A major advancement in radio broadcasting since the days when it first came out, HD radio offers AM and FM stations to broadcast all of their programs through digital means whereas before it was done through analog means. This means that you will get the same quality of music with your radio as you do when you pop in a CD or listen to your mp3 player. The quality of the music improves because the transmission becomes digital and therefore the sound clears up and becomes high definition to the ears.

Now you can hook up the HD radio to your very own computer or laptop! All you need are the proper inputs and then you will be able to listen to it through the computer's speakers. With an RCA connection, you can connect the HD radio receiver's RCA line out to the line in on your computer's sound card, or if you want a very digital sound with no fuzz, you can connect the HD receiver's optical out to your computer's optical in/out SPDIF connection. Though your computer might vary with the input and output, most computers will be able to connect to the HD radio receiver and be able to stream clear, music through your computer's speakers.

Do you remember switching to an AM station and wondering about all the static and fuzz coming in through the frequency? Well, now AM stations will play as clearly as FM stations used to in the past. You will actually be able to hear the broadcasts that happen on AM stations with clarity and with no frustrating static intervention. The reception will be amazingly clear and will be a brand new way to access the radio.

HD radio doesn't just offer you with a clear sound, it offers you with a huge new variety of music. Since it has digital transmissions, it is able to access so much more than traditional analog broadcasts that searched for nearby signals. This offers you so many new stations to enjoy, filled with new music, new genres of music, new international music and different kinds of radio programs that you never had the chance to hear before. Though you can access a lot of music on your computer, usually it requires Internet to download music or to listen to it on YouTube or other sites, but by connecting the HD radio receiver to your computer, you don't need any Internet at all. Instead, it is like hooking up a box of your favorite tunes and stations to your computer. You can then take this anywhere you go, to a trip, in the car, out camping, anywhere where you can take your computer and bring great speakers along.

Imagine having a slew of new channels to play all your favorite songs, as well as more talking and music and more complete sets of music, more artists, more of their albums, not the limited cherry picked selection many radio stations are confined to because of their limited broadcasting. You will also have a chance to hear channels that offer interviews that are in-depth and not pressed for time. You will also get to catch up on detailed news accounts with the sort of elaboration you would get on television.

Hook up your personal computer with a device that lets you have all digital music all the time with no static or fuzz or stations melting away into something else.