On Feb 20, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
You can be sure of one thing by now, Craig. Whenever you cry "bait and
switch," as history has shown painfully, time and time again, it is only
because you did not inform yourself of the subject matter, or you became lost
in your own arguments. You made a comment about "antenna long enough." Bogus
point. The earphone lead is the antenna, and it is long enough. That tiny HD
Radio I have is MUCH smaller than a cellphone, and yet the antenna issue is a
non-problem. Now do you understand?
Wow. You sure go to great lengths to use HD radio!
No, I don't. That's why I prefer to just use the car radio, analog FM, and
that's why I'm irked no end that auto makers aren't building it in by
default. I would pay them that extra dime for HD Radio, when buying the car,
if they insist.
What I described was a test, which worked remarkably well, even on
subchannels. But btw, when people listen to their iPods in the car, unless
they use earbuds, they do much the same thing as I did for that test.
Covered that more than once, Craig. The audio quality improvement with MW HD
Radio, compared with analog AM, is HUGE. Compared with FM, not a big deal at
all.
EXCEPT, you get the extra choice with VHF HD Radio, that you do not get with
analog FM.
And unlike the naysayers that have never tried HD Radio, such as Craig, I
grew to appreciate the extra choice we get here, very much. Yes, Internet
radio gives even more choice, so at home, that's what I'm using now. Would be
nice to have HD Radio also, in my Sangean Internet stereo tuner.
Problem 4: Who is the Target Audience?
Who are the best first customers for HD Radio? They are the tech-heads, theRegards
innovators, the gadget freaks, the trendsetters.
They are, in other words, the very same folks who took the dive with
Satellite Radio and are now under contract with Sirius or XM. They are the
same folks who pay Launch.com or MSN to stream their “radio” online. Either
way, they will be disinclined to cancel just so they can buy yet another
radio – unless our content is utterly unique.