[BC] Re: Interest in HD Gear

[Rich Wood]

------ At 04:00 PM 1/17/2006, Xmitters at aol.com wrote: -------

>I understand that. My point was, why not just include the HD circuitry in
>newer receivers so the consumer, at the risk of sounding rather 
>harsh, gets an HD
>ready radio whether they like it or not? It seems to me that it would be
>better simply to include the circuitry rather than educate the general public
>about what HD is and why they should spend money on it.

I completely understand why the manufacturers are doing it this way. 
An external IP bus allows all kinds of accessories to be used with 
the headend and daisy-chained. The controls and the display remains 
with the headend. If I want a plain vanilla radio I can have one. If 
I change my mind I can add an XM tuner, a SIRIUS tuner, and IBUZ 
tuner, a CD changer and an iPod dock to that same vanilla radio.

My system is Pioneer. The only IBUZ tuner I know of is Kenwood's. I 
have a lot of stuff on the Pioneer IP bus. Changing brands would cost 
me a fortune. I imagine they like it that way.

Rich


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