Griffin Announces radio SHARK HDTM

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.griffintechnology.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.griffintechnology.com/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Griffin Technology Inc., creator of innovative accessories for Mac, PC and iPod, announced plans to develop radio SHARK HDTM, a digital table top radio for Mac and PC with HD RadioTM technology. radio SHARK HD--like Griffin's radioSHARKTM and radio SHARK 2--will house a radio tuner in a sleek "shark fin" that connects to the USB port of a Mac or PC. With radio SHARK HD users will be able to listen to their favorite AM/FM stations in pure digital audio quality, conveniently from their personal computers. With next-generation digital HD Radio technology from iBiquity, digital FM stations approach CD-quality sound, and digital AM stations approach FM-quality sound. radio SHARK HD will allow users to "pause live radio," and to schedule recordings of digital radio programming. radio SHARK HD will go further by automatically identifying radio stations and even individual songs broadcast in digital format. Finally, radio SHARK HD will allow users to review and playback music recorded from digital radio on a personal computer, sync recordings of digital radio programming to an iPodTM, and purchase songs heard on digital radio from Apple's iTunes Music StoreTM."</i><br /><br />Griffin is planning on updating their radioSHARK line to incorporate HD Radio. The question is whether the RIAA is going to litigate this out of production. If they had a problem with MP3 players being able to record normal FM broadcasts, I can't imagine they will be too happy with free recordings of CD-quality music.