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New, low-cost HD car radio from Audiovox September 9, 2007 17:07 |
Here’s some good news for those of you who would like to add HD Radio(tm) to your cars.Audiovox has announced that it will introduce one of the lowest priced HD Radio car stereo receivers this fall. The two units which will be marketed under the Jensen brand, are expected to have a starting price of about $150 and to arrive at retailers in mid-September. Both receivers will be iPod and satellite radio ready, and will support multiple formats, including SD and USB.
And tabletop radios, too
Audiovox has also said that it will show a line of HD tabletopradios at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and will begin shipping units shortly after that. No details have been released as to the specifications or prices of these tabletop receivers.
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Tag - your song is it (assuming you want to buy it) September 11, 2007 09:08 |
Apple and iBiquity released some interesting news the other day which is you will soon be able tag a song you hear on HD Radio and then buy it on iTunes.
According to the online publication, The Mac Observer, "The service works as follows: on supported devices, when listening to HD Radio, a song can be selected or tagged. Later, the song will appear in iTunes and can be purchased."
The caveat is that you will need a compatiblesystem to do this and there will onliy be two such systems available in time for Christmas - the Polk iSonic Entertainment System and the JBL iHD. However, it is expected, at least by iBiquity, that there will be more compatible systems availble for both home and car next year.
And the Mac Daily News said, "Peter Ferrara, CEO of the HD Digital Radio Alliance, the coalition of radio broadcasters formed to promote HD Radio technology commented in the press release on the broadcasters' promotional plan for iTunes Tagging, saying, "The HD Digital Radio Alliance is tremendously excited about this great new HD Radio feature and will broadly promote iTunes Tagging. We plan a multi-million dollar advertising campaign focusing on the JBL and Polk products, as well as participating retailers."
II am once again left wondering why all the emphasis is being put on high-end tabletop units.But maybe iBiquity knows more than I do, which is certainly possible.
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