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« on: November 03, 2006, 01:06:26 PM » |
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Let's see... hmmmm... just received Best Buy's very nice Christmas catalog: pages 10 - 11 iPods, pages 12 - 13 MP3 Players, pages 14 - 15 Satellite Radio (Sirius Stiletto: experience Sirius Internet Radio via WiFi hot-spots), pages 26 - 31 cell phones, and pages... oops, no HD radios ! Bad Santa !  |
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"Only 175 or so AM stations have even licensed AM-HD. For a number of reasons, quite a few have tried it and taken it off the air, or so the anecdotal evidence suggests. Ibiquity no longer reports in its public summaries whether a station is on the air." http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.55 |
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2006, 03:00:08 PM » |
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Let's see... hmmmm... just received Best Buy's very nice Christmas catalog: pages 10 - 11 iPods, pages 12 - 13 MP3 Players, pages 14 - 15 Satellite Radio (Sirius Stiletto: experience Sirius Internet Radio via WiFi hot-spots), pages 26 - 31 cell phones, and pages... oops, no HD radios ! Bad Santa ! Circuit City is getting into the act (as you know from your review/rant on their website) so Best Buy will be along shortly. |
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2006, 03:15:52 PM » |
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Let's see... hmmmm... just received Best Buy's very nice Christmas catalog: pages 10 - 11 iPods, pages 12 - 13 MP3 Players, pages 14 - 15 Satellite Radio (Sirius Stiletto: experience Sirius Internet Radio via WiFi hot-spots), pages 26 - 31 cell phones, and pages... oops, no HD radios ! Bad Santa ! Circuit City is getting into the act (as you know from your review/rant on their website) so Best Buy will be along shortly. I hope, that you were one of the 12 that voted against my review on Circuit City ! If you already haven't, please feel free to vote against my reviews on Amazon and Radio Shack, too. Keep dreaming - old Santa won't be visiting Circuit City either, because he knows they will only be collecting dust on the shelves, and at least for the few boxed for on-line only purchases, clerks won't have to waste time dusting them down ! |
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"Only 175 or so AM stations have even licensed AM-HD. For a number of reasons, quite a few have tried it and taken it off the air, or so the anecdotal evidence suggests. Ibiquity no longer reports in its public summaries whether a station is on the air." http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.55 |
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2006, 04:49:40 PM » |
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I too have seen my mailbox stuffed with electronics, technology, and high-end enthusiast’s Christmas catalogs in the past week... NO SHORTAGE of audio/video/digital media gizmos ready for Santa to snatch up and deliver to my stocking! Let’s see... Herrington... Chuck is offering a stereo WiFi internet table/clock radio for $399... The usual CCRadio for $165... A tacky turntable/CD-R “recording studio” for $400... The “Stack-O-Matic” (redux) “collegiate turntable portable” that plays up to eight 45-rpm records for $250... The “RadioPod” clock radio/iPod dock for $150...Even the latest God-awful Eton “crank” radio for $50  WHAT’S MISSING... HD Radio... Nowhere to be found in nearly a dozen catalogs aimed at the affluent tech buff! ‘Looks like the elves haven’t found an IBOC station way up north yet. So, have they called off the iBiquity company Christmas party I wonder |
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2006, 05:41:32 PM » |
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I too have seen my mailbox stuffed with electronics, technology, and high-end enthusiast’s Christmas catalogs in the past week... NO SHORTAGE of audio/video/digital media gizmos ready for Santa to snatch up and deliver to my stocking! Let’s see... Herrington... Chuck is offering a stereo WiFi internet table/clock radio for $399... The usual CCRadio for $165... A tacky turntable/CD-R “recording studio” for $400... The “Stack-O-Matic” (redux) “collegiate turntable portable” that plays up to eight 45-rpm records for $250... The “RadioPod” clock radio/iPod dock for $150...Even the latest God-awful Eton “crank” radio for $50 WHAT’S MISSING... HD Radio... Nowhere to be found in nearly a dozen catalogs aimed at the affluent tech buff! ‘Looks like the elves haven’t found an IBOC station way up north yet. So, have they called off the iBiquity company Christmas party I wonder Yea, that "God-awful Eton “crank” radio for $50" ! And, don't forget that God-awful Eton/Grundig S350 ! Yea, I wonder, if iBiquity will have any spare change left for a Christmas party, that is, if they feel like celebrating ! |
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"Only 175 or so AM stations have even licensed AM-HD. For a number of reasons, quite a few have tried it and taken it off the air, or so the anecdotal evidence suggests. Ibiquity no longer reports in its public summaries whether a station is on the air." http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.55 |
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2006, 10:02:59 PM » |
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I've been looking through my wife's Christmas catalogs. The stack must be over a foot high so far. No IBOC radios to be found in any of them. There are plenty of iPods and accessories and a ton of other entertainment devices, including plain old analog radios. Just no IBOC radios.
There are always a few people who are early adopters, and will buy something just to be the first one on their block. You'd think it would be a good time for a product roll out. It looks to me like the opportunity to cash in on those people has been missed for this Christmas.
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2006, 10:10:29 PM » |
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Don't worry, Chuck. The "real" HD Radio roll-out isn't until NEXT year! |
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2006, 10:42:41 PM » |
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Don't worry, Chuck. The "real" HD Radio roll-out isn't until NEXT year! Oh, so THAT's it.... |
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« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2006, 11:17:31 PM » |
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Not in any of 4 Radio Sad's I checked while working in St Louis this week.
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« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2006, 11:27:41 PM » |
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Don't worry, Chuck. The "real" HD Radio roll-out isn't until NEXT year! HD Radio has had more roll outs then the Pillsbury dough boy. This is the 5th Christmas now, and still the public is totally disinterested and underwhelmed. The HD roll out is always going to be next year. |
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