Chris Tarr wrote:

I find it very interesting that people continue to compare HD to AM
Stereo. The dynamics are very different, and the industry is much
different. Funny enough, HD detractors mention price as the biggest
problem. The truth is price is the smallest problem...that will fix
itself soon. Anybody launching HD is doing so with an eye to the
future, not expecting results today.

I think it's also a bad idea to tar AM IBOC and FM IBOC with the same
brush. FM IBOC actually provides better service for FM listeners and
works very well.

The reason some of these comparisons are being made is because AM Stereo,
like AM IBOC, was presented as a great solution to the migration of listeners
from the AM band. It turned out not to be, but it did no damage and nothing
to accelerate the loss. AM IBOC seems to do more harm than good to the
AM band, if you consider AM skywave to be important. And if you don't
consider AM skywave important, then you have to always consider the AM
band as the poor stepchild of FM anyway, because skywave is the one thing
that distinguishes AM and makes it useful today.
--scott
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