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]
so, is it just going to be available on any regular radio? i don't think that's such a bad idea as long as the converter is cheap. Hell, if it's cheap enough, I may buy one so I can have it on my radio.
Why would you want to spend more money to hear ten times as much of the same shit?
Like any of those stations will be any different than the crap they've been pushing for years.
Either way, it doesn't really matter. This "technology" is stillborn, anyway. "Heavan's Gate" for the NAB.
Well, that didn't take too long.
as I've stated on other messageboards in the past
HD Radio: Living proof that you can polish a turd
Wow, that's one way to kill it.
What does the HD stand for?
"Hardly Digestible"