"SMS" wrote in message ...

On 1/11/2012 6:12 PM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:

The truth is that IBOC is a pathetically poor excuse for digital radio
in the same sense that a plastic ring from a Crackerjack box is a poor
excuse for a precious gem. And that is the real issue here.

IBOC is a temporary compromise. Eventually analog will be turned off and
HD Radio will be all digital.


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Ah, yes... yet another denial of service to rural users of the media, just
like HD(?*)TV has been. I guess if you don't live in a core city area, you
just don't count (sort of like if you're over 50).

* Quite a bit of supposed HDTV, isn't. Stations that have multiple channels
cannot use full bandwidth for their main channel. Most don't use 1080p,
opting for 720p with an additional channel or two. The ones with 5 side
channels can't even use 720p, and run mostly 480p, which is only marginally
"better" than good old NTSC analog (and you could still receive the analog
signal at a distance, which you cannot do with ATSC.)