[BC] Yet another HD ... XM HD

[Ron Cole]

In my Opinion,

HD radios a too expensive!

Until the radio prices come down quite a lot there will be little to no
interest in them.
By a Lot  I think less than $100 for something like the $300 Boston
Acoustics radio.
Then the only reason to buy one is there is something on the HD2 channels
you really want to listen to.

Ron



On 8/30/06, Mark W. Croom <markc at kjly.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RokprtMike at aol.com>
> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re:[BC] Yet another HD ... XM HD
>
>
> > It makes little sense to me. Who is it HD is supposed to appeal to? The
> > people that actually listen to the primary feeds of a station are being
> > forced  to
> > go out and purchase an HD radio and how many will?
> >
> > The younger generations, who are supposed to be tech savvy don't  even
> > listen
> > to radio. Broadcasters are trying to court younger  listeners that
> really
> > aren't prepared to give up there I-Pods or Satellite for  terrestrial.
> Why
> > not
> > try to correct what caused them to leave in the first  place?
> >
> > Why not try to program the HD channels to the younger
> generation  similar
> > to
> > FM in the very early days?
> >
> > Why aren't there any "Underground Radio" channels on HD? They have it
> > backwards.
>
> Thinking about my college-age son, I'm not sure he would see any reason to
> purchase an HD Radio, even if there was a really good format on there. It
> would have to NOT be streamed for a radio to even begin to appeal to him.
>
> Mark
> MN
>
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