Hear 2.0 has discovered a facinating bit that came from last week's Conclave session on HD Radio. iBiquity, the champions of the so-called "HD Radio" technology, announced that there will be an HD Radio car converter on the market by Thanksgiving. The HD Radio converter will - get this - convert the HD Radio signal to analog, so you can hear it on regular ol' AM/FM radio.

So, in essence, the "HD" from "HD Radio" is being removed. The benefit? You'll get to hear all those fancy multicasted stations that you never knew about. Genius! Wait until the general public figures out that the "HD" doesn't stand for High-Definition. Then they'll really be motivated to buy these things.

[Hear 2.0]