I think you are under a misunderstanding. HD radio is NOT "digital". It
is a proprietary format analog signal with a digital adjunct. See:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio>
The only "digital radios" are either satellite (Sirius/XM) which
requires a paid subscription, special receiver, and an external antenna
or "internet radios" that access radio stations' audio streams by
connecting to the internet. In these two cases, the quality of the sound
is generally mediocre compared to high quality analog sources like CD,
tape, LP, etc.
Mike
Constance Warner wrote:
With all this discussion of digital communication frameworks, real and
potential, there's one medium that hasn't yet been mentioned: digital
radio.
I'd like to know what experience, if any, list members have had with
digital radio. I've heard that digital radios have come down in price
to something halfway reasonable--possibly as low as $50. The advantage:
once you have the set, the signals are free; no subscription charges.
Just turn the set on, like those other old-fashioned over-the-air
broadcast media. The disadvantage: digital radio broadcasting isn't
nearly as common as FM or AM stations. (It would be no fun to take your
shiny new digital radio out of the box, turn it on, and get---static.)
So does anybody out there have a digital radio--or do your friends have
them--and if so, what's your/their experience?
I'm especially interested in the presence (or absence) of digital radio
broadcasting in the National Capitol Area.
--Constance Warner
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