Probably the best HD Radio you'll find
924359
I've used a few of the BA HD Receptors at work, along with every other HD radio on the market, some of which cost thousands of dollars.  If you want a decent unit for the home, this is your best option.  It supports multicast, allows multicast presets, and has a surprising bass response for something its size.

The interface can't be beat.  Many of the other HD radios haven't gotten it as good as this one.

The downsides?  It's still more pricey than non-HD radios, and you might need to get a bigger antenna to tune weaker stations.

Overall, if you know you want HD, and not in your car, this should be on your list.
4405023
I bought this for my 87 Fiero mostly since it was inexpensive and the color scheme matched. The radio has been a solid performer. I would buy it again for another vehicle if I wasn't going with a BT required solution. If you need a simplistic radio with options and good punch, this is the radio to get. If you are using a radio without USB, try this one out and you will quickly forget your CD worries.
1042391
Hard to find a simple but high quality radio these days.  This unit is very sensitive even without an add on antenna.  It is also highly selective and does not drift when tuning in weak stations.  I use it next so computer gear and don't notice any spurious EMF noise.  Sound is about as close to audiophile quality as you can get in a single speaker radio
920961
I'm sure the area you're in really matters and the weather. I've had mine on for 6 weeks now and the radio is a lot clearer. Pulls in HD reception pretty easily. Plus it looks great. I get a chuckle every time someone looks at it.
4150819
Living in a rural area, I find it impossible to listen to good radio stations on FM; they are just too far away. Hello, internet radio! Thank you, digital technology! I have been using old iPhones and iPods paired with docking stations, connected to conventional radios. And that's totally workable, and if the radio sounds good to begin with, that's fine.
  But this Grace Digital radio takes internet radio to another level: convenience and ease of use. I use the presets to store stations from Pandora, then I use the presets to store stations I've found on the internet, stations that I couldn't bring in before, because they were too far away.
  Now I don't have to jump through several hoops to boot up my radio and find my station, as I used to have to do with my iPhones and docks and what have you. This digital miracle has it all. No more booting up apps, and switching them just to switch stations.
  Know this going in: this is a bed stand, table top radio. One speaker. It's clear and crisp, but it's not stereo, and it lacks bass. But if you're lying in bed reading late at night, and you want to pull in that classical music station all the way from Pittsburgh or Peoria, it will come in cleaner and crisper than you have ever experienced in the old days. And if you want to switch to your Pandora station instantaneously, just hit the preset. Boom.
  If you're in the market for stereo and bass, you need to step up to the next level. But this radio is remarkable for being the best internet radio receiver in this niche. Period.
1070858
This little device will tune in to any local HD Channel.. You may have to wait up to 10 seconds for it to find them, but they are out there. Memory buttons do not save the HD-x channel, only the base channel. I used mine with my amateur radio antenna, but it works great. Recommend getting an FM amplifier to go with it to make sure you get a great signal. (Loves and Pilot Travel centers have em.)

Does not come with a mounting kit or any wiring harnesses. Just the unit and the lighter socket power supply. However, for around $25 bucks, you can get this and the professional wiring harness for a complete kit. $250 for $25, can't beat that.

Internal FM transmitter can be set to any FM frequency, and will indicate collision when scanning.. If you have an iPod transmitter running also, just choose separate frequencies and they can both work at the same time.. kinda handy if reception goes out. Enjoy!
2197593
I bought this radio despite the poor reviews based on the fact that it has an ipod adapter and an aux input and it's a Clarion. My suspicion was confirmed. It's an excellent radio and because of all the bad publicity about the buttonless interface, it's an even better value. I only paid $88 here on Amazon with free shipping. It was easy to install and it sounds friggin' awesome. I use the aux plug to listen to Pandora and it's clear and powerful- typical Clarion. I agree that the user interface is sometimes difficult. Sometimes you have to touch the buttons in different ways to get them to work. But the volume and mute controls always seem to work though. Also, the remote is junk. Overall this is actually a 4 star radio but I gave it 5 to bring up the average. It's the best head unit I've ever had and I've had a bunch of them.
3244344
I have had this radio for approximately 3 weeks now and I can summarize the performane and features of this radio as excellent. This radio works very well for what it is supposed to do. The highlight of this radio is that it pulls in even weak signals very well. The sound is excellent, its not made to be a boombox. The feel and use of the buttons gives the impression of a high end device in particular the volume control. It can use rechargeable batteries as well as regular alkaline. If you want to be picky, it needs more than 5 presets,( for all those new stations that are now available) and a portable radio needs a handle or a strap to carry around, but other than that this is a 5 star deal all the way.
3642051
For anyone who has a hard time figuring out some of today's electronic gadgets, this radio is the way to go.  Everything is straightforward.  Both the volume control and channel changer are knobs that you actually turn.  Sure, it has some features that require buttons, such as programmable radio station presets, but that shouldn't deter anyone from buying this product.  The sound quality is superior.  In fact, the person for whom I bought it said that the sound quality is as good as if not better than the Bose radio he just returned.  I recommend the Sangean WR-2 radio highly.
2550611
this is an overall quality receiver from JVC. I have been hooked on JVC head units for a while now. I have added sirius and hd radio on this receiver. It sounds really really good. There are pluses and minuses but overall I would recommend it.

pluses:
- direct ipod link, you just plug it in, you can browse playlists, albums, etc
- built in bluetooth, works out of the box
- really good sound
- it takes upgrades (sirus, hd radio)

minuses:
- plastic