Tuesday, September 19, 2006

HD Radio: No Buzz

HD Radio Lacking Early-Adopter Buzz
(via www.orbitcast.com)

Hear 2.0 makes a great point in a recent post. Mark Ramsey takes a look at Engadget's reaction to the new Cambridge Soundworks Tabletop HD Radio, and (gasp) they could give a hoot about it. Here's the snippet from Engadget:
HD Radio, the new digital radio format, for those of you keeping score at home, is now available from about 1,000 stations who are simulcasting in HD and in traditional formats -- which is still less than 10 percent of all American radio. Furthermore, the price of a new HD radio still remains significantly higher than a pocket or tabletop analog radio. How much higher? Well, this newest offering will set you back $300 when it becomes available in November -- and that little $20 "transistor" radio your Mom gave you in 1987 still works great, doesn't it? So yes, we're still listening to National Public Radio and baseball games in analog, thank you very much....READ MORE: HERE