HD is a TV thing

"HD radio was always about what the industry wants, not about what consumers want"

- Mark Ramsey

Reminds me of:

• AM Stereo (still faded out when you went under a bridge)



• FM Quadrophinc (how do you justify that in a 73 Maverick?)



• New Coke (Pepsi?)



• The IBM PC Jr (take everything cool out of a PC and try to sell it ...)



• The USFL (please ... the Pittsburg Maulers?)



• Ford Edsel (the granddaddy of them all)



• Atari's E.T. home video game (even Girdie was embarrased)



• Euro Disney (zoot alore!)



• The Betamax (no movies in the format!)



• The Metric System (don't tell American's what to do)



• The "Baseball Network" (one painful year only)

I remember when we used to sit and brainstorm cool new things that would make our product even bigger. When we were right - we all cashed in. Even when we were wrong - the consumer still recognized that we were trying.

Now a-days before we can even meet, the bean counters want a detail of our revenue plan. Then the decide whether or not we can proceed.

I think every bean counter should have to buy an HD radio and keep it on their desk.