Talk:HD Radio

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Is the link to http://www.hdradioreviews.com/ really necessary? It appears to have more Google AdSense ads then anything useful and I suspect it might have been stuck their for commercial gain.

Contents 1 Compare/contrast? 2 Sony 3 AM Radio 4 Title 5 Signal Strength Units ? 6 HD Speakers? 7 The real definitation of HD

[edit] Compare/contrast?

Q: How does this differ from satellite radio like Sirius and XM? I've never heard of HD Radio until I ran across this entry.

A: Unlike satellite radio, HD radio is a free service. There are no monthly fees; you only need an HD Radio receiver. It is also local radio, meaning that the station is, like a regular analog radio station, is broadcasting for your specific area.

Also, the sound quality of HD Radio is CD QUALITY, unlike satellite radio which is highly compressed and sounds more like analog AM stereo. Teamgoon 11:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sony

Why does Sony is not making car stereos HD ready? MarioV 01:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I would say that Sony is a transition of some given products. They were known for some excellent shortwave models but much of those have either been discontinued or mimiced by far cheaper models from china (see Kaito/Degen) Sony is pushing everything towards a PS 3 launch later this season and since HD radio would be simply a one time seller it's understandable why they aren't in it yet. Give them a year to year and a half and I'm sure they'll do something.

[edit] AM Radio

It seems that this article has more useful information on AM radio than the AM broadcasting article.

[edit] Title

Should there be a sentence explaining what the HD in the title stands for? I'm sure they intend for it to stand for High Definition, although that's probably just a way to cash in on the HDTV non-craze that's going down. Is there some official title for the HD portion of the name?

HD Radio does not stand for anything.--XMBRIAN 19:14, 16 September 2006 (UTC) Actually HD stands for Hybrid Digital. --User:THOMGIBSON 20:00, 2 November, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signal Strength Units ?

I believe that there is an error in the article, "It does not generally cause interference to any analog station within its 1mV/m² signal strength contour, the lowest limit to which the FCC protects most stations." The units of radio signal strength should be mV/m. See the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_strength .Bartonsmith 13:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HD Speakers?

I understand the difference of the HD radio signal and the radio receiver. But what about the radio speakers? Is there a difference or are they just putting an improved signal through the same old speakers which will not maximize the new HD singal?

[edit] The real definitation of HD

I changed the defintation of what HD stands for at the end of the first paragraph. It originally said it stands for Hybrid technology, however according to Howstuffworks.com.

Yeah, it's a sloppy edit.  :-(

Fontenot 1031 22:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)