[BC] HD Radio's lack of upgrade capability

[Barry Mishkind]

At 12:00 PM 10/18/2005, Cowboy wrote
>  EPROM.
>  If the base code algorythms reside in a socketed EPROM
>  of some sort from the beginning, future upgrades are
>  mechanicly simple, even if never done.

         Given the cheapness of the smaller
         flash drives, or even small flash cards,
         wouldn't a slot on the radio to accept
         an SD or Memory stick be the "easiest"
         way?  The consumer only has to insert
         the media.... and the program loader
         handles the rest.

         Still it doesn't cover the issue of who
         pays.

         Interestingly, in the Sunday London
         Times, the Newspaper GAVE AWAY
         a DVD of the movie The Last Emperor,
         while the Sunday Mirror gave away
         (in each copy) On Golden Pond.

         A note later in the evening suggested
         that the newspapers paid 16p (just under
         30 cents) for each DVD, cover, and
         rights.

         It *can* be done, if the there is desire.