smith71shane's blog: "hdtv review"

Industry experts say that there are now more than 1000 stations broadcasting in HD. More than 100 of them are even multicasting with HD2 subchannels.

But can you actually hear HD radio yet?

The answer to this is that you can, particularly if you want to put an HD radio in your car. At least five manufacturers that already offer car audio systems that incorporate HD technology. They are:

Panasonic
JVC
Alpine
Sanyo
Kenwood

Plus, Eclipse has an HD tuner that can make certain of their models HD capable.

The best place to acquire one of these car audio systems might be eBay. An eBay search turned up a Kenwood KDC-MP4028 at a buy it now price of just $99.98.

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Online sources for information on HD car audio systems include Nextag (www.nextag.com), BizRate (www.bizrate.com), PriceGrabber (www.pricegrabber.com), PriceScan (www.pricescan.com), and Shopzilla (www.shopzilla.com).

In terms of pricing, NexTag has the Kenwood KDC MP828 at a low of $220 at www.etronics.com.(refurbished) And Shopzilla has the same unit at $204.98 (www.amazon.com) And the high-end Alpine DVA-9965 is available from Crutchfield at $1,499.99.

Tabletop HD Radios

More tabletop HD radios are arriving almost weekly. Boston Acoustics recently began shipping its Recepter Radio HD to selected audio stores. This unit is also available at Crutchfields (www.crutchfield.com), One call (www.onecall.com), amazon.com, NPR (www.npr.org), and J&R (www.j&r.com). All four of these outlets have been pricing the unit at $499 with a $50 rebate.

Five manufacturers

...volume right up the quality and cleanliness of the sound still remains the same. Adding more bass will give you a fuller sound and in contrast adding more treble will give you a crisper sound, again without taking away sound ...

have announced HD tabletop radios Boston Acoustics, Polk Audio, RadioShack, Sangeon and Radiosophy. The Polk I-sonic is shipping now and Radiosophy’s MultiStream is due out late this year. The I-sonic is priced at $599 with a $50 rebate that expires in early January. The Radiosophy MultiStream HD for $269 before a $50 rebate. The RadioShack Accurian is $174.99 after a $35 rebate and the Sangeon HDR-1 is $249.99 before a $50 rebate.

The better news is that new, lower-cost HD tabletops should begin arriving early in 2007.

Component HD Tuners

Sangeon has a component radio tuner called the HDT-1 at $199.(before rebate) and Yamaha has its RX-V4600 Home Theater Receiver with HD. This 7-channel, surround-sound receiver

...makes watching fast-moving television like sports and action films seem even more lifelike. Amazon.com is currently selling this model of TV for just a shade under $2,000, which is quite a bargain considering the revolutionary technology that is inside it. ...

is available at specialized audio stores and has a manufacturers suggested retail price of $1899..

ADA (Audio Design Associates) offers three HD component tuners the Duo Tuner ($2199), Quadritune Tune Suite ($3199) and the HD Pro Tuner.

Day-Seguerra has announced an HD receiver but as of now has not provided any information on the product or its cost.

So, more choices in HD Radio are already here and more are coming soon.

For more information on HD Radio, including an explanation of the technology, as well as information, HD2 channels, and HD text messaging, be sure to go to [http://www.hd-radio-home.com]http://www.hd-radio-home.com. You can also get detailed information on HD Radios at http://www.hd-radio-buyers-guide.com

Douglas Hanna is the publisher and webmaster

...So if when buy it's probably better to go to your local store and listen to the sound. Ask the seller to play an action dvd or something like that and lister for yourself. If you're not really sure what ...

of two HD Radio websites as well as the author of numerous articles on HD Radio