Comments on: CES 2009 – HD Radio tagging http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Thu, 17 May 2012 16:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Allen http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1839 Allen Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:22:57 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1839 Interesting comments! We "invented" Tagging for analog FM, and it only costs "cents" to add it to a receiver. Apple, Zune, Pioneer support it now & many others are on the way. Future = Analog FM + Connectivity! Let's call it Analogativity! Maybe not... Allen Hartle Founder - Jump2Go www.jump2go.com Interesting comments! We “invented” Tagging for analog FM, and it only costs “cents” to add it to a receiver.

Apple, Zune, Pioneer support it now & many others are on the way. Future = Analog FM + Connectivity! Let’s call it Analogativity! Maybe not…

Allen Hartle
Founder – Jump2Go
http://www.jump2go.com

]]> By: bobyoung http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1838 bobyoung Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:24:55 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1838 James said: "So it’s great to see HD Radio implementing tagging in such a comparatively clear way." James, you mustn't realize that HD radio is not going to hurt nor help tagging in any way. it is invisible here and with good reason. It is a gimmick with a buzzword that was exciting 10-15 years ago (digital!!!), it doesn't sound any better than analog, in fact many people feel analog is superior, it reduces the receive range and interferes with adjacent channels, it is a terrible system, I think it's even worse than your DAB which I have heard is not exactly lighting the world on fire in Europe either. Expect ibiquity to go bankrupt this year. Bob Young Millbury, MA USA KB1OKL James said:

“So it’s great to see HD Radio implementing tagging in such a comparatively clear way.”

James, you mustn’t realize that HD radio is not going to hurt nor help tagging in any way. it is invisible here and with good reason. It is a gimmick with a buzzword that was exciting 10-15 years ago (digital!!!), it doesn’t sound any better than analog, in fact many people feel analog is superior, it reduces the receive range and interferes with adjacent channels, it is a terrible system, I think it’s even worse than your DAB which I have heard is not exactly lighting the world on fire in Europe either. Expect ibiquity to go bankrupt this year.

Bob Young
Millbury, MA
USA
KB1OKL

]]> By: Steve Martin http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1837 Steve Martin Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:29:12 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1837 "It'll work just great"? Clearly you have spent too much time in the US. :) “It’ll work just great”? Clearly you have spent too much time in the US. :)

]]> By: Greg http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1836 Greg Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:31:16 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1836 "It’ll give you something to froth at the mouth at." Not to worry, I've investigated HD Radio for two years, and will have no problems rebutting your post. “It’ll give you something to froth at the mouth at.”

Not to worry, I’ve investigated HD Radio for two years, and will have no problems rebutting your post.

]]> By: James Cridland http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1835 James Cridland Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:06:14 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1835 Not sure that's entirely fair. The concept behind tagging is a good one (if it's not simply "buy this song"). And buckling down for the economy's issues in future is not necessarily anything to do with the technology; every other company is doing the same thing. Given your own URL ("HD Radio Farce") I'm not sure you're entirely unbiased; but just wait till tomorrow's blog post. It'll give you something to froth at the mouth at. Not sure that’s entirely fair. The concept behind tagging is a good one (if it’s not simply “buy this song”). And buckling down for the economy’s issues in future is not necessarily anything to do with the technology; every other company is doing the same thing.

Given your own URL (“HD Radio Farce”) I’m not sure you’re entirely unbiased; but just wait till tomorrow’s blog post. It’ll give you something to froth at the mouth at.

]]> By: Greg http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-hd-radio-tagging/#comment-1834 Greg Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-1834 "Editorial: 'Tagging, You're It'" "Among all the new ideas introduced to U.S. radio broadcasting in 2008, we believe among the most exciting is the addition of music tagging to analog FM. When the tagging concept was announced as an additional feature for HD Radio, we found it interesting, but upon learning how cumbersome the process was to actually execute by listeners, and how few devices actually supported it, we tacitly concluded it was much ado about very little, at least in the near term." http://www.rwonline.com/article/71716 "And the good ideas keep on coming..." "So let me understand this... HD radio has been reduced to being a storefront for iTunes? So I listen to my HD radio, tag the songs I like, download them to my iPod, and listen to my iPod rather than my HD radio, right?" http://www.hear2.com/2007/09/and-the-good-id.html No one is going to bother purchasing an HD radio in order to tag songs, certainly, not Gen Y. Now, tagging can be done on analog FM, so why bother with HD Radio? There is also tagging available via these devices/apps: FM RadioTAGr Tagging App iPhone Shazam Tagging App iPod GCap Tagging App HD Radio - too-little-too-late. BTW - iBiquity has started the layoffs: "The latest to cut staff: iBiquity" 1/16/09 "The technology developer behind HD Radio has trimmed its payroll in a move iBiquity says will conserve resources. CEO Bob Struble says despite the downsizing, the company is continuing its strong forward movement. It's iBiquity's first layoff since August 2003." http://tinyurl.com/6tjqbd Bad time to invest in an HD radio receiver. “Editorial: ‘Tagging, You’re It’”

“Among all the new ideas introduced to U.S. radio broadcasting in 2008, we believe among the most exciting is the addition of music tagging to analog FM. When the tagging concept was announced as an additional feature for HD Radio, we found it interesting, but upon learning how cumbersome the process was to actually execute by listeners, and how few devices actually supported it, we tacitly concluded it was much ado about very little, at least in the near term.”

http://www.rwonline.com/article/71716

“And the good ideas keep on coming…”

“So let me understand this… HD radio has been reduced to being a storefront for iTunes? So I listen to my HD radio, tag the songs I like, download them to my iPod, and listen to my iPod rather than my HD radio, right?”

http://www.hear2.com/2007/09/and-the-good-id.html

No one is going to bother purchasing an HD radio in order to tag songs, certainly, not Gen Y. Now, tagging can be done on analog FM, so why bother with HD Radio? There is also tagging available via these devices/apps:

FM RadioTAGr Tagging App
iPhone Shazam Tagging App
iPod GCap Tagging App

HD Radio – too-little-too-late. BTW – iBiquity has started the layoffs:

“The latest to cut staff: iBiquity”
1/16/09

“The technology developer behind HD Radio has trimmed its payroll in a move iBiquity says will conserve resources. CEO Bob Struble says despite the downsizing, the company is continuing its strong forward movement. It’s iBiquity’s first layoff since August 2003.”

http://tinyurl.com/6tjqbd

Bad time to invest in an HD radio receiver.

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