"Pioneer Says No Thanks To HD Radio"

"Pioneer has thrown their opinion into the ring regarding the
proposed
merger between Sirius and XM. While not taking an official position
on
the merger, Pioneer did express concerns over an Ibiquity proposal
that would call for inclusion of HD radio chipsets into all SDARS
receivers. Pioneer raised several concerns about the limits that an
idea such as Ibiqity’s would have, and further stated that it should
be a free marketplace that determines the success or failure of HD
radio, and not government regulation. Interestingly, Pioneer made no
mention of the open access condition proposed by some consumer groups
as well as U.S. Electronics."

http://siriusbuzz.com/pioneer-says-n...o-hd-radio.php

What! And, this is from an HD Radio manufacturer! Maybe, they are
****ed because they got burned by HD Radio.

On May 29, 12:55*pm, gallant17 wrote:
"Pioneer Says No Thanks To HD Radio"

"Pioneer has thrown their opinion into the ring regarding the
proposed
merger between Sirius and XM. While not taking an official position
on
the merger, Pioneer did express concerns over an Ibiquity proposal
that would call for inclusion of HD radio chipsets into all SDARS
receivers. Pioneer raised several concerns about the limits that an
idea such as Ibiqity’s would have, and further stated that it should
be a free marketplace that determines the success or failure of HD
radio, and not government regulation. Interestingly, Pioneer made no
mention of the open access condition proposed by some consumer groups
as well as U.S. Electronics."

http://siriusbuzz.com/pioneer-says-n...o-hd-radio.php

What! And, this is from an HD Radio manufacturer! Maybe, they are
****ed because they got burned by HD Radio.

"Pioneer meets with FCC, faces off with iBiquity"

"Indeed, they had a bone to pick with iBiquity, the government
sanctioned monopoly purveyor of HD Radio technology. The iBiquity
conditions would limit the breadth of radio product offerings to
consumers, limit which radio component suppliers' products be designed
into radios, have the effect of decreasing AM/FM tuning performance,
unnecessarily increase costs to consumers uninterested in HD Radio and
interfere with the useful and healthy free market mechanisms extant in
radio electronics purchases, writes Pioneer."

http://www.orbitcast.com/

Yup, they are ****ed!