[BC] Re: Another iBiquity goof

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

The only possible reason to have an IBOC radio is to have multiple streams
like NPR is doing.  An 80K BMW that only gets the primary channel is not
going to cut it.  Listening to Rush Limbaugh rattle his paper thru his
formerly nicotined stained fingers, cause I cant hear it when they cut the
analog audio to 5K just aint gonna cut it either.

Paul Smith
W4KNX
Sarasota, FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sid Schweiger" <sid at wrko.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 9:16 PM
Subject: [BC] Re: Another iBiquity goof


> >>Sid Schweiger (I think) wrote:
>
> By the time the HD radio was designed for that model, it was already
> obsolete<<
>
> Yeah, that was me.
>
> >>A major (and essential) feature of a digital radio is its high
> software content. The software embedded in a properly designed digital
> radio
> can be upgraded periodically to rectify design flaws or to incorporate
> improvements developed after the radio was produced. This capability is
> essential in consumer products that cost hundreds of dollars and even
> more
> important in such consumer prducts when they are built into other
> consumer
> products that cost upwards of $40,000 (cars, for example). As far as I
> know,
> software upgrades are not envisioned in radios built to iBiquity's HD
> Radio
> standards, however. This is a truly fatal flaw and iBiquity deserves to
> be
> rewarded with bankruptcy for attempting to inflict such a stupid design
> concept on the public.<<
>
> Realistically:  Is the casual user...the button-pusher who is simply
> looking to listen to something he/she likes...going to take the time and
> effort to install software upgrades?  Or are they going to simply get
> fed up with "this damn radio that's obsolete already!  Why did I spend
> the money for this, when it won't do all this new stuff?  Wait a
> minute...you're saying that *I* have to upgrade this radio myself?
> Screw that!"
>
> >>Mandating a USB (or comparable) port might be a better approach.<<
>
> Again, I ask:  Who's going to make the time to do this?  Maybe iBiquity
> realized that the casual user won't bother with software/firmware
> upgrades.
>
>
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
> WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
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> Boston MA  02135-2040
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>
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