Interesting about Cruchfield

[doberman007]

I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
to make their push.....


Hello *******,

Have you heard HD Radio digital broadcasts? Stations in the Boston
area and across the country have added free digital broadcasting to
their regular AM and FM signals. With an HD Radio tuner, you'll hear FM
radio that offers near CD-quality sound, and AM radio that sounds as
good as current FM.

Find out more about this hot new technology and check out our selection
of HD Radio tuners for car and home at wwww.crutchfield.com/hdradio.

Crutchfield is a six-time BizRate
Circle of Excellence Award Recipient

Brilliant clarity with great balance across the sound spectrum and more
bass output than you might think possible. If you love music you will
be thrilled.

- John C., Maine

Better [sound] quality, more channels and radio is still free!

- JT, Delaware

[J. Fowler]

doberman007 wrote:
> I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
> to make their push.....

I think it's crutchfield who are making the push, to clear their
inventory before the equipment depreciates. HD Radio still comes with
all the commercials of AM/FM radio ... they just sound better. I'm not
sure who would want it and don't blame crutchfield for trying to get rid
of their kit.

[BW Kernighan]

"J. Fowler" <user@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:0XHLf.199$B4.436747@nntp.csufresno.edu...
> doberman007 wrote:
> > I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
> > to make their push.....
>
> I think it's crutchfield who are making the push, to clear their
> inventory before the equipment depreciates. HD Radio still comes with
> all the commercials of AM/FM radio ... they just sound better. I'm not
> sure who would want it and don't blame crutchfield for trying to get rid
> of their kit.

I'm starting to wonder whether the entire HD concept is in trouble.

There has been the suggestion that some of these guys could band together
and do a kind of "subscription" service, but that seems like an inherently
----ty solution to me.

Unless and until an OEM really gets behind HD, I don't see how it goes
anywhere -- OEMs have been a crucial component in getting Sat Rad off the
ground, and they are just as critical in getting HD going.

I believe Ford has some interest in it, but does any other OEM care?

[David]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:06:48 -0800, "J. Fowler" <user@example.invalid>
wrote:

>doberman007 wrote:
>> I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
>> to make their push.....
>
>I think it's crutchfield who are making the push, to clear their
>inventory before the equipment depreciates. HD Radio still comes with
>all the commercials of AM/FM radio ... they just sound better. I'm not
>sure who would want it and don't blame crutchfield for trying to get rid
>of their kit.

Non Commercial Educational FM comes in HD. K-BIG here in Boss Angeles
is running a commercial-free '80s channel on their second HD channel.
Other stations have non-commercial subchannels as well.

[David]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:17:25 GMT, "BW Kernighan" <bwk@nomail.com>
wrote:

>"J. Fowler" <user@example.invalid> wrote in message
>news:0XHLf.199$B4.436747@nntp.csufresno.edu...
>> doberman007 wrote:
>> > I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
>> > to make their push.....
>>
>> I think it's crutchfield who are making the push, to clear their
>> inventory before the equipment depreciates. HD Radio still comes with
>> all the commercials of AM/FM radio ... they just sound better. I'm not
>> sure who would want it and don't blame crutchfield for trying to get rid
>> of their kit.
>
>I'm starting to wonder whether the entire HD concept is in trouble.
>
>There has been the suggestion that some of these guys could band together
>and do a kind of "subscription" service, but that seems like an inherently
>----ty solution to me.
>
>Unless and until an OEM really gets behind HD, I don't see how it goes
>anywhere -- OEMs have been a crucial component in getting Sat Rad off the
>ground, and they are just as critical in getting HD going.
>
>I believe Ford has some interest in it, but does any other OEM care?
>
>
BMW

[J. Fowler]

David wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:06:48 -0800, "J. Fowler" <user@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
>>doberman007 wrote:
>>
>>>I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
>>>to make their push.....
>>
>>I think it's crutchfield who are making the push, to clear their
>>inventory before the equipment depreciates. HD Radio still comes with
>>all the commercials of AM/FM radio ... they just sound better. I'm not
>>sure who would want it and don't blame crutchfield for trying to get rid
>>of their kit.
>
>
> Non Commercial Educational FM comes in HD. K-BIG here in Boss Angeles
> is running a commercial-free '80s channel on their second HD channel.
> Other stations have non-commercial subchannels as well.

[Von Fourche]

"doberman007" <sirius007@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1140792288.258370.290160@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I got this e-mail today from Crutchfield. It seems HD radio is trying
> to make their push.....
>
>
> Hello *******,
>
> Have you heard HD Radio digital broadcasts? Stations in the Boston
> area and across the country have added free digital broadcasting to
> their regular AM and FM signals. With an HD Radio tuner, you'll hear FM
> radio that offers near CD-quality sound, and AM radio that sounds as
> good as current FM.



If the AM radio sound as good as current FM, what then is the range of
HD AM? Is it anything like current AM that can reach long distances?

[Dr. Droo]

doberman007 wrote:
> Brilliant clarity with great balance across the sound spectrum and more
> bass output than you might think possible. If you love music you will
> be thrilled.
>
> - John C., Maine

What the heck are they listening to in this state? Like 2 or 3 radio
stations in Portland area have HD Radio, the rest in this state are
Maine Public Broadcasting, like NPR and stuff.

--D

[Dr. Droo]

BW Kernighan wrote:
> I believe Ford has some interest in it, but does any other OEM care?

I think every OEM will end up offering HD Radio eventually just because
it'll become cheaper to do so and some places (most urban areas) will
have HD Radio.

I don't think it'll really make a heck of a lot of difference though
when compared to Satellite Radio. Even with better signal quality, FM
Radio stations are still pretty dreadful and just can't offer the same
content that Satellite Radio can.

I don't think we'll see SatRad defections, but it could make a
difference for those that are only moderately irritated with FM Radio
and haven't signed up for SatRad yet.

--D

[David]

On 24 Feb 2006 14:25:34 -0800, "Dr. Droo" <drdroo@gmail.com> wrote:

>BW Kernighan wrote:
>> I believe Ford has some interest in it, but does any other OEM care?
>
>I think every OEM will end up offering HD Radio eventually just because
>it'll become cheaper to do so and some places (most urban areas) will
>have HD Radio.
>
>I don't think it'll really make a heck of a lot of difference though
>when compared to Satellite Radio. Even with better signal quality, FM
>Radio stations are still pretty dreadful and just can't offer the same
>content that Satellite Radio can.
>
>I don't think we'll see SatRad defections, but it could make a
>difference for those that are only moderately irritated with FM Radio
>and haven't signed up for SatRad yet.
>
>--D
>
The Terrestrial Broadcasters will do whatever's necessary to create
sufficient demand for their product. Radio isn't very capital
intensive, relatively speaking.

[David]

On 24 Feb 2006 14:21:36 -0800, "Dr. Droo" <drdroo@gmail.com> wrote:

>doberman007 wrote:
>> Brilliant clarity with great balance across the sound spectrum and more
>> bass output than you might think possible. If you love music you will
>> be thrilled.
>>
>> - John C., Maine
>
>What the heck are they listening to in this state? Like 2 or 3 radio
>stations in Portland area have HD Radio, the rest in this state are
>Maine Public Broadcasting, like NPR and stuff.
>
>--D
>
Public broadcasters play great music.

[Dr. Droo]

David wrote:
> Public broadcasters play great music.

MPBN is owned by the University. I can do without college kids playing
garbage all day. :)

--D