How much $ do you think Acura saved by excluding HD Radio?
#1
How much $ do you think Acura saved by excluding HD Radio?
30 cents per car?
$1?
$3?
$30?
More of a general question, for all of you whose factory head units didn't come with HD Radio.
$1?
$3?
$30?
More of a general question, for all of you whose factory head units didn't come with HD Radio.
#4
Senior Moderator
How much $ do you think Acura saved by excluding HD Radio?
$34.50
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#5
Ex-OEM King
idgaf. My Jeep has HD radio and my S2000 has a 4 cylinder stereo mounted up front. Can't hear sh1t with the top down on the highway anyway.
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#8
Senior Moderator
How much $ do you think Acura saved by excluding HD Radio?
People still listen to terrestrial radio?
That said, it is a useful function in my RLX so I can separate out all the substations of my local NPR affiliate.
Otherwise, I'm steaming music from my iPhone, or listening to satellite radio or Pandora in the car now.
That said, it is a useful function in my RLX so I can separate out all the substations of my local NPR affiliate.
Otherwise, I'm steaming music from my iPhone, or listening to satellite radio or Pandora in the car now.
#10
Team Owner
Acura is not saving any because they are not the one who is paying, even it is supposed to be "FREE"
#11
Three Wheelin'
What?
SiriusXM® Satellite Radio4 and HD Radio®, both offering near-CD quality digital sound.
2015 Acura TLX | Features | Interior | Acura.com
Even on their ILX...
2016 Acura ILX | Features | Audio & Navigation | Acura.com
SiriusXM® Satellite Radio4 and HD Radio®, both offering near-CD quality digital sound.
2015 Acura TLX | Features | Interior | Acura.com
Even on their ILX...
2016 Acura ILX | Features | Audio & Navigation | Acura.com
#12
Senior Moderator
If they save $2 over their whole lineup and sell a million cars, that's $2 million dollars.
BMW didn't include an AUX until 2007 in a 100K plus 7-series... At the end of the day it is what it is.
BMW didn't include an AUX until 2007 in a 100K plus 7-series... At the end of the day it is what it is.
#13
Team Owner
or they could include it for free and raise the MSRP by $3 and they just made another $1 million in the process.
#14
AZ Community Team
None the less, I agree HD is very cool. I like the audio quality and there are alot of really good station in the Baltimore/DC area for alternative music and other stuff.
I know a few engineers long ago who worked on the DSP/FW for HD radio, originally it was a off-shoot of a Westinghouse/CBS technology group in Columbia Maryland which became USA Radio. The FCC basically told them they would approve a digital radio standard if they merged with Lucent Digital Radio.
HD Radio is great, far better content in my area than XM. Wish it had a greater adoption/following.
As for the cost, $34.49
#15
Senior Moderator
<p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Let's be real... Acura sells a million cars??? </p><p>Definitely not a million TLX/ILX...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>maybe if they had more RLX with upgraded tyres though... </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>/redtext</p>
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CAgine (09-17-2015)
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<p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Let's be real... Acura sells a million cars??? </p><p>Definitely not a million TLX/ILX...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>maybe if they had more RLX with upgraded tyres though... </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>/redtext</p>
#18
Maybe they justified it by thinking those who pay 100k for a car have an in-car live entertainer and don't need AUX. Or did they add Bluetooth by then?
If not, then that is just a Richard move! Reminds me of when Toyota used to exclude clocks and offer them as a $400 option.
Last edited by tmux; 09-18-2015 at 01:54 AM.
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I may be fat but I'm slow
I don't care how crystal clear commercials are, I don't want to listen to them. And terrestrial radio is like 30-40% commercials. Garbage. XM/Pandora One/my own music via BT.
#22
Instructor
Talk about Garbage? XM/Pandora via cellular/BT MP3's?!?!?!? About 1/20th the quality of a CD even, much less only 1/4000th a DVD-A!!!!!! Why don't you just get your grandfathers AM radio?LOL You are gifted with one of the finest moving Studio Quality music systems ever made stock in a car, and yet you feed Garbage in! Give your ears a gift, get an Elliot Scheiner or Steve Wilson mixed DVD-A disc before your ears sue you for divorce!!!
#23
I may be fat but I'm slow
Talk about Garbage? XM/Pandora via cellular/BT MP3's?!?!?!? About 1/20th the quality of a CD even, much less only 1/4000th a DVD-A!!!!!! Why don't you just get your grandfathers AM radio?LOL You are gifted with one of the finest moving Studio Quality music systems ever made stock in a car, and yet you feed Garbage in! Give your ears a gift, get an Elliot Scheiner or Steve Wilson mixed DVD-A disc before your ears sue you for divorce!!!
BTW...USN? I grew up in Gales Ferry, CT. Small world.
#24
Instructor
My TSX is a base (no ELS), and my S2000 is noisy as hell (though with an Alpine deck and Polk db components). It all sounds like relative crap. More importantly though, it's all COMMERCIAL FREE. I hate commercials. And I hate swapping CDs (never played on in either my TSX or S2000).
BTW...USN? I grew up in Gales Ferry, CT. Small world.
BTW...USN? I grew up in Gales Ferry, CT. Small world.
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