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Ontir
11-06-2006, 08:02 AM
There was a thing on the news a little while ago, saying Circuit City is the first major electronics, brick 'n mortar, retailer to carry the new HD Radios. The radio industry wants the new standard, as a means to lure back iPod and satellite listeners. On the one hand, a new better sounding radio would be cool; but it seems to me, the old problems still remain. Music is what breaks up the ads, just long enough to keep people from switching the channel, leaving us with the same micro-formatted, highly repetitive playlists, and then there's still the "Broadcast Standards" censorship.

DonC
11-06-2006, 05:52 PM
The ads I hear all the time tout the "hidden channels between the channels." Yeah, okay.

However, I have heard that HD radio does sound extremely good.

Ontir
11-06-2006, 06:03 PM
I've not heard any ads yet; but HDTV has extra channels, so it makes sense the radio would too. I hadn't even thought about that!