On Dec 13, 7:53*pm, "Commander Col. Klink"
wrote:
http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-33_7-10...s=0&o=10001201

HD radio was supposed to be the next great thing in "free" radio,
offering clear, digital "CD quality sound" and more listening choices.

Looks like the buying public voted with their wallets..

HD radio you're the biggest loser.. goody by!

HD radio IS a big loser. The problem is it's still here and will
probably linger for years to come.

hd radio,,, The Weakest Link!
cuhulin

"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message
news:4b2a08da.2108125@chupacabra...
If HD is really the loser some would have us believe, it will still linger
because the stations that already have it won't have any incentive to
ditch the
gear they've acquired, because it wouldn't bring much beyond scrap metal
value
in the used market.
Of course whenever I listen to the table radio in the other room it'll
probably
be an HD station.
...and any listener feedback from me will likely reflect my satisfaction
with
the improvements that technology brings.
So what's a station GM to do, keep what some listeners (the ones that
respond)
say they like, or listen to a few querulous snivelers on usenet which is
known
as a forum for whiners?


Neither. They'll look at the dismal sales curve for the receivers and the
near zero Arbitron ratings for their IBOC streams and eventually conclude
that it isn't worth the extra electricity to keep the IBOC running.

hd radio,,, A BIG FLOP!
Heh, That's the way the Mop Flops.
You ever did KP before and you wring out the mop in the mop bucket and
then you twirl the mop up and down on the floor? That's called dry
mopping. I learned that at Fort Gordon,Georgia boot camp, KP.
Company D52.
cuhulin

3-D TV is the big news nowadays, according to some articles in my latest
snail mail magazines.

Why don't I add an hd radio to my dust collectors, you say?

I say, WHY should I? hd radio is a FLOP!
cuhulin

On Dec 16, 8:51*am, Toxic wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:53 -0600, cuhulin wrote:
hd radio,,, A BIG FLOP!

I bet you haven't ever listenned to one, much less own one.
With all the dust collector radios you've got,
why not add an HD to the pile before they get hard to find?
Then your noises won't sound so much like sour grapes.

I own one and it's practically worthless. Fortunately, I didn't pay
anywhere near list price for the thing. What a waste.

"NX211" wrote in message
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On Dec 16, 8:51 am, Toxic wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:53 -0600, cuhulin wrote:
hd radio,,, A BIG FLOP!

I bet you haven't ever listenned to one, much less own one.
With all the dust collector radios you've got,
why not add an HD to the pile before they get hard to find?
Then your noises won't sound so much like sour grapes.

I own one and it's practically worthless. Fortunately, I didn't pay
anywhere near list price for the thing. What a waste.

Well, you are not telling us too much.....except for whining.

Where do you live? Are you actually in the vicinity of any worthwhile HD2
channels?

What model radio do you have?

(If you have one of the original radios, they have gotten better since the
arrival of the first sets.)

On Dec 15, 6:35*pm, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:
"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message

news:4b2a08da.2108125@chupacabra...





If HD is really the loser some would have us believe, it will still linger
because the stations that already have it won't have any incentive to
ditch the
gear they've acquired, because it wouldn't bring much beyond scrap metal
value
in the used market.
Of course whenever I listen to the table radio in the other room it'll
probably
be an HD station.
...and any listener feedback from me will likely reflect my satisfaction
with
the improvements that technology brings.
So what's a station GM to do, keep what some listeners (the ones that
respond)
say they like, or listen to a few querulous snivelers on usenet which is
known
as a forum for whiners?

Neither. *They'll look at the dismal sales curve for the receivers and the
near zero Arbitron ratings for their IBOC streams and eventually conclude
that it isn't worth the extra electricity to keep the IBOC running.

It's already taking place. Clear Channel and Citadel are pulling the
plug on HD transmitters in some markets, just to save on electricity.
And nobody is complaining..

"Toxic" wrote in message
news
Does it really require a significant amount of extra electricity to run
the HD encoders and modulators, or is it like turning off the illuminated
station callsign on the front of the building to save a couple pennies?
If dwindling listenership in broadcast media is any predictor, then it
may all be moot as more stations do major cost cutting and go dark.

From what I have been able to discern, the IBOC sidebands are actually
generated by a separate transmitter, then combined with the AM signal (much
as the AM video and FM audio were on analog television). Digital
transmission is fairly energy intensive.

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"Toxic" wrote in message
news
Does it really require a significant amount of extra electricity to run
the HD encoders and modulators, or is it like turning off the illuminated
station callsign on the front of the building to save a couple pennies?
If dwindling listenership in broadcast media is any predictor, then it
may all be moot as more stations do major cost cutting and go dark.

From what I have been able to discern, the IBOC sidebands are actually
generated by a separate transmitter, then combined with the AM signal
(much as the AM video and FM audio were on analog television). Digital
transmission is fairly energy intensive.

In the scheme of things...not really.