[BC] Another interesting article

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

Albeit a bit of a "puff-piece", this article provides an interesting glimpse 
of what a non-technical person thinks of not only the HD system, but the $500 
table radio we've been discussing:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10480765

Here's a clip:

> The iBiquity system allows U.S. radio stations to
> broadcast one or more digital feeds on the exact
> same frequency they use for their regular (analog)
> signal. Your new HD radio receiver sorts the
> different signals and lets you listen to the best one
> you can receive. The idea here is to set the radio
> dial to your favorite radio stations, wait 5 seconds
> or so and then begin listening to the radio station
> in full-blown digital splendor.

I had to laugh at these obvious technical errors. Then I laughed again at the 
"full-blown digital splendor".

It's just showing us the Consumer mindset: "It's *Digital* so that means it 
*must be better*."

The article goes on to mention how WCBS FM tried to "stop complaints" by 
putting their Oldies format onto HD2 and a streaming WEBsite. "Stop complaints", 
indeed. If they *really* wanted to "stop complaints", they'd put the Oldies 
*back* onto the WCBS FM main & HD1signals, and put "Jack" onto HD2 and the WEB 
stream. What *were* they thinking? Oh, that's right... they weren't.

Willie...