"Pioneer says HD Radio succcess should be decided by open market, not forced inclusion"

"IBiquity, the company behind HD Radio, is making enemies all over the place, the latest of which is Pioneer. The Japan-based corp, which makes the popular Inno, recently told the FCC [PDF] that iBiquity's scheme to force satellite radio manufacturers to include HD Radio playback is absurd."

http://tinyurl.com/5f9q2b

Maybe, if iBiquity pisses off enough manufacturers, no one will build their crappy radios, which don't even work.

   Isn't this precisely why citizens long ago rejected HD? Why does BigRadio stupidly, greedily insist upon shoving it down our throats and polluting our airwaves with broadband digital jamming? Do they really think that jamming our favorite stations will win us over any more than did their sub rosa arm twisting of broadcasters? Do they think their endlessly embroidered lies about 'streams' and Saturday-Night-Suspect denials of jamming will earn them new friends?

   Isn't this new Porsche Design radio marketed to those who know value? Why is it that HD gangsters and their dupes cynically know the cost of everything and the value of nothing?

  This new receiver represents a committment to value and respect for both listeners and broadcasters alike. What a delightful entry into the still very much alive business of analog broadcasting.

 Dr. Paul Vincent Zecchino

 Manasota Key, Florida

 12 June, 2008