Just imagine the HD quality of the ripps we will get off the radio then :) how will they know the difference between CD and HD its going to be close.

I'll purchase some HD ears when they become available.
In the meantime I'll stick with good old analogue :)

its a dman shame because the digital signal either "comes in or it doesnt". like hd tv signals over air. this preciseness of broadcast actually restricts the range. Instead of being able to get away with it “sorta” coming in, you need the station to come in perfectly or you wont hear anything. i live about an hour from new york, i get new york stations in my car, my friend with a brand new car with hd built in cannot find a single hd station in the same area.

as of right now, even around new york, which i would guess has a lot of hd radio stations running at the moment, its hard to get one to come in unless you are no more than 30 min outside the source.

i knew a home theater designer who got suckered into buying a whole bunch of hd radio tuners about a year ago. hasent sold one because no one gets a signal where he is located.

if you are considering getting a hd radio, make sure you can return it in case you get home and cant find any hd stations.

...and hd radio is bullshit anyway. commercials? censorship? no thanks. im not going to buy a 200 dollar tuner just to hear blaring commercials in hd or my favorite rap song butchered into an unlistenable mess, in hd.

Considering that where I live there are 2 english music channels and both pretty much suck (and probably aren't in HD), I'd be much more likely to check out satellite radio then this :D

I disagree with the NY guy comment. I live about an hour away from the city as well and get plenty of stations in HD, and when they aren't coming in in HD my HU seamlessly [except for audio quality difference] goes into analog mode. He probably set his HU up wrong, and to only receive HD stations.

AM in HD is about the best thing I've ever heard as well, makes it much more tolerable. I can finally listen to sports on the radio without the crackling voices annoying me to the point of turning it off. Highly recommended from me :)

I think georgeluv was simply saying that HD signals drop off very
quickly if your not in range or the reciever is slightly out.
Bad weather causes more damage to a digital signal than
analogue.
Reflections of the digital signal from builings and tall structures can also crap out the signal compared to analogue.

Fact is analogue is incredibly resilient compared to digital.

All things being equal.A bad signal in analogue causes noise,
a bad signal in digital equals stuttering or nothing at all.

This still keeps broadcast radio free. I'm still opposed to paying for something that I've gotten free my entire life.

Satellite radio may be nice as it is, but is would be even nicer if it was free.