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  1. Comment - HD Radio to See Broader Availability

    (Apr 21, 2006 - 2:08 AM)

    BECAUSE IT'S ALL BS AND NOT TRUE!
    Here is what is wrong with HD Radio-
    1-Worse reception (HD Radio goes about half as far as the host analog FM or AM station).
    2-Jamms adjacent channel analog AM and FM stations with annoying modem style digital hiss. (Less stations, not more).
    3-Fidelity is about the same as streaming internet stations (complete with some encoding artifacts) NOT CD QUALITY!
    4-Whenever the digital stream misses an information packet it rebuffers (like internet streaming) or falls back to analog (the switching back and forth between analog and digital can drive you nuts on trips). The signal is not immune to multipath and interference - the reciever just mutes, rebuffers, or falls back to analog.
    5-HD radio creates more problems, interference, and expense then any possible small benefit!
    6-Most radio markets have less then a dozen HD Radio streams on the air - NOT THE HUNDREDS PROMISED! AND IT JAMS RECEPTION OF MORE STATIONS THEN IT PROVIDES.
    7-Each HD Radio station uses 3 channels! (Fewer stations not more).
    HD RADIO IS A DEFECTIVE UNECESSARY TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN FCC FINAL APPROVAL.
    ALL HYPE, FEW BENEFITS.
    HD RADIO - PET ROCK OF THE NEW MILLENIUM!
    More details are here:
    http://worldsupercaster.blogspot.com
    An alternate digital FM system that does not jamm other stations- www.dreinc.com