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Alpine's spring line continues to impress, now with a double-DIN head unit with a DivX playing 7-inch touchscreen. It also has the same iPod connectivity (and video playback to boot), IMPRINT sound mapping that compensates for the acoustic differences from car to car, HD/Sat radio readiness, and Tag & Sync (HD Radio tagging to iTunes store buying of songs) like the IDA-X100 single-din head unit. It has Bluetooth audio streaming, a video input, output, and camera backup input. And it doubles as a GPS if you were to dock the traffic-capable second generation PMD-B200 blackbird handheld into its faceplate. [via Audio Junkies]
Alpine IVA-W505 Video Headunit Plays DivX, iPod Video
Alpine's spring line continues to impress, now with a double-DIN head unit with a DivX playing 7-inch touchscreen. It also has the same iPod connectivity (and video playback to boot), IMPRINT sound mapping that compensates for the acoustic differences from car to car, HD/Sat radio readiness, and Tag & Sync (HD Radio tagging to iTunes store buying of songs) like the IDA-X100 single-din head unit. It has Bluetooth audio streaming, a video input, output, and camera backup input. And it doubles as a GPS if you were to dock the traffic-capable second generation PMD-B200 blackbird handheld into its faceplate. [via Audio Junkies]
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Alpine IDA-X100 iPod Headunit: Cool UI, Tags HD Radio Songs for iTunes Purchase
The Basics: Alpine's IDA-X100 is a foreign affair coming stateside in the spring. Not only does the 2.2-inch touchscreen mime the iPod's UI, but it has Bluetooth audio streaming, a USB port for memory stick audio playback, HD/Sat radio readiness, a "Tag and Sync" function that allows for keying of HD radio songs for later purchas eon iTunes, AAC and WMA support. It also has IMPRINT tech for mapping a car's acoustical peculiarities and overcoming. The line, a follow up to the IDA-X001, includes X200 and X300 models lower down the food chain that lack the nice screen. A pity they don't get that cool flip clock. And none of them get CD players.
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During the LG CES sneak peek, we saw the PC12 Table Top Audio System, a sleek, extra shiny system with a lot packed inside its compact body. There's a "vacuum-loading" CD player, a hidden 30-pin iPod connector on top, and an HD Radio receiver buried within. A USB connection in the back lets you hook up MP3 players, or drive-based sources of WMA and MP3. I'm pretty sure it will ship for around $300, and at that price, I'm pretty sure there's no battery-power option, but maybe that's next. (Doesn't it totally remind you of the football Flash used to fight off Ming's minions during their first showdown? Or am I just betraying both my age and my geekdom in one fell swoop?) Fact sheet after the hop. [LGE]
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LG Tabletop HD Radio/iPod/CD System Is a Flash Gordon Space Football
During the LG CES sneak peek, we saw the PC12 Table Top Audio System, a sleek, extra shiny system with a lot packed inside its compact body. There's a "vacuum-loading" CD player, a hidden 30-pin iPod connector on top, and an HD Radio receiver buried within. A USB connection in the back lets you hook up MP3 players, or drive-based sources of WMA and MP3. I'm pretty sure it will ship for around $300, and at that price, I'm pretty sure there's no battery-power option, but maybe that's next. (Doesn't it totally remind you of the football Flash used to fight off Ming's minions during their first showdown? Or am I just betraying both my age and my geekdom in one fell swoop?) Fact sheet after the hop. [LGE]
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Apple To Work With Polk, JBL, iBiquity on HD Radio Tagging System For iTunes
Apple is working with iPod dock makers JBL and Polk on a system that allows anything heard on an HD Radio/iPod dock system to be tagged and sent to an iPod, which will later be transferred to iTunes. Once on iTunes, a playlist is presented where users can purchase any tracks they heard while listening to HD Radio. iBiquity will be working with HD Radio stations to make this iTunes Tagging an industry-wide standard. More »
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Sony's embracing HD radio, the digital twin of our existing FM band. And when their first, the
cherry-wood XDR-S3HD radio, switches from FM to HD, you can hear the difference in a very positive way through the twin ~3-inch papercone drivers. And the display comes alive with track and artist info. But that knob, oh, it's so evil.
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First Review of Sony's XDR-S3HD Tabletop HD Radio (Verdict: Damn You Knob!)
Sony's embracing HD radio, the digital twin of our existing FM band. And when their first, the cherry-wood XDR-S3HD radio, switches from FM to HD, you can hear the difference in a very positive way through the twin ~3-inch papercone drivers. And the display comes alive with track and artist info. But that knob, oh, it's so evil.
