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HD Radio Struggles to Find Audience

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jul 9th 2008 at 3:39PM

HD Radio Struggles to Find Audience
When HD Radio hit the scene two years ago, it was supposed to revolutionize radio in the same way that HDTV revolutionized television. Despite a new wave of affordable players, supposed 'cd-quality' sound, and a wealth of unique programming, HD Radio just isn't attracting the audience that broadcasters would hope. After two years, only about half a million HD-Radio-capable receivers are in circulation.

The manufacturers of receivers are banking on increasing variety and quality by focusing on content not available on other media outlets and integrating with other gadgets (such as iPods) in order to expand the format's reach.

However, HD Radio still faces an uphill battle. Outside of the talk and news formats, radio has been a medium dying a slow and painful death. Satellite radio has proven to be an industry that didn't even have room for two competitors to coexist. Now that iPods have made their way into the car, HD Radio may as well be dead on arrival. What do you think? Do you listen to HD Radio much? [Source: USA Today]

For the Music Hound: Sony HD Radio

by Tom Samiljan, posted Dec 23rd 2007 at 3:46PM



Sony HD Radio
$200

Sick of the same-old, same-old chart-based tunes and endless ads you hear on the radio? You're missing the party, or the talk-orgy, that's happening on HD radio, which is the technology that allows more than one programming feed to broadcast on the same FM frequency. Provided you have an HD radio such as this minimalist cherry wood and black mesh speaker tabletop model from Sony, you can essentially quadruple the amount of broadcasts – and the variety of music genres or talk-radio programs – that are normally available to you on a standard FM radio.

From SonyStyle.

High-Def Radio = Low-Def Audio?

by Tim Stevens, posted Mar 30th 2007 at 9:05AM


Say it ain't so, FCC. Apparently the latest HD radios, which claim to offer "the kind of sound that was previously reserved for your HDTV, CD system or MP3 player", actually do a worse job of performing the simple task of picking up radio signals than even a cheap shower radio. It seems that when they do pick up a station the sound is good, but they have such crummy tuners that for the time being you're far better off just sticking with your current analog AM/FM soundbox. It shouldn't be too long until higher quality HD offerings come along, but by that time all the fuss surrounding the Sirius and XM merger may very well have settled down, leaving satellite radio with its five years of public availability as the more tried and tested option.

From Engadget (via MP3 newswire)


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