Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

bob
k5qwg

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

Yeah, they have the Boston Acoustics HD radio and a car radio. The BA is
still too expensive, AFAIC. I'm more interested in something like the
Sangean HDT-1 Component AM FM Tuner, that plugs directly into your existing
audio system.

Mike

On Mar 6, 9:24 am, Bob Miller wrote:
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

bob
k5qwg

Who cares? For less money you could get an honest to goodness FM radio
there.

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:46:53 -0500, "Mike" wrote in
:

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
.. .
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

Yeah, they have the Boston Acoustics HD radio and a car radio.


Sure enough, but who cares?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5336041
Boston Acoustics HD Radio in Platinum, RECEPTERHDPLAT $299.86

Item Description

The Recepter Radio HD is the first compact, high-performance stereo
and digital HD radio table model that delivers brilliant clarity and
high-fidelity sound. It is also the first home HD table radio to
receive and seamlessly play the additional digital HD2 multicast
programming that many stations are now broadcasting.


Key Features & Benefits:

Groundbreaking HD digital technology

No subscription is needed to listen to HD radio technology with the
sharpest, clearest reception and the best sound

Satellite speaker

Compact satellite speaker lets you listen in true stereo sound

Input for iPod and MP3 players

Play what you carry on your portable player on the Recepter Radio HD,
and let the entire room hear your tracks

Patented BassTrak circuitry

Delivers satisfying bass, even at low volumes, while eliminating
distortion

Mini remote control

A credit card-size remote control makes using the Recepter Radio HD
easy from anywhere in the room

20 station presets

Preset the Recepter Radio to your 20 favorite AM and FM talk and
music stations

Dual independent clock alarms

Every couple will appreciate having two independent alarm clocks that
can be set at two different times for different schedules

What's the development status of HD programming? (Are they being
broadcast in most metropolitan areas now?) Also, is the audio fidelity
as good as FM, and if not, what are the advantages of getting HD-AM?

Jim



Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:46:53 -0500, "Mike" wrote in
:


"Bob Miller" wrote in message
. ..

Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

Yeah, they have the Boston Acoustics HD radio and a car radio.



Sure enough, but who cares?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5336041
Boston Acoustics HD Radio in Platinum, RECEPTERHDPLAT $299.86

Item Description

The Recepter Radio HD is the first compact, high-performance stereo
and digital HD radio table model that delivers brilliant clarity and
high-fidelity sound. It is also the first home HD table radio to
receive and seamlessly play the additional digital HD2 multicast
programming that many stations are now broadcasting.


Key Features & Benefits:

Groundbreaking HD digital technology

No subscription is needed to listen to HD radio technology with the
sharpest, clearest reception and the best sound

Satellite speaker

Compact satellite speaker lets you listen in true stereo sound

Input for iPod and MP3 players

Play what you carry on your portable player on the Recepter Radio HD,
and let the entire room hear your tracks

Patented BassTrak circuitry

Delivers satisfying bass, even at low volumes, while eliminating
distortion

Mini remote control

A credit card-size remote control makes using the Recepter Radio HD
easy from anywhere in the room

20 station presets

Preset the Recepter Radio to your 20 favorite AM and FM talk and
music stations

Dual independent clock alarms

Every couple will appreciate having two independent alarm clocks that
can be set at two different times for different schedules

On Mar 6, 8:24 am, Bob Miller wrote:
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

bob
k5qwg

Here's a question. Why would anyone in their right mind spend over
two hundred dollars for a small table radio who's sound quality is
marginal at best? On another note how can you appreciate the quality
of HD radio with such an inadequate reproduction system? The Boston
Acoustics radio is not bad, I've heard worse, but still it's so
limited. This makes as much sense as receiving HDTV programming on a
1980's Sanyo television. It loses something in the translation, so to
speak.

I'd go with the Sangean HDT-1 HD tuner, which works nicely if you
have an external AM antenna. The biggest tuner ever made.

Its clock sucks, losing 30 seconds a day, but fortunately is not
used for anything.

Very selective on AM, but doesn't have any controls you'd like
for serious listening, like some AGC control.

I use it with a DA100E active whip outdoors, usually.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On 6 Mar 2007 08:51:15 -0800, "Radiola" wrote in
. com:

Why would anyone in their right mind spend over
two hundred dollars for a small table radio who's sound quality is
marginal at best? On another note how can you appreciate the quality
of HD radio with such an inadequate reproduction system?

I have no familiarity with HD radio at all, but I presume it's
digitally encoded audio like a CD. If so, one could record the sound
(or data?) and play it on a more capable audio system for better
fidelity. Just a thought.

"JimC" wrote in message
t...
What's the development status of HD programming? (Are they being
broadcast in most metropolitan areas now?) Also, is the audio fidelity
as good as FM, and if not, what are the advantages of getting HD-AM?

Jim


AM HD is stereo and is about as good as analog FM.

Both AM HD & FM HD have ( um, forgot what it's called) auto-station ID
display, as well as program/song information display. Great for DXing!

FM HD is about as good as CD audio. Many FM HD stations broadcast two HD
channels consisting of different programming.

"Steve" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Mar 6, 9:24 am, Bob Miller wrote:
Heard on NPR this morning WalMart can now purvey to you fine HD
radios.

bob
k5qwg

Who cares? For less money you could get an honest to goodness FM radio
there.


For the same money you can have an honest to goodness analog and HD FM
radio.