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iLuv’s 168 ties in HD Radio with a traditional tabletop alarm clock—all for $99.
The other day I was rocking out to Ratt. I’m not proud of it, but hey—admission is the first step to recovery.
I received some info that the price of HD Radio is dropping—to the point where people might actually think about buying it. I’m all for low-low prices, but all I could think of was… did I really need to listen to Ratt any clearer?
That said, HD Radio can now be had for just under the $100 mark. Companies like Coby, iLuv, JVC, Pioneer, Radiosophy and Sony are all cranking out radios for home, office and car use (see article- Taking HD Radio on the Road). Units with iTunes Tagging, which allows listeners to “mark” songs for a later purchase, will cost a little more—but still affordable.
“This price point brings the superior performance of HD Radio receivers with attractive functionality to a much broader audience,” said Bob Struble, president and CEO of iBiquity Digital, the company behind HD Radio. “Having world-class device manufacturers throw their support behind HD Radio broadcasting, and bring devices of this outstanding quality to the retail market at such an affordable price is yet another signal of the mainstream interest in the technology.”
So the question is: Will you make the leap to HD Radio now that prices are dropping? Leave a comment below—and please feel free to share your own guilty pleasures, so I won’t feel like a total dork.
Good to see some blogs about HD Radio, even though it starts with Ratt. I am a very big fan of HD. In a year or two this will be the primary radio. Satellite will fade off as people won’t pay $15/month, and about 50% of satellite subscriptions are cancelled after the free trial period from a new car purchase ends.
A good site to leard more about HD clock radios, like the iLuv, is http://www.hdclockradio.com
I’d have to agree with Tom Blandin, I know I’m not the only person saying this, my neighbor has said the exact same thing. Where is the component that I can plug into my existing system without having to purchase a new AVR?
Great, the gear is affordable, now tell the radio stations OUTSIDE of the big cities to invest in the needed hardware on THEIR side.
So if an HD radio tuner can fit in the package that serves a car radio with amplifier, cd changer…, Why cannot a manufactor build a HD tuner that is the size of an Ipod so that I might use the output to feed my current sound system, and do it affordably?
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How about one in the form factor of an Ipod. Then all of the ipod docking stations (Strereo, Clock Radio, Bose, Car transmitters etc.) can be used and we don’t have to throw out a perfectly good units just to buy a $100 clock radio?
That will certainly jump start HD Radio, especially since we are in a recession (Really?).