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Ibiquity had a hospitality suite at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas for the 2007 NAB. Open for a couple hours on three days, it was crowded the whole time I was in it. Pretty much every radio available was on display, with the exception of Kenwood car stereos, and DaySequerra high-end tuners. All the radios were connected by coax to an outside antenna. On April 18th, I played with most of them, moving counter-clockwise in the room. Ibiquity has a list of radio vendors at http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_buy_an_hd_radio |
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The Visteon HD Jump, $299. A small
receiver that can move from car cradle to home cradle.
Learn more at http://www.evisteon.com/prod_serv/mobile_electronics/products/hd_jump/index.shtml
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The Radiosophy Multistream HD, now $269.
The radio "block" is removeable, and comes with a whip antenna.
Learn more at http://www.radiosophy.com/products/multistream.html |
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The Radiosophy HD-100, their second model, $99
introductory price, supposed to be out in
May. It has some car stereo- like features, like scan. The answer to the need
for a "boom box."
This was a prototype. Learn more at http://www.radiosophy.com/products/hd100.html and see the user guide at http://www.radiosophy.com/collaterals/owners_manual-HD100.pdf |
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Visteon HD Pulse, $199, coming
"soon." I really liked this one, easier to use than the
Boston Acoustics Receptor HD (push in on the big dial to select things),
and it also displays RDS.
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Radio Shack's Accurian HD-TTR, $199 (but
has been on sale for as low as $99). Alleged to receive analog AM
Stereo.
Learn more at http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2460834&cp=&sr=1&origkw=Accurian&kw=accurian&kwCatId=2032057&parentPage=search |
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Like the Kenwood car stereos, an
Alpine TUA-T500HD HD Tuner needs a car stereo. The CDA-9883 for $230 appears to be the least expensive unit that uses the HD Radio tuner. Learn more at http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product_acc.php?model=TUA-T500HD |
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Boston Acoustics Receptor HD, still $299,
and the one to beat, hence all the competing radios of about the same size
and price. Displays RDS. Learn more at http://www.bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?category_id=34&product_id=325 and see the product manual at http://www.bostonacoustics.com/manuals/RRHDMAN.pdf |
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Peripheral P-HDRT. No price,
"3rd Quarter 2007," just a mockup of the carton and unit, looks
like it is an iPod and HD Radio interface for Original Equipment Car
Stereos. Later on, a second piece appeared that I didn't get a
picture of, but I imagine it was the receiver.
Looks a lot like the items displayed at http://www.isimplesolutions.com/ |
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Polk Audio I-Sonic. $599. The
most information on a screen. The buttons are "soft" and
change functions with the display. Plays CDs and DVDs and has a video output.
Learn more at http://isonic.polkaudio.com/ , including a chart comparing it to five other radios, including the Boston Acoustic Receptor HD. |
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All of the mobile units were in a
rack.
The Directed DMHD-1000, $199,
was feeding the Delco car
radio. It displays RDS, but not on the radio it feeds.
(Directed owns Polk Audio) Learn more at I own a JVC KD-HDR1, which is a fully-functioned car
stereo, and the easiest to buy, with a list price of $199.
Walmart sells it online for $188 at http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5645812
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The Sangean HDT-1, at $199, actually has
an "SSI bar graph" (signal quality) you can display. It
may be the least expensive "component" tuner on sale. It displays RDS and would fit nicely on a rack-mount
shelf. Learn more at http://www.sangean.com/product.php?model=HDT-1 and see the owner's manual at http://www.sangean.com/downloads/manuals/HDT-1_MAN.pdf |
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Polk Audio
is making this HD Receiver
with a CD player, but I don't have a model number or price for it, and it
wasn't on the Polk Audio website as of 4/25.
We cranked it, and it sounds great! |
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Directed Electronics
DHHD-1000 table radio, for $249, displays RDS. Didn't get a chance to play with
this one. Learn more at http://www.directed.com/Products/MobileAudio/HDRadio.aspx |
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Metra Axxess HDRT-01, an HD Radio adapter stemming from an iPod adapter for OEM radios. "Available "3rd Qiarter 2007." Metra makes a huge line of car stereo installation products. Much like the products at https://wire-tunes.com/ |
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The Sangean HDR-1 for $249 is one of
several HD table radios they make, and it displays RDS. Learn more at http://www.sangean.com/product.php?model=HDR-1 and an owner's manual at http://www.sangean.com/downloads/manuals/HDR-1_MAN.pdf |
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Cambridge SoundWorks HD820, for
$299. Everyone was amazed at how much this radio weighed, and the
web site says "Magnetic shielding allows placement close to TVs,
computer monitors and magnetic media." It also come in
"Onyx." Learn more at http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/store/category.cgi?category=aud_radio&item=c1820rnzz |
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Dice HD-(your car make
here)-R, for $199. Dice makes
"HD Radio integration" kits for a lot of cars. Learn more at http://www.diceelectronics.com/hd_integration.htm |