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This is whats' next, USB-powered HD Radio product designed to add HD
Radio technology to a PC, a portable navigation device or any device featuring a USB port.” So why would I spend $60.00 to hear radio on my PC when the whole world is at my fingertips, including free music catalogs. The HD shills claim HD broadcasters have made available special jukebox programming only available on radio, but sooooooooo what? And I know radio is more than just music, but so far HD stations are just that, HD jukeboxes. I’d sooner spend $87.00 for a 32GB Flash drive. “The market (listeners) is demanding portable HD receivers?” that’s spin and hype! Manufactures maybe, but they have yet to sell any radios of any significance and the number is well over 60 different models that are currently available. Sony Walkman with Digital Tuning is $37.99 on Amazon. And used $17.99. When I can walk into Wal-Mart and find HD radio’s in this same price range I might buy one. I’m not spending $80.00 for a frigging clock radio simply because it’s HD enabled when $10.99 does the same dam thing, and sounds pretty good too! Joe the plumber and Joe six pack isn’t going to spend $80.00 for a clock radio either. It’s a pipe dream! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. I suspect as the global economies tank, more people feel the same way too! Despite the Hype from the Radio Alliance, 2008 will be another depressing year for HD radio sales. Struble says “people actually call when HD transmitters go off the air.” Meaning people are listening. The real issue is dead air! I suspect nobody is paying attention to Jukebox Bob, because Bob is stuffed in closet someplace. And anybody else who is left in radio is multitasking to the max, keeping AM/FM running. Stations are cutting talent, again, and blowing out their promotional departments too! Stations can baily manage what they have now. I did a search on Wal-Mart. I typed walkman radio and I found 738 pages of Ipods, Zunes XM plugin gadgets, radio flyers and everything else. Then I types portable radios, I found 27 pages, of zunes, ipods, XM plugin gadgets, cb’s and everything else. What does that tell you! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. HD radio, obsolete out of the box. |
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On Oct 17, 6:23 pm, Pocket-Radio wrote:
This is whats' next, USB-powered HD Radio product designed to add HD Radio technology to a PC, a portable navigation device or any device featuring a USB port.” So why would I spend $60.00 to hear radio on my PC when the whole world is at my fingertips, including free music catalogs. The HD shills claim HD broadcasters have made available special jukebox programming only available on radio, but sooooooooo what? And I know radio is more than just music, but so far HD stations are just that, HD jukeboxes. I’d sooner spend $87.00 for a 32GB Flash drive. “The market (listeners) is demanding portable HD receivers?” that’s spin and hype! Manufactures maybe, but they have yet to sell any radios of any significance and the number is well over 60 different models that are currently available. Sony Walkman with Digital Tuning is $37.99 on Amazon. And used $17.99. When I can walk into Wal-Mart and find HD radio’s in this same price range I might buy one. I’m not spending $80.00 for a frigging clock radio simply because it’s HD enabled when $10.99 does the same dam thing, and sounds pretty good too! Joe the plumber and Joe six pack isn’t going to spend $80.00 for a clock radio either. It’s a pipe dream! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. I suspect as the global economies tank, more people feel the same way too! Despite the Hype from the Radio Alliance, 2008 will be another depressing year for HD radio sales. Struble says “people actually call when HD transmitters go off the air.” Meaning people are listening. The real issue is dead air! I suspect nobody is paying attention to Jukebox Bob, because Bob is stuffed in closet someplace. And anybody else who is left in radio is multitasking to the max, keeping AM/FM running. Stations are cutting talent, again, and blowing out their promotional departments too! Stations can baily manage what they have now. I did a search on Wal-Mart. I typed walkman radio and I found 738 pages of Ipods, Zunes XM plugin gadgets, radio flyers and everything else. Then I types portable radios, I found 27 pages, of zunes, ipods, XM plugin gadgets, cb’s and everything else. What does that tell you! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. HD radio, obsolete out of the box. |
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On Oct 17, 6:23 pm, Pocket-Radio wrote:
This is whats' next, USB-powered HD Radio product designed to add HD Radio technology to a PC, a portable navigation device or any device featuring a USB port.” So why would I spend $60.00 to hear radio on my PC when the whole world is at my fingertips, including free music catalogs. The HD shills claim HD broadcasters have made available special jukebox programming only available on radio, but sooooooooo what? And I know radio is more than just music, but so far HD stations are just that, HD jukeboxes. I’d sooner spend $87.00 for a 32GB Flash drive. “The market (listeners) is demanding portable HD receivers?” that’s spin and hype! Manufactures maybe, but they have yet to sell any radios of any significance and the number is well over 60 different models that are currently available. Sony Walkman with Digital Tuning is $37.99 on Amazon. And used $17.99. When I can walk into Wal-Mart and find HD radio’s in this same price range I might buy one. I’m not spending $80.00 for a frigging clock radio simply because it’s HD enabled when $10.99 does the same dam thing, and sounds pretty good too! Joe the plumber and Joe six pack isn’t going to spend $80.00 for a clock radio either. It’s a pipe dream! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. I suspect as the global economies tank, more people feel the same way too! Despite the Hype from the Radio Alliance, 2008 will be another depressing year for HD radio sales. Struble says “people actually call when HD transmitters go off the air.” Meaning people are listening. The real issue is dead air! I suspect nobody is paying attention to Jukebox Bob, because Bob is stuffed in closet someplace. And anybody else who is left in radio is multitasking to the max, keeping AM/FM running. Stations are cutting talent, again, and blowing out their promotional departments too! Stations can baily manage what they have now. I did a search on Wal-Mart. I typed walkman radio and I found 738 pages of Ipods, Zunes XM plugin gadgets, radio flyers and everything else. Then I types portable radios, I found 27 pages, of zunes, ipods, XM plugin gadgets, cb’s and everything else. What does that tell you! Strubles licensing scam has kept pricing of HD radios artificially high. HD radio, obsolete out of the box USB-powered HD Radio product designed to add HD Radio technology to a PC. Really? Who cares. I wouldn't buy one and I don't thnk anyone else will either. |
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