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HD radio in the U.S. was a classic screw-up. It is one of the few cases where the europeans got it right and we blew it.

The DTB standard in Europe advanced the possibilities of radio whereas HD Radio was something that was a sideshow to the failing FM radio business.

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Is there something the US did right which Europe did not? Not sure what that might be. The VSB TV standard here is junk compared to DVB. We're stuck with VSB, because the incumbent broadcasters couldn't see past the few years of the transition period. And it didn't solve the co-channel interference, anyway.

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