[Electronics-talk] Accessible HD/FM Radio Announced

[David Andrews]

So, can you be any more negative?  It will still work as a FM radio, 
so even is Best Buy goes, it doesn't make it instantly worthless.

Dave

At 03:09 PM 5/19/2012, you wrote:

>Sounds like a good product.  Unfortunately,HD radio has not caught 
>on, and its long-term viability is questionable.  Also, the 
>financial health of Best Buy is on very shaky grounds, and it could 
>go under at any time, leaving owners of this new product in the 
>lurch.  And Best Buy's store-brand Insignia products have not 
>enjoyed a good reputation for quality.  A few years ago, they 
>introduced a voice-command clock radio that was beset by all kinds 
>of technical glitches.  It was quickly discontinued and wound up on 
>Cowboom.com selling for only $8.  So let's see if Insignia's latest 
>attempt at a blind -friendly radio is a real improvement.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:46 PM
>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible HD/FM Radio Announced
>
>
>>Best Buy, working with IAAIS has announced an accessible, talking, 
>>FM/HD tabletop radio.
>>
>>
>>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/idUS150650+18-May-2012+HUG20120518
>>
>>Dave