"A Browne" wrote in message
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Actually, people didn't care much about FM stereo, either. FM stereo
didn't
reach mass market appeal until it was almost a give-away with the radio.

That's what will happen with HD. Until it starts being included in the
next radio people will purchase, or in the next car they buy.

That $50 licensing fee for each chipset will keep a lot of people from EVER
buying an IBOC receiver. The average radio sells for less than $50 now. And
only the most rabid of the early adopters will be willing to add $50 to the
cost of a radio.