I agree with everything you said...up to the point that there's nothing of quality to listen to anymore. Our local NPR station here in Cincinnati just started broadcasting its NPR content on HD channel 1 and simulcasting a formerly Internet-only alt-rock station, WOXY.com, on HD channel 2. This is positively huge because WOXY, which had the terrestrial frequency of 97.7 until the owners retired a couple years ago, was about the highest-quality alternative station you could find (consistently recommended by Rolling Stone, etc.) and it has managed to retain a pretty good version of itself through its transition to online-only. So, to be able to hear WOXY again in my car and home without futzing with HTPCs and other wonky net tuner gadgets will be really nice. Worth $130? Yeah...I think it is.
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I agree with everything you said...up to the point that there's nothing of quality to listen to anymore. Our local NPR station here in Cincinnati just started broadcasting its NPR content on HD channel 1 and simulcasting a formerly Internet-only alt-rock station, WOXY.com, on HD channel 2. This is positively huge because WOXY, which had the terrestrial frequency of 97.7 until the owners retired a couple years ago, was about the highest-quality alternative station you could find (consistently recommended by Rolling Stone, etc.) and it has managed to retain a pretty good version of itself through its transition to online-only. So, to be able to hear WOXY again in my car and home without futzing with HTPCs and other wonky net tuner gadgets will be really nice. Worth $130? Yeah...I think it is.