It's interesting that they didn't quote Best Buy, Radio Shack, Circuit City, and Wal-Mart, where HD radios have not been selling, and have been put on clearance, or discontinued. HD Radio is a farce:
I think that article is a fair and balanced view of what's going on with HD in the market.
Its not anywhere near a farce.
HD is moving at all the retailers you cite and they are enthusiastic about HD particularly the coming skus with itunes tagging which is the first of many digital services built on top of basic digital radio
bobyoung
· 1 year ago
I Hate to disillusion you Fred but I'm an amateur radio operator and live in a major metropolitan area with lots of big box electronics stores. These stores such as Best Buy, Radio Shack, Circuit City, and Walmart and the like avoid merchandise which gathers dust like the plague and HD is the biggest dust gatherer of them all. It is a farce with a just a few big radio conglomerates with a lot of money and free advertising unsuccessfully trying to force it down our collective throats. Maybe they're trying to jam a few of the little guys off the air? hmm....?? Check the yard sales in a few years Fred you'll have to hunt but you'll maybe find a free one. They didn't exactly fly off the shelves of the few stores which used to stock them.
Robert D Young Jr 33 S Main St 32B Millbury, MA 01527 KB1OKL
Greg
· 1 year ago
"Who needs 'Tagging' for HD radio?"
"No 'HD tagging' required. No HD radios required, in fact. Why buy a new radio in order to tag your songs when you can do it on an iPod right now?"
"So let me understand this... HD radio has been reduced to being a storefront for iTunes? So I listen to my HD radio, tag the songs I like, download them to my iPod, and listen to my iPod rather than my HD radio, right?"
Who needs an HD Radio? BTW - Radio Shack and Best Buy DO have their HD radios on clearance, and other retailes have HD radios on dusry shevles at the back of the stores, and in many cases, aren't even plugged in. With HD's dropouts, poor coverage, and interference most of these HD radios have been returned as defective.
Greg
· 1 year ago
HD radio are selling? Take a look at Amazon, where the Sony Sony XDR-S3HD HD Radio is ranked around 2,000th in consumer electronics (yes, I do remember that recent article that the clown in charge of iNiquity's retail side touted that online purchases were doing so well, and that in-store retailers were not a priority):
I know you are an investor and on the Board of iNiquity, so please, say hello to Strubie for me - I hope that he is enjoying my blog, as I have posted over 3,000 links to it on the Internet:
Oh yes, I do remember Bob's old comment that, "half the AMs could disappear, and no one would notice". Nice guy! I'm sure he could care-less about radio, and doesn't care that he is destroying the industry, by driving away listeners with adjacent-channel interference. HD Radio is a scam:
“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.”
"In 1918, we had Charles Ponzi. Ninety years later, we have Peter 'Sgt. Bilk-o' Ferrara. Schemes. From Ponzi to HD Radio. Ibiquity has the license and collects the fees. The HD Radio Alliance, which Sgt. Bilk-o runs, does the fast-talkin’, slow walkin’ hype. Right? Like the other schemes, the HD Radio edition begins with a hard-sell sales pitch to hook you in and establish the product. Right?"
Isn't the HD gang famous for misleading promotions? Haven't commentators noted, the HD crowd speaks to mislead? Aren't they always saying things such as, 'this will be THE Year that HD takes the world by storm!"? DIdn't they say that in '05, '06, and '07? What happened?
What does this Mr. Gebeloff mean when he states SatRad 'dropped the ball'? Doesn't this sound like more of the same nonsense read from some squawking-point poopsheet provided by the HD gang?
Didn't Bridge Ratings note, the more citizens learn about HD's disappointing streams, destructive jamming and costly tempermental stooge radios, the more they reject it in favor of proven AM&FM, as well as far superior superseding technologies?
Why does the HD crowd persist in pushing their long obsolete jamming scheme, when WiMax is here? Are they playing the old trick of convincing unwitting consumers to purchase their mistakes?
Paul Vincent Zecchino Manasota Key, Florida 24 May, 2008
bobyoung
· 1 year ago
"We feel that HD Radio is just stepping in where satellite radio dropped the ball"??!!!! hahahahahahahah!!!!!!
