I think both: the radios do wear out (the CD player anyway) AND people don't like the OEMs for performance reasons. But I like OEMs (so long as they are the higher performing sound systems) because they look better than aftermarkets. Dan John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/02/2008 02:55 PM Please respond to opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [opendtv] Re: Here we go again... Point taken. Come to think of it, if people are happy with OEM radios, just how could after-market radios be "stronger than ever" in sales? Do OEM radios wear out at twice the rate of cars? :-) John Willkie, who notes that if everyone watched tv like he (mostly) has over the last seven years, few to none DTV sets would have been sold and sales of PCI DTV tuner cards would be through the roof. -----Original Message----- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx Sent: Jul 2, 2008 5:39 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Here we go again... Also, I must admit, that we operate an FM radio station that will soon provide multiple channels on an HD broadcast. We will be able to provide both professional and student programming on the same FM channel. So naturally, I would like to see HD radio as standard. Not a government mandate, mind you. Just the ability to be received by a wide audience and not a lot of money or hassle to do it. Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.