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Remember HD radio? I'm amazed how little adoption that still has. They got the radio stations to buy in which should've been the hard part. If it was like any o
by mastax 4y ago
Remember HD radio? I'm amazed how little adoption that still has. They got the radio stations to buy in which should've been the hard part. If it was like any other technology it should be built into the FM tuner chips for basically no cost by this point. Maybe the patent licensing is really expensive? The patents can expire just in time for nobody to care.
- anderiv 4y agoPerhaps we’re an outlier here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul MN area - a strong majority of FM stations here broadcast in HD. Most have at least one, if not two other HD broadcast streams in addition to their main one. I tend to listen a lot to the HD2+ streams, as advertisers seem to not be interested in paying for ad spots there (which I guess could be indicative of poor adoption, at least beyond the main HD streams).
- mastax 4y agoAnother theory: SiriusXM bribed carmakers to install satellite radio receivers and to not install HD Radio. The first part is assumed given how Satellite radio receivers are (were?) installed close to universally, even in pretty basic cars. The second is a pretty plausible extension of that.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoI’ve had it in the car for seven years I think. Was late then. Looked into getting it in the house but it was quite difficult for some reason.