Literally, that's the first tag line on the flash page that welcomed me when I went to the newly re-done hdradio.com website: "More Heartache on HD" (along with "more music on HD...more chill on HD...more relaxing on HD..."). How fitting an admission!
Also, now that the Zune HD has been discontinued, the number of portable HD-capable players available is exactly... two - both Best Buy Insignia house brand models. Remember the old days when you'd see industry leaders like Sony followed by other companies like Panasonic, Sharp, etc. fielding quality portable radios? Not for this turkey of a technology, I guess.
http://www.hdradio.com/buyers-guide/hd-radio-player
The NSHD-01 gets respectable feedback but the NSHD-02 has reviews calling it a "joke", saying "don't bother" - both for the user interface and the reception, it seems.
A collection of stories dealing with the new in-band, on-channel (IBOC) technology used in HD Radio (tm) on the AM band
What's been your experience with AM IBOC?
Do you own or plan to buy an HD-capable radio?
Where will AM IBOC be in five years?
Welcome to AM-IBOC!
There's a lot of noise (pardon the pun) surrounding IBOC and HD Radio on the AM band today. This blog exists to highlight the stories being written about this technology. Since AM HD implementation was closely linked to FM, I've included some FM-only stories, too.
Pro and con, for and against, good and bad. Let's see where this goes.
Pro and con, for and against, good and bad. Let's see where this goes.
