http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/ Engadget Comments for Portable HD Radio prototype gets pictured, coming this summer for under $50 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
I actually find myself missing the HD service, and would totally go for something as cheap as this. Most HD units are still way too expensive for what they offer.]]>May 14th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/Or find someone promote DAB round the world.
Many countries haven't figured out which to use,
neither could Nokia,no suprise that they couldn't even try
putting DAB on their N-series.]]>May 13th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
Most DAB chanels in the UK are so overly compressed (many are 96k MP2), it doesn't quite deserve the 'higher quality' argument which so many vendors and radio stations use - Not sure what HD radio is like in the US, but over here i'll stick with my FM thanks.]]>May 14th 2009 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/]]>May 14th 2009 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 13th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/The government makes radio stations pump local, and Canadian "talent" all day long(upwards of 50%). Some is good, most is pure garbage. And not to mention the same bunch of DJ's. Who hold no credit, as just the week before they worked at a pop radio station, talking about how great Brittany Spears is, and now work for a classic rock station, going on about how great the Doors are.
The thought of spending even a lick of coin on radio here makes me cringe. HD or otherwise.

Oh, and its clearly RCA.
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The rules the CRTC set up are/were to separate ourselves as a country from the American media (this was back when radio was the main form of media). Legally, it's 35% CANCON we have to play, not quite 50% yet, but it's usually programmed for about 40%, just to stay on the safe side. Yeah, it does suck sometimes. For example, Nickelback. But it also drives forward the search for new music and it's good for the artists. It comes more down to genre as to whether or not it's good for the listeners or not. For example I'm on an Urban station, and there's not a ton of Canadian Urban talent, and that makes things a little tight in choices.

And that brings me to your DJ point: You don't get to pick and choose what station you're at. Talent advances quickly. Just because you heard the voice on another station with a different sound has absolutely no reflection on them as a DJ. That's the same as refusing to order from Wendy's because last week you saw the cashier eating at Taco Bell. Stations can be owned in groups of up to 4 in a local cluster by one company, so the stations could be spread across different demographics, and talent can often be shared between the stations in the cluster. That's why you can hear one voice on a Rock station hyping the Foo Fighters rolling through town, then turn the dial to the Light Rock your mom listens to and hear that same voice gushing over Pink's new album.]]>May 14th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/If you want to listen to your favourite bands you use your MP3 player right?


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Sure lots of people are willing to accept that, they just want musical wallpaper plucked from the charts with some idiotic chatter. But people who care about music want to listen to DJs who care about music. And DJs who care about music will have their own preferences, not whatever's playlisted for them in whatever job they happened to pick up that week.

Unfortunately I've not heard of any radio stations that play genuine music shows (ie largely dj-selected rather than from a standard station playlist) during daytime... Musical wallpaper is too popular to do anything else. So if you want to listen to real radio you either have to tune in at a specific time in the evening... or these days, listen to it on the internet later...

don't get me wrong though I think digital radio (we have DAB in the uk) is a good thing. is it suddenly going to make daytime radio bearable, no it certainly isn't. so doesn't solve any of the problems with radio content, but it's still a slightly better way to deliver it. [Would be lots better if they allocated more bandwidth and used better compression, but oh well.]]]>May 14th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/You heard it here first!
What do i win?]]>May 14th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
I saw this device in person at the NAB show. Really a slick little unit. It will play MP3s and has a slot for additional storage space.

As for the codec and bitrate HD Radio uses? It is actually something called HDC, which if I remember correctly is a variant of AAC+. An FM station operating in "Hybrid" mode has a total of 96 kbps to play with. It can be allocated between main and sub channels. "Extended Hybrid" gives a few more kilobits to play with. With AAC+, lower bitrate channels actually sound pretty good.

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see for yerself
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/hd-radio-chipset-gets-smaller-fits-in-mp3-player.html]]>May 14th 2009 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/Some stuff at such shows never reach the retail stage, some never reaches the US or wherever the consumer lives.]]>May 14th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
I think you can find that on Sirius Radio. The shows on their "Underground Garage" station spring immediately to mind.]]>May 15th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.hdradiotuner.org]]>May 14th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
hdradiofarce.blogspot.com

And, you think at $50, or any price, these junky HD radios will sell, just ask Mark Ramsey. Over four years, few HD radios have sold, and most have been returned for being "deaf", jsut like what will happen with this joke.]]>May 14th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/
http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com

And, you think at $50, or any price, these junky HD radios will sell, just ask Mark Ramsey. Over four years, few HD radios have sold, and most have been returned for being "deaf", jsut like what will happen with this joke.]]>May 14th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/portable-hd-radio-prototype-gets-pictured-coming-this-summer-fo/May 14th 2009 2:23PM