tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21459472.post1365070439899576569..comments2007-08-06T09:43:24.588-05:00Comments on Radio Refugee: Why HD Radio Can Really MatterLou Mazzucchellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06433422870345865172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21459472.post-67823757850067159382007-07-16T23:20:00.000-05:002007-07-16T23:20:00.000-05:00"...HD radio is a sleeping giant..."Disagree. It's..."...HD radio is a sleeping giant..."<BR/><BR/>Disagree. It's a corpse. HD radio serves the needs of radio. It does not serve the needs of normal people. We forgot to ask them what they want. I'm sorry, but it's not HD radio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21459472.post-32514292458752976132007-05-31T13:51:00.000-05:002007-05-31T13:51:00.000-05:00Consumer interest in HD Radio is almost dead, and ...Consumer interest in HD Radio is almost dead, and AM-HD causes massive adjacent-channel interference:<BR/><BR/>"Can Sony Make HD Radio A Winner?"<BR/><BR/>"Question: when was the last time you spent $200 for a table-top clock radio? What locale will have to freeze over before you pay it now? Can you think of 20 AM and 20 FM stations you'd like to store in its memory? Or any memory? Your memory? Are there 20 AM and FM stations in the entire nation worth storing in memory. Hey, the input jack is neat... Sony is crazy and the radio industry is crazier to think this is going to help their HD problem. Hello! There's no good programming on HD. Hell, there's no programming -- forget good." <BR/><BR/>http://insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/05/can-sony-make-hd-radio-winner.html<BR/><BR/>“HD Radio on the Offense” <BR/><BR/>“But after an investigation of HD Radio units, the stations playing HD, and the company that owns the technology; and some interviews with the wonks in DC, it looks like HD Radio is a high-level corporate scam, a huge carny shill.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-radio-on-the-offense <BR/><BR/>“4/4/07 - FCC: Market to Decide Fate of HD Radio” <BR/><BR/>http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm <BR/><BR/>“Sirius, XM, and HD: Consumer interest reality check” <BR/><BR/>“While interest in satellite radio is diminishing, interest in HD shows no signs of a pulse.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html <BR/><BR/>“U.S. automakers not jumping into HD Radio” <BR/><BR/>http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2632750220070427?pageNumber=1 <BR/><BR/>“Bridge Ratings: Sweat the cell phone and don’t count on HD” <BR/><BR/>“In other words, Bridge says interest in HD radio is decreasing even as your station works hard to increase awareness. What can I possibly add to this honest and bleak picture that I haven’t said before? My well-intended warnings about HD’s “premature death” seem to be rearing their ugly heads almost two years later.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/bridge_ratings_.html <BR/><BR/>“But is ‘availability’ of HD radios the problem?” <BR/><BR/>“And one broadcaster reported to me that he asked an iBiquity rep how many HD radios had actually been sold as of the most recent accounting. And this was his answer: 150,000.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/but_is_availabi.html <BR/><BR/>“Is Pay-for-Play HD Content on Horizon?” <BR/><BR/>http://rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.4028.html <BR/><BR/>“HD Radio Effort Undermined by Weak Tuners in Expensive Radios” <BR/><BR/>http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/hd-radio2.html <BR/><BR/>“The FCC Tunes Into HD Radio-And May Turn Off Distant AM” <BR/><BR/>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2007/03/the_fcc_greenlights_hd_radio_n.html <BR/><BR/>“RW Opinion: Rethinking AM’s future” <BR/><BR/>“Making AM-HD work well as a long-term investment is seen as an expensive and risky challenge for most stations and their owners. There is the significant downside of potential new interference to some of their own AM analog listeners as well as listeners of adjacent-channel stations.” <BR/><BR/>http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.557.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com