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raginranger · 03-12-2008, 05:02 PM

Has anyone tried this? My favorite local station now broadcasts in high-def, but haven't heard hd radio yet. Is it really a big improvement?

if so, I may consider getting one so I can listen at work.

Mr. Hanky · 03-12-2008, 06:03 PM

"hd radio" has got to be one of the biggest usage abuse of a commonly understood germane term, today. There is nothing "hd" about it. It is simply digital lossy compressed audio sent over a radio wave- not that far removed than your typical low bitrate mp3 recording. It doesn't even surpass plain jane pcm on a cd on a technical level- how could it possibly be even remotely "hd"?

Tanman19az · 03-12-2008, 06:32 PM

It's good, but still very limited. There's only several different stations that broadcast in it. Basically, it's the same quality as satellite radio and it's regular radio's weapon against satellite radio. HD radio is growing though so look for it to get bigger. In fact, this technology was available 10 years ago before sat radio, but radio stations didn't want to invest in it. If they had invested in it, then Sat radio probably wouldn't have existed or at least wouldn't have so much success as they did

calcajun · 03-13-2008, 03:23 PM

HD radio is not High Definition.

H D Radio

It is Hybrid Digital Analog Radio

03-12-2008, 05:02 PM	#1
raginranger Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	HD Radio Has anyone tried this? My favorite local station now broadcasts in high-def, but haven't heard hd radio yet. Is it really a big improvement? if so, I may consider getting one so I can listen at work.

03-12-2008, 06:03 PM	#2
Mr. Hanky Active Member Member since:Sep 2007	"hd radio" has got to be one of the biggest usage abuse of a commonly understood germane term, today. There is nothing "hd" about it. It is simply digital lossy compressed audio sent over a radio wave- not that far removed than your typical low bitrate mp3 recording. It doesn't even surpass plain jane pcm on a cd on a technical level- how could it possibly be even remotely "hd"? Last edited by Mr. Hanky; 03-12-2008 at 06:40 PM.

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03-12-2008, 06:32 PM	#3
Tanman19az Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Lake Forest, CA Blu-ray collection:57 Trading Score:23	It's good, but still very limited. There's only several different stations that broadcast in it. Basically, it's the same quality as satellite radio and it's regular radio's weapon against satellite radio. HD radio is growing though so look for it to get bigger. In fact, this technology was available 10 years ago before sat radio, but radio stations didn't want to invest in it. If they had invested in it, then Sat radio probably wouldn't have existed or at least wouldn't have so much success as they did

03-13-2008, 03:23 PM	#4
calcajun Active Member Member since:Feb 2007	HD radio is not High Definition. H D Radio It is Hybrid Digital Analog Radio

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