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HD radio= the technology of the BETAMAX! Flopped pretty bad ,didnt it?
Heres a thing that nobody wants or needs,tI hate to say this but the sound quality is
likle an internet stream,Analog fm sounds superior if processed correctly to HD radio,didnt they test this thing first?The sound of XM and sirius are just like HD,its less than FM.....
The difference is the Betamax actually worked quite well (and survives today in a broadcast format). VHS was actually an inferior product. The reason Beta flopped with consumers was because Sony made the technology proprietary and had expensive licensing agreements with anyone else who manufactured it. I think Toshiba was the only taker. VHS, on the other hand was easily and cheaply licensed and hordes of consumer electronics manufacturers got on board. Sound familiar?
Another difference between either of these formats and HD is they were something the public anxiously wanted to purchase. When they first came out, there were actually waiting lists to get a VCR. That does not seem to be the case with HD, at least so far.
I will agree that the sound quality of HD is not always that good, especially on the secondary channels. Even when it is good, it isn’t a significant enough improvement to make people run to the stores to get a new radio. Some of that can be blamed on the taste of the listening public. The usually mentality is “louder is better.” Not many people are educated enough n audio to even know what to listen for.