If Satellite radio dropped the ball it's made of lead and HD is under it crushed and broken. Don't waste your money on this technical nightmare, you might want to do a little technical reading on the subject before you buy one of these extremely rare items, check the dollar store though if you are really intent on buying one, they'll be in the 10 cent clearance aisle.
Robert D Young Jr 33 S Main St Apt 2B Millbury, MA KB1OKL
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
I own three of them bob and absolutely love them. The new HD2 and HD3 channels are great and the sound quality is excellent
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http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com
Its not anywhere near a farce.
HD is moving at all the retailers you cite and they are enthusiastic about HD particularly the coming skus with itunes tagging which is the first of many digital services built on top of basic digital radio
It is a farce with a just a few big radio conglomerates with a lot of money and free advertising unsuccessfully trying to force it down our collective throats. Maybe they're trying to jam a few of the little guys off the air? hmm....?? Check the yard sales in a few years Fred you'll have to hunt but you'll maybe find a free one. They didn't exactly fly off the shelves of the few stores which used to stock them.
Robert D Young Jr
33 S Main St 32B
Millbury, MA 01527
KB1OKL
"No 'HD tagging' required. No HD radios required, in fact. Why buy a new radio in order to tag your songs when you can do it on an iPod right now?"
http://www.hear2.com/2008/02/who-needs-taggi.html
"And the good ideas keep on coming..."
"So let me understand this... HD radio has been reduced to being a storefront for iTunes? So I listen to my HD radio, tag the songs I like, download them to my iPod, and listen to my iPod rather than my HD radio, right?"
http://www.hear2.com/2007/09/and-the-good-id.html
Who needs an HD Radio? BTW - Radio Shack and Best Buy DO have their HD radios on clearance, and other retailes have HD radios on dusry shevles at the back of the stores, and in many cases, aren't even plugged in. With HD's dropouts, poor coverage, and interference most of these HD radios have been returned as defective.
http://tinyurl.com/532g9l
I know you are an investor and on the Board of iNiquity, so please, say hello to Strubie for me - I hope that he is enjoying my blog, as I have posted over 3,000 links to it on the Internet:
http://tinyurl.com/4ome62
Oh yes, I do remember Bob's old comment that, "half the AMs could disappear, and no one would notice". Nice guy! I'm sure he could care-less about radio, and doesn't care that he is destroying the industry, by driving away listeners with adjacent-channel interference. HD Radio is a scam:
“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/...
"Radio: Ponzi's back!"
"In 1918, we had Charles Ponzi. Ninety years later, we have Peter 'Sgt. Bilk-o' Ferrara. Schemes. From Ponzi to HD Radio. Ibiquity has the license and collects the fees. The HD Radio Alliance, which Sgt. Bilk-o runs, does the fast-talkin’, slow walkin’ hype. Right? Like the other schemes, the HD Radio edition begins with a hard-sell sales pitch to hook you in and establish the product. Right?"
http://gormanmediablog.blogspot.com/2008/03/rad...
What does this Mr. Gebeloff mean when he states SatRad 'dropped the ball'? Doesn't this sound like more of the same nonsense read from some squawking-point poopsheet provided by the HD gang?
Didn't Bridge Ratings note, the more citizens learn about HD's disappointing streams, destructive jamming and costly tempermental stooge radios, the more they reject it in favor of proven AM&FM, as well as far superior superseding technologies?
Why does the HD crowd persist in pushing their long obsolete jamming scheme, when WiMax is here? Are they playing the old trick of convincing unwitting consumers to purchase their mistakes?
Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
24 May, 2008
If Satellite radio dropped the ball it's made of lead and HD is under it crushed and broken. Don't waste your money on this technical nightmare, you might want to do a little technical reading on the subject before you buy one of these extremely rare items, check the dollar store though if you are really intent on buying one, they'll be in the 10 cent clearance aisle.
Robert D Young Jr
33 S Main St Apt 2B
Millbury, MA
KB1OKL
Fred