"The trial lawyers at Keefe Bartels, LLC are currently investigating the marketing and sales of HD car radios by certain car manufacturers. Consumer statutes and laws protect the purchasers of products such as HD car radios. A party may be legally liable for statements, omissions or misrepresentations of material facts that should have been known to be false or misleading and promoted the sale of the product. Such laws protect innocent consumers from unlawful and deceptive practices. The victims of questionable business practices by parties such automobile manufacturers are the consumers who purchase or lease cars with HD car radios at significantly increased costs when these devices fail to function as they are represented to work."
"It's not quite going in that direction - yet - but another law firm has opened an inquiry into 'defective' HD Radio receivers in high-end automobiles. The first firm on the scene, Keefe Bartels, is now soliciting consumer complaints about problems with HD Radio reception. Details are few, but there's always the chance - if a lawsuit is filed
- that the plaintiffs could push for class-action status. Both firms appear to be working in concert. That would be a significant nail in iBiquity's coffin: receiver manufacturers, already unenthused with the product, will stay well away from the technology... There's also the possibility that lawsuits could be filed between radio stations suffering interference from other stations that have deployed HD side- channels. Since the FCC is doing nothing with at least three pending complaints, the victim-stations suffering HD-induced interference may have no recourse but the courts. Were any of these legal potentialities to be realized, 'game-changer' is not strong enough to denote the consequences."
"HD Radio Not High Definition"
"Despite iBiquity=92s claims of improved sound quality and transmission, there have been numerous complaints about HD Radio not only from the radio industry, but also from consumers. These complaints have included: insufficient numbers of HD Radio stations... Automakers are aware of the complaints associated with HD Radio. For example, in
2007, BMW released a Service Information Bulletin describing the problems associated with HD Radio, but noted that there was no retrofit kit or procedure available. The attorneys at Keefe Bartels are continuing their investigation into HD Radio and whether consumers are being forced to purchase technology that does not work as claimed."
"Law Firm's HD Radio Probe Still in Early Days"
"Keefe Bartels, the law firm that's looking into whether consumers are unhappy with their new HD Radio car receivers, is hearing lots of stories... Keefe became interested in the technology when he bought a new BMW a couple of years ago. He says the dealer told him HD Radio wouldn't work but that it was built into the cost of the car, because the receiver was part of a package. He says the dealer threw in a set of floor mats to compensate... Keefe says it is receiving complaints from all kinds of people and wants to determine how individuals have been affected... He's also getting an earful from radio industry people, so this should be interesting."
"Volvo Makes HD Radio Standard Across All Vehicles"
"With our 2010 and 2011 models, Volvo drivers can expect the best in audio quality, more music and news/talk through multicast channels, and advanced data services with scrolling text that shows artist name and title, and much more, said Doug Speck, President/CEO of Volvo Cars of North America, LLC."
"Automotive Recall and TSB Titles for 2009 and 2010 Volvos"
"TJ20784 MAR 09 Audio System - HD Radio(R) Troubleshooting Guidelines" "TJ20306 DEC 08 Campaign - HD Radio Software Update"
"Radio=92s Revenue Falls Even as Audience Grows"
=93HD radio is pretty much going to be nonexistent, because they can=92t figure out how to get the auto guys to include that as an option, and the auto guys that do include HD don=92t let the consumers know about it, Ms. Ryvicker of Wachovia Capital Markets said."
Business is bad, so you're hosting a class action lawsuit so you and the principals can walk away with megabucks, and the rest of us get a $5 coupon?
For one thing, you're a spamming asshole. For another, there are limitations with HD radio. From your little blurb it seems that HD radio is not HD enough, and if you're talking FM, you're right. There isn't that much a difference. If you're talking AM, there's a HUGE difference.
Why don't you take your class-action, and the principals, and shove it all right up your ass?
As best I know, Subaru does not offer HD Radio in any of it¹s cars. Please correct me gently if I am wrong.
And BTW, it¹s not high definition, it¹s hybrid digital, though Ibiquity (the company that holds the patent on HD Radio) says it doesn¹t stand for anything, it¹s just a slogan.
Peter Ferrara, of the HD Radio Alliance, stated that the term was "somewhat of a steal from HDTV". Don't worry, we have been feeding John Keefe a lot of information which they have verified.
"For one thing, you're a spamming asshole. Why don't you take your class-action, and the principals, and shove it all right up your ass?"
WOW!!! LMFAO!!!!!
Yes, I posted these links in most of the auto forums. But wait, that is nothing - I have trashed the Web with links to Keefe Bartels and my Farce blog. Most of the auto forums on the Web have backlinks to Bartels, put there by one of their clerks, and myself. LOL!
Yeah. What the f*ck for? Who's making the megabucks on this "lawsuit"?
Anybody with half a brain and an ND radio in the car knows it's in infancy and that the current state of the art is low wattage right now for HD. As it becomes more prolific the stations will most likely increase the wattage and make the signal stronger, therby making it a more viable medium.
Thanks for that. I'm an electronics tech and an audiophile, and knew the basics of HD, and also knew at this time it's low power. There are only a few around here; a rural space in Mass where VT and NH come together. It SEEMS if you don't have a clear "Line of sight" the signal cuts right out.
I just got a JVC HD, and FM does not benefit as much as AM, for sure. AM now sounds like FM, FM sounds a little /too/ "digital". That will probably go away when power increases.
Really. These idiots are blaming the car companies for the shortcomings of the radio stations.
But no one ever said class-action lawayers were good at anything other than making money.
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