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5:52 PM on Wed Aug 15 2007
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Latest by n/a: I'm holding off on getting an HD radio. In a nutshell, it comes down to cost, but there's more explanation on my blog: [lowtechtimes.com] more »
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Sony's First HD Radio: XDR-S3HD
Sony's getting into the HD Radio game, and its first radio is the XDR-S3HD tabletop. It'll go for $200 in July, will have a remote, alarm clock, sleep timer, and a cable to jack in music from your "digital music player." And in case you missed it, that stunning cherry wood finish. More »
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Samsung Developing Low Cost, Low Power HD Radio Chips
Samsung is tossing their hat into the ring of HD Radio with an announcement that they will be developing chipsets for this up-and-coming radio format. This is pretty significant because the chips being developed by Samsung are of the low-power and low-cost variety, therefore HD Radio may be able to tap a market that it has yet to grasp: portability. This expands the previous limitations of HD Radio and could allow for portable HD Radio receiver and even implementation into cellphones and other portable devices (Zune?). More »
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Onkyo Debuts World's First XM, Sirius, HD Radio Tuner
We hit up Onkyo's press event in Jersey City this afternoon where in addition to its new line of uber-receivers and HTiBs, the company also quietly unleashed the world's first three-way radio tuner (it's the one on the bottom). The T-4555P is a radio lover's wet dream come true, with built-in tuners for Sirius Radio, XM Satellite Radio and HD Radio. The $499 tuner is scheduled to ship soon, so all you radio fans who like having multiple options will benefit from waiting an extra week or so. Oh yea, it has AM and FM, too. More »
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Radiosophy Brings HD Radio Prices Down with Budget Boombox
The last time we checked in on HD Radio, we weren't too impressed with the hardware or the pricing. Well, the guys at Radiosophy are trying to fix the latter with their new budget $119 HD100. The radio will have all the standard features of other models, like station presets, auto-scan, and an aux input, but it'll keep things simple price-wise. Order before June and it'll go for $99. Not a bad deal, but you can still score a satellite radio receiver for around that price, so unless you're a big FM/AM fan, you'll want to think twice before jumping. More »
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Wal-Mart Agrees to Sell HD Radio
Wal-Mart has reached an agreement and will begin selling HD Radio players today at many stores nationwide. A $170 JVC car-radio will be the first available, but it is interesting to see Wal-Mart to plunge on this technology all together. As Orbitcast points out the fact that HD Radio is free could appeal to the "cost-conscious" (cheap) Wal-Mart market, but then again, HD Radio is fairly complicated technology. Good luck explaining what HD Radio is, and why people should buy it, Wal-Mart employees. More »
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Directed Electronics DMHD-1000 HD Radio Tuner For Your Current Car Radio
HD Radio isn't exactly Mr. Popular, but that can be attributed to the fact that people don't want to replace their car (where most radio listening takes place) radios. Directed Electronics' DMHD-1000 turns most factory or aftermarket radios into HD radios. One catch: it uses an FM modulator. Since part of HD Radio's draw is the higher quality digital signal, using the DMHD-1000 eliminates that benefit. You still receive all the HD Radio stations (we've got about 10 here in New York) but without the signal clarity that HD Radio usually delivers. More »
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Accurian Tabletop HD Radio Unboxing and Grope
We haven't been too keen on the whole HD Radio concept, but at $175 the Accurian HD Radio (which is available exclusively through Radio Shack) is the least expensive model you can find, so we bit the bullet and checked it out. More »
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Tricked Out Scion Features First Portable HD Radio
We haven't seen that many tricked out Scions before, but this one here is essentially a living room on wheels. In addition to the usual car tech like a Bluetooth hands-free calling kit and GPS navigation, it has the first ever portable HD Radio receiver (shown far right), the HD Jump. (HD Radio ups the clarity of FM stations to near CD quality sound in addition to displaying artist/music info). The car also has a wireless charger for your gadgets, a Boston Acoustics Audio system, and an entertainment center based on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance (we woulda preferred a built-in 360). The car is being shown at SEMA (Speciality Equipment Market Association) in Las Vegas. More pics of the car after the jump.More »
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Polk Audio I-Sonic Do-It-All Radio
Table radio, meh. These little units never really impressed me that much, but Polk Audio has gone above and beyond with the I-Sonic radio. This thing does it all: XM Satellite Radio, AM, FM, CD, DVD and even HD Radio. It has multiple alarms, sleep timer, and supposedly some pretty damn good speakers. The video even suggests plugging it in to a TV and using the table radio as your home theatre system. More »
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XM Applies for Digital FM Modulation Patent
XM has applied for a U.S. patent on a new method of FM modulation. Currently most cars do not include any kind of an auxiliary jack, so the method of choice for satellite radio is through FM transmission to the existing car stereo. The problem that occurs is that the nice, beautiful digital signal coming from those satellites in the sky are converted to an analog signal when transmitted over FM. This is causing a conflict between sound quality and convenience. More »
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iBiquity Design to Bring Easy HD Radio
The idea of HD Radio has been around for a while, but with satellite taking center stage, we haven't heard much about it. iBiquity is trying to put things into perspective for us with a reference design that consists of an universal HD Radio tuner box, separate protocol converter and an adapter cable, and would use already available chipsets to turn any satellite-radio-ready OEM or after-market car stereo into an HD Radio that receives digital AM and FM broadcasts. This would mean you wouldn't have to replace your existing head unit. The package would cost between $250 and $300 and should be available by this summer, if manufacturers like what they hear. More »
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