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Consumer Reports Praises Sangean Component Tuner
The first component tuner for HD Radio gets high marks from Consumer Reports: The $200 tuner pulls in a good, clear signal. Consumer Reports didn't like the bright display (for dimmer rooms), and the lack of being able to lock a signal for analog only. In reviewing all the HD Radio sets available last fall, I found that none of them offered an analog lock--an irritating feature when a digital lock can't be reliably obtained.
Sangean's HDT-1 nonetheless should score quite a few purchases from people with home entertainment systems where they want to slot in a replacement radio receiver instead of having a standalone (and potentially overdesigned) radio or replacing other gear.
Right now, I'm only aware of a single receiver meant for home systems that tunes in HD Radio signals. I expect that we'll see a small explosion of digital AM/FM being added to those kinds of units.