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio

Let me get this straight, Eduardo - the current "new" Samsung chipset
has a battery life of only 2 hours, and the next-gen chip, due out in
2009, will be 40% more efficient - that leaves about 3 hours of
battery life. DAB radios in the UK (DAB now defunct) have a bettery
life of 10 to 16 hours. Let's see - my little Sony ICF-S10MK2 analog
pocket-radio, will probably go 200+ hours on two "AA" batteries. Lots-
of-luck!

IBOCcrock,

In reality the 'portable' HD-Radio will be part of the Third Wave
of HD-Radio deployment and adoption.

The First Wave - Presently there are first and second
generation HD-Radios for the Home; and these Home
HD-Radios do not have Power as an identifiable issue :
Because they run-off of the House's AC Power {Mains}
as their Source of Energy.

The Really All Important "The Second Wave" will be the
BIG ADVANCEMENT toward the Earily Adoption of
HD-Radio : Will come in the placement of HD-Radios
in Cars and Trucks. Again like in the Home the Power
Source is not and identifiable issue with HD-Radio in
the Automobile; since the HD-Radio runs-off the Car's
self-charging 12 Volt DC Systems.

NOTE - A Rental Car with and HD-Radio in it Exposes 50
or more Radio Listeners to HD-Radio each year. Allow
them to Experience HD-Radio for themselves.

IMHO - The History of HD-Radio will follow the path of
FM Radio becoming 'intergrated' over time into the now
"Ubiquitous" AM/FM Radio.

Sometime In-the-Future and That-Time-Will-Come !
When the FCC Issues Rules and Regulations that
Mandates that All New Radios will be fully Digital
"All Mode" AM/FM/DS Radios
-aka- All Digital IBOC "HD" AM/FM Radio with Direct
Satellite (DS) Plug-and-Play.
Once that FCC Requirement happens Digital Radio
Broadcasting will be "The Standard" in the USA within
Five Years after it's implementation.

Hello Everyone - You don't have to Like -or- Dislike {Hate}
IBOC HD-Radio to understand that Corporate Media :
Want$ It and Back$ It : So the F¢¢ and U$ ¢ongre$$
will $upport It ! -ps- That's Just Politi¢$

idtars ~ RHF