Gurnee Al Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Haven't seen any. XM sound is good enough for me, and their channel lineup can't be beat.
Marcster Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Haven't seen any. XM sound is good enough for me, and their channel lineup can't be beat.HD doesn't have a month to month charge. I like XM though... We have a unit in my wife's car, she listens to it to and from work, and I listen to XM online.
slinkster65 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 What is the big deal with HD radio? I know it is supposed to sound better or something and pick up extra stations? Is this something that will/is becoming mainstream or what?
Marcster Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 What is the big deal with HD radio? I know it is supposed to sound better or something and pick up extra stations? Is this something that will/is becoming mainstream or what?Crutchfield is a good source for audio advice, so here you go:http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/car/hdradio.html
slinkster65 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Ah, ok. Very cool. Thanks. I am going to be putting a new headunit in my car afte the first of the year so this will be soemthing to look into. Since al of the decks now have the outputs for an ipod, hd may be something I look real hard at.
bobmoullas Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 hd radio= clearer radio, including the 20 minutes of commercials an hours:razz:
8truths Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Keep in mind at some point the gov't aims to transition radio over to all-digital, as it is doing with TV broadcasts in Feb 2009. Right now HD radio is about where HDTV was in 1998. Only a handful of the better, more reliable stations are using it in the major markets. The downside is that while the TV market is very nicely organized into market areas, and in any one region you're dealing with no more than ten broadcasters needing to change over, radio will be a nightmare of a different scale. Lots of small broadcasters and old station engineers who may not take kindly to the changeover. Since the full TV analog shutdown won't be totally finished until 2011 (when cable companies have to stop sending analog signals down their lines), it probably won't be any time before 2020 that a radio analog shutdown is implemented.
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