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"Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> "Liron" <nomail@sick.of.getting.spam> wrote in message 
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>> So, what is supposed to be wrong with HD Radio that is allegedly spurring 
>> this legal action?
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> The law firm will allege that iBiquity presented HD radio as a system 
> that's essentially a higher-fidelity version of the standard AM/FM radio 
> experience, and then proceed to demonstrate that in actuality that's not 
> really the case -- probably the biggest problem reported in the real world 
> is that HD "lock" tends to come and go as one is driving around, and the 
> "blend to analog" functionality in cases doesn't always work very well, 
> making the listen experience annoying enough that many people will just 
> force the radio into analog-only mode or switch to a different station.
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> It seems very unlikely the law firm could prevail, but when it comes to 
> things like, "does HD radio work the way it was advertised to consumers?," 
> there's so much subjectivity involved that it's anyone's guess.  If the 
> law firm can get enough people to sign on, going after iBiquity might just 
> start to look worth the cost.
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> Personally, I'm betting the lawsuit will never proceed -- at best they'll 
> be able to shakedown iBiquity a bit for an out-of-court settlement wherein 
> the law firm makes millions and every HD radio owner gets a check for $5 
> or so.
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> I am disappointed that the FCC selected IBOC as the one and only 
> AM/FM-band digital radio format all the entire U.S. without even requiring 
> that iBiquity openly publish the complete on-air technical specification, 
> much less trying to stimulate greater competition for the best possible 
> technical standard in the first place.  (IBOC uses some -- apparently 
> minor -- variant of the AAC CoDec, which is a good choice, but their their 
> OFDM modulation scheme doesn't seem to be as effective against multi-path 
> interference as it really should be.)  Effectively the FCC handed iBiquity 
> a printing press for greenbacks, and even if that press can't run very 
> fast, the FCC's actions still don't strike me as having been in the best 
> interest of the populace.
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maybe it'll go the way of am stereo