Tag: HDRADIO

In a move that goes against the grain, Last.fm will become more than just a Web property by expanding to the radio airwaves. Starting in four markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco), Last.fm will broadcast on CBS HD radio stations. According to paidContent, the broadcasts, set to begin October 5th, will feature music pulled from the online service's user-generated charts. In ...

After a brief period of unofficial officialness yesterday morning, Tesla has rolled out the Model S to a sea of eager photographers. The company's also revealed specs for the EV: this seven-seater can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.6 seconds, boasts a top speed of 120 MPH, features a dashboard display and a 17-inch main touchscreen monitor. It's fully 3G capable, sports HD and satellite radio, uses ...

The Sirius Satellite Radio and XM merger is rankling more than a few of the service's subscribers now that many of their favorite stations have been eliminated in new channel line ups. As with most mergers, the two companies are, at best, trying to remove redundancy, putting a positive spin on their new combined effort. In actual practice, that means switching some channels from one service to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...