[BC] HD Radio Sales to the Common Listener

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:59 PM 3/3/2009, Kevin Trueblood wrote: -------

>Unless something changed, Ford was going to start as of this year making it
>an option:
>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/08/ces-2008-ford-expands-hd-radio-offering-in-2009-to-all-vehicles/

Great story. It's practically lifted from the IBUZ company's puff release.

>Hyundai in 2011:
>http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS148563+28-Jan-2009+PRN20090128

Another wonderful story. Especially this part:

Developed by iBiquity Digital Corporation and supported by the leaders of the
broadcasting, consumer electronics, retail and automotive industries, HD Radio
technology is available to more than 84 percent of Americans.  More than 1,800
HD Radio stations are already on the air plus over 900 new multicast FM
channels. HD Radio broadcasts offer listeners the quality, choice and
interactivity that consumers have come to expect from digital technologies,

Diogenes has abandoned his search for an honest man and is now trying 
to find an IBUZ receiver. So much for retailer support. This stuff is 
such PR hogwash it's pathetic.

>Jaguar in 2010:

To paraphrase Mark Ramsey "Jaguar and IBUZ. Two things consumers 
don't want. Together."

>http://www.gearlog.com/2009/02/jaguar_makes_hd_radio_standard.php
>
>and BMW is already supposed to be offering them.

The comment usually goes "stop me if you've heard this one." It's a joke.
Wasn't the receiver that had a problem on the Jersey side of the 
Hudson River in a BMW? Within sight of Empire.

One of these puff pieces used the phrase "quickly spreading" We'd be 
extremely lucky if the Flu spread so quickly. Consumer acceptance of 
this albatross makes molasses in a New England Winter look like a speedster.

At least these folks are giving Obama the transparency he wants - an 
Emperor with no clothes.

Rich