ShawnCowden
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I believe im going to break down and buy a digital radio fm/am radio from http://www.radiosophy.com/ for 249 dollars
Ibiquity digital radio
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JnglMassiv
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To what extent has HD-Radio been/expected to be rolled out in America?
ShawnCowden
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its going fast they say about one station per day on avg
ibiquity is the only one who will be digital producer here on fm and am radio
ibiquity is the only one who will be digital producer here on fm and am radio
So does this thing scan? If not then why is this in the The Scanning Forum and not in the RR Tavern :wink:
ShawnCowden
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i do believe it scans fm and am chs like a scanner
ShawnCowden
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atlease its a form of digital!!!
My car stereo has a digital display and it scans through channels so can I talk about it here :lol: I'm just messin with ya ShawnShawnCowden said:
I just dont think that a stereo type radio belongs here.
Have you actually heard iBiquity's digital system? It's got better sound quality than XM/Sirius, but I think it's going to die just like AM Stereo pretty much has.
ShawnCowden
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i heard am sounds like fm is that true ?? when they release the home radios in june then it might pick up
What Stations ?
This sounds interesting and has my attention. I looked at the above listed website but there is no mention of what stations or areas are already up and running. I cannot justify spending the cash if there is no stations on the air in my area. Anyone on list know ??
This sounds interesting and has my attention. I looked at the above listed website but there is no mention of what stations or areas are already up and running. I cannot justify spending the cash if there is no stations on the air in my area. Anyone on list know ??
bsavery
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We actually had an AM Stereo station around here for a while.... a short while! One of the last 3 letter stations in the country too... WOW.
I stopped by one of the very few stores in town that carried the radios and listened for a bit. It didn't sound to bad. About the same as a good FM channel though.
Maybe if they hadn't picked an Oldies Country station to try it on, it might have done better. But... Paul Harvey and the market reports sounded the same, so no one bought the radios!
Bob
I stopped by one of the very few stores in town that carried the radios and listened for a bit. It didn't sound to bad. About the same as a good FM channel though.
Maybe if they hadn't picked an Oldies Country station to try it on, it might have done better. But... Paul Harvey and the market reports sounded the same, so no one bought the radios!
Bob
ShawnCowden
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http://www.ibiquity.com/hdradio/hdradio_hdstations.htm
here is a website that list all the channels FM and AM. these radios will do analog and digital[/b]
here is a website that list all the channels FM and AM. these radios will do analog and digital[/b]
(Off topic for this board) HD Radio
You will be underwhelmed considering how much money it costs for a receiver, to basically get what you already do. Digital is NOT always better if it's done poorly. I'm not saying it's the engineers fault -- Not at all. They did the absolute best they could given the in-band, adjacent-channel requirement.
The HD Radio receivers are designed to revert back to the analog signal whenever the digital signal drops out. Therein already lies a problem... The digital signal is not as robust as the analog because it's carried on the immediate adjacent frequencies of the analog signal, like saddlebags. It's nothing like the Eureka system that every country except the United States has chosen, which lies outside the AM/FM bands. And, analog has no sunset date like OTA television, so it's going to be like that for a LONG time.
Analog AM and FM really don't deliver the poor quality that everyone assumes they do. It's mostly a receiver issue. People buy crappy AM/FM radios because they're cheap. With the general public, cheap eventually wins over quality. People tossed aside AM Stereo receivers to save $10. They won't spend anything more for a receiver with an RDS readout either. These same consumers are not to suddenly open their wallets for IBOC, en masse, for the same content that they can already get. THAT is the real reason HD Radio is struggling. It's only partially a marketing issue.
Of course I am always curious about new technology, so I'll probably be the first on the block to get an HD Radio home receiver. But, I'm also realistically thinking I might be the ONLY person on the block to ever get one.
ShawnCowden said:
You will be underwhelmed considering how much money it costs for a receiver, to basically get what you already do. Digital is NOT always better if it's done poorly. I'm not saying it's the engineers fault -- Not at all. They did the absolute best they could given the in-band, adjacent-channel requirement.
The HD Radio receivers are designed to revert back to the analog signal whenever the digital signal drops out. Therein already lies a problem... The digital signal is not as robust as the analog because it's carried on the immediate adjacent frequencies of the analog signal, like saddlebags. It's nothing like the Eureka system that every country except the United States has chosen, which lies outside the AM/FM bands. And, analog has no sunset date like OTA television, so it's going to be like that for a LONG time.
Analog AM and FM really don't deliver the poor quality that everyone assumes they do. It's mostly a receiver issue. People buy crappy AM/FM radios because they're cheap. With the general public, cheap eventually wins over quality. People tossed aside AM Stereo receivers to save $10. They won't spend anything more for a receiver with an RDS readout either. These same consumers are not to suddenly open their wallets for IBOC, en masse, for the same content that they can already get. THAT is the real reason HD Radio is struggling. It's only partially a marketing issue.
Of course I am always curious about new technology, so I'll probably be the first on the block to get an HD Radio home receiver. But, I'm also realistically thinking I might be the ONLY person on the block to ever get one.
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