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Nighthawk @ Nov 27th 2007 8:04PM
Sorry to burst the autoblog bubble, but HD radios choice is horrible. Its run by the same commercial monkeys that have ruined our current FM/AM choices. I hardly think they are going to be running all these stations commercial free and with much improved content. Face it, its going to be more of the same on HD.
I'd rather take the huge variety of choices available on Sirius and XM instead of channel hopping trying to miss commercials on FM/AM stations. And BTW, HD-AM has been canned for the time being due to massive bleedover to other channels. So much for that half of the spectrum getting any improvements.
I do find it ironic many of the Autoblog bloggers seem to have a vendetta against Satellite Radio, even though it can now be found standard on many of these new cars we talk about. Ford just announced a renewed partnership with Sirius, and put the penetration rate at 70% of all cars produced being equipped with it. Thats a pretty big deal, and apparently many people are enjoying these 3 and 6 month free trials enough that they are dropping the bucks when it comes time to renew.
Dan Roth @ Nov 27th 2007 8:19PM
I have no problem with the variety and programming on the satellite services. My issue with them is the sound quality. If I'm paying a monthly fee for my music, I feel it should sound better than something equivalent to a 32kbps .mp3 file. The content is great - and you're right, HD radio is spotty, that's the point I was making in the post.
Sattelite is cool, don't get me wrong, but there's always room for variety, so being able to choose between standard AM/FM and HD content is cool.