Re: Time to throw in the towel on HD Radio !


<garyarnold@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You must have a very dull life - nothing to do but post your very
stupid remarks about HD Radio.

The auto industry is gearing up to add HD Radio to nearly every make
and model automobile within the next 3 years or so. All 2007 BMW's
now offer HD Radio as an option. For 2008, Jaguar has added the
option. Also for 2008, the new luxury car being offered by Hyundai
will have HD Radio as standard, I believe. And the list goes on.

The same nonsense was said about FM Radio, about radio itself when
television took off, about tv dinners, etc. etc. Things don't happen
overnight.

FM did not interfere with anyone's ability to listen to their favorite AM
station. TV didn't interfere with anyone's ability to listen to their
favorite AM or FM station. FM stereo did not interfere with anyone's ability
to listen to their favorite FM station in monaural. AM stereo did not
interfere with anyone's ability to listen to their favorite AM station in
monaural (in fact, it enhanced the experience because of the allowed extra
bandwidth. IBOC DOES interfere with people's abilities to listen to their
favorite stations. Not only does AM-IBOC interfere with stations up to
three channels away from an IBOC station's carrier frequency, but it has
meant that the audio bandwidth now used for AM analog is little or no better
than a telephone. FM-IBOC interferes with first and second adjacent
channels, making them difficult or impossible to receive. And anyone who
lives in a high population area, such as the east coast, knows that their
'local' stations are not the only ones they can hear. Areas between say, New
York and Boston, or New York and Philadelphia, can hear stations easily from
either city. Not with IBOC..



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