[BC] A bit disappointed.

[Steve]

I've had the feeling from the very beginning this thing was gonna bomb as
did SQ and Discrete 4-Channel, AM Stereo. Just add this one to the list.
Those who are unethical could tell the public they were broadcasting in HD
and they'd buy it. I said some weeks ago Willie, about selling HD in a LD
world. Like the Internet (and you've addressed this as have others) we need
more bandwidth...translated, an expanded spectrum. This ain't gonna be the
salvation of radio. Fragmentation has come back BIG TIME!

Steve
Steve Walker Productions


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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] A bit disappointed.


> In a message dated 01/14/2006 1:08:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> richwood at pobox.com writes:
>
> > I make an almost monthly tour of Big Box and custom installer stores.
> >  So far, I've been told I'm the only person to ever ask about HD
> >  Radio. A Tweeter manager had heard of HD Radio but wasn't going to
> >  stock it. The Boston Acoustics HD Radio is a special order item that
> >  no one has ordered, according to him.
>
> I continue to watch this story with amazement. *Everything* I have seen
> posted by the experts in this Forum has indicated an almost total lack of
interest
> by the General Public... yet stations continue to throw money away on this
> boondoggle. It really boggles the mind!
>
> I expect that in just a couple years, we will be seeing all kinds of IBUZ
> equipment being sold for pennies on the dollar as surplus and scrap. Watch
for it.
>
> When AM stereo came out, the Public reacted with an audible yawn despite
the
> fact that the receivers were only nominally more expensive. With IBUZ,
we're
> talking 10x to 4x the price. The people aren't just yawning, they're
snoring!
>
> Let's face it... the consumers are *not* buying it. Sirius and XM are
> obviously much higher on the Public's priority list.
>
> We've already suggested the right way to go- dump TV channels 5 & 6, and
> either make a new FM band for IBUZ, or let the mom & pop AM's (and
daytimers) buy
> the new channels. I think the FCC could make plenty of money auctioning
off
> those channels.
>
> Willie...
>
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