Sangean Cancels Production Plans for DT600-HD
on 07.29.2010
     
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Sangean now says it’s not planning to introduce an HD Radio portable that was to have included analog AM in the U.S. this year.

Responding to a question from Radio World, a Sangean spokesman said the company decided not to go ahead with production of the DT-600 HD; he could not say why. The spokesman also said Amazon is not accepting pre-orders for the unit, as we had reported. Sangean had not answered Radio World's query at the time that story was published.

IBiquity had a prototype of the unit in its booth at CES and also at the spring NAB Show. The multicast-capable unit was to support program-associated data services and feature iTunes tagging via a USB port.
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Look at "Anonymous" posting three things over 2 days! Its quite funny. He brings up "AM-HD not working" in all of his posts. You're not fooling anyone. HD is here to stay
By Jack Inreque on 7/31/2010
Apparently most of the other people that commented on this article are unable to read! It had nothing to do with "royalty fees" or anything else like that. They simply aren't going to make a portable that includes "AM analog". Does this mean that they have given up on AM? No! Perhaps they'll come out with an AM-only receiver in the future. We don't know! The only thing we do know is that this receiver was scrapped.
By Ed Dulaney on 8/4/2010
I'll bet they found the royalty fees to be too high. Plus, IBOC does not work on AM. Try using one during a thunderstorm or driving under bridges or powerlines. I've given up on AM in the car because I can't force the radio NOT to use it.
By Anonymous on 7/29/2010
I think this can be interpreted as Sangean’s tacit admission that AM IBOC doesn’t work at all. With any luck, they’ll soon realize that FM IBOC doesn’t work well enough to be worth the trouble, and give up on "HD" completely.
By Anonymous on 7/29/2010
Yea! I love it! LOL!
By Anonymous on 7/29/2010
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