Comments on: Sony Tunes In to HD Radio http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/sony-tunes-in-to-hd-radio/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:40:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tantrum http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/sony-tunes-in-to-hd-radio/#comment-54624 Tantrum Tue, 29 May 2007 09:59:12 +0000 #comment-54624 I never thought that HD Radio would take off. In fact I was suprised to find out that most of our radio stations here were broadcasting in HD Radio. Why aren't more companies jumping onto the bandwagon, and why has the marketing efforts been so weak? I never thought that HD Radio would take off. In fact I was suprised to find out that most of our radio stations here were broadcasting in HD Radio. Why aren't more companies jumping onto the bandwagon, and why has the marketing efforts been so weak?

]]> By: PocketRadio http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/sony-tunes-in-to-hd-radio/#comment-54623 PocketRadio Tue, 29 May 2007 09:42:43 +0000 #comment-54623 Why, would an excellent company, such as Sony, throw good money at a failing technology:<br /> <br /> “HD Radio on the Offense” <br /> <br /> “But after an investigation of HD Radio units, the stations playing HD, and the company that owns the technology; and some interviews with the wonks in DC, it looks like HD Radio is a high-level corporate scam, a huge carny shill.” <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-radio-on-the-offense" title="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-radio-on-the-offense" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-...</a> <br /> <br /> “4/4/07 - FCC: Market to Decide Fate of HD Radio” <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm" title="http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm</a> <br /> <br /> “Sirius, XM, and HD: Consumer interest reality check” <br /> <br /> “While interest in satellite radio is diminishing, interest in HD shows no signs of a pulse.” <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html" title="http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html</a> <br /> <br /> “U.S. automakers not jumping into HD Radio” <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2632750220070427?pageNumber=1" title="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2632750220070427?pageNumber=1" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN26327502...</a> <br /> <br /> “Bridge Ratings: Sweat the cell phone and don’t count on HD” <br /> <br /> “In other words, Bridge says interest in HD radio is decreasing even as your station works hard to increase awareness. What can I possibly add to this honest and bleak picture that I haven’t said before? My well-intended warnings about HD’s “premature death” seem to be rearing their ugly heads almost two years later.” <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/bridge_ratings_.html" title="http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/bridge_ratings_.html" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/bridge_ratings_.html</a> <br /> Why, would an excellent company, such as Sony, throw good money at a failing technology:

“HD Radio on the Offense”

“But after an investigation of HD Radio units, the stations playing HD, and the company that owns the technology; and some interviews with the wonks in DC, it looks like HD Radio is a high-level corporate scam, a huge carny shill.”

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-...

“4/4/07 – FCC: Market to Decide Fate of HD Radio”

http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm

“Sirius, XM, and HD: Consumer interest reality check”

“While interest in satellite radio is diminishing, interest in HD shows no signs of a pulse.”

http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html

“U.S. automakers not jumping into HD Radio”

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN26327502...

“Bridge Ratings: Sweat the cell phone and don’t count on HD”

“In other words, Bridge says interest in HD radio is decreasing even as your station works hard to increase awareness. What can I possibly add to this honest and bleak picture that I haven’t said before? My well-intended warnings about HD’s “premature death” seem to be rearing their ugly heads almost two years later.”

http://www.hear2.com/2007/04/bridge_ratings_.html

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