good old tuners going obsolete

Qdrone,

Even if there is a digital to analog converter made for your analog tuner. Then your tuner will no longer be analog? And how would this device be hooked up to your tuner? Since your tuner is in fact a source, and it relies on a analog signal, from an antenna. I think it is not likely that a device will be made that will input a analog signal into your tuner input. That would be pointless.

One of the local stations in my neck of the woods has already expanded to 3 digital channels. One of them is where the old analog station was. I am still able to receive my with my analog tuner. However the station has gone to the trouble to convert the signal back to analog for now.

The cable TV company I am employed at is already digitally simulcasting ALL of their signal. which means if you have a digital box, you receive no analog signal to it. However if you have a analog TV you still receive the analog signal. It would appear my local radio station has followed suit. So that would mean i am really listening to a digital signal. And this is a route that could be taken for us old tuner people.

2012 is a goal. I think if our congressmen ( women ) get enough flack from the public. Who knows how long it could be?

I'm with you Sherod I want analog to stay for quite sometime.

Armstrod, if you run out of room for one of them tuners, let me know. I could always store it at my place :)

Acoustat6, what the?

whew.

this thread has turned into something akin to Sports show talk radio.

G'bye.

Well, looks like that is the end of it. If I happen along any other news I will post it ( assuming I can find the thread )

cheers!

Unclejeff,
I'm sorry to see that you have become bored with this thread, seeing that it is starting to look like a "sports talk show radio"( by the way is enjoyable), but I am still very interested in knowing what the outcome of analog FM radio will be. I look forward to anyone providing any information on this subject.

"U.S. Automakers Tuning Out HD Radio

America's big three automakers remain unimpressed with HD Radio and
are unlikely to add it as an OEM option anytime soon, according to a
April 26 Reuters news report. The article, entitled US Automakers not
jumping into HD Radio, says that GM and Chrysler are thus far
resisting adding the option at a time when all U.S. automakers are
under financial stress and some are losing market share to foreign
competition. Driving this point home was one GM source, quoted as
saying that his company "was not inclined to test the market at this
time."

Thus far Ibiquity has only been able to convince foreign-based
automakers such as BMW, Hyundai and Ford-owned Jaguar to publicly
commit to factory HD Radio options, though the HD Digital Radio
Alliance's Peter Ferrara says more groups will be joining them soon.

Heavy commitments to satellite radio, which is not moving as well as
some automakers had hoped, are part of the problem, according to
Ferrara. But the alliance and HD Radio technology developer Ibiquity
say they remain optimistic that Detroit's attitude will eventually
shift as demand for satellite receivers wanes and consumer demand for
HD Radio increases."

Also from today's issue of Radio Magazine:

"But by far the most troubling finding in Bridge's latest research
concerns consumers favoring the adoption of HD Radio. The percentage
among those who report "awareness" of the technology is actually lower
now than just a year ago. While reported awareness was up significantly-
-about 10 percent for ages 12+--a slightly larger percentage of this
group reported that they were not interested in purchasing a receiver.
Analysts for Bridge believe that this finding is directly attributable
to a perceived lack of a significant relative advantage for the
technology. Based on their findings, Bridge has revised their receiver
penetration estimates downward to about one million by the end of 2008."

More on the survey somewhere on this site - Im too lazy to look for it:

http://www.bridgeratings.com/