[BC] Do We Really Need All This Deception?

[Tom]

Well, if they're going that route - why not just insist that the law 
that currently mandates that all TV tuners be capable of receiving  all 
channels be expanded to cover Radio...

So ALL radios can receive AM, AM Stereo, FM, FM Stereo, AM HD, FM HD-1, 
-2, -3, XM, Sirius, International Shortwave (ALL bands, from Tropical 
through 11 meters)...

Personally, I' like an inexpensive all-mode continuous - tune from 20 
kHz to 20 GHz.  AM, FM, all subcarriers, the whole enchilada.  With a 
precision detector / demod.

Seems good to me, anyway.

Rich Wood wrote:
> It seems there's a new "consumer" group called the "Consumer Coalition 
> for Competition in Satellite Radio." It appears there are no 
> "consumers" involved. According to Mark Ramsey"s "Hear 2.0" this 
> morning it's funded by the NAB.
>
> Is terrestrial radio in such horrible shape that the NAB has to double 
> up under different names to shoot down a service that has a fraction 
> of the audience terrestrial radio has and won't have anywhere near its 
> set penetration in any of our lifetimes. Since the NAB is spearheading 
> the effort to force them to include HD Radio capability whether 
> "consumers" want it or not would the "Consumer's Concerned ..." group 
> be happy and go away if Satellite receivers had this capability?
>
> As a concerned consumer myself I'd like to see Satellite reception 
> capabilities in all HD Receivers I might form a group, myself.
>
> While I'm not in favor of the merger because I strongly believe prices 
> will rise and format choices will dwindle and I don't believe the 
> claim that I'll get the same things I get now and have a lower priced 
> choice for fewer channels I don't believe Satellite radio  is causing 
> the sky to fall the way special interests claim. There's always the 
> possibility one of them will go belly up due to economic forces and 
> we'll have a monopoly service by default. With the sales of 
> terrestrial digital radios seeming to slow down
>
> When there are so many other, more critical threats from the FCC it 
> seems to me that's where the NAB should be focused, not on pimping for 
> a special interest.
>
> Here's the link for details http://www.hear2.com/.
>
> I saw a bumper sticker the other day that applies here "If You're Not 
> Outraged, You're Not Paying Attention."
>
> It's sad when the only way to accomplish something is though lies and 
> deception. I realize it's a Washington tradition but, as an industry 
> that used to follow high journalistic traditions, we should be better 
> than that.
>
> Rich
>
>
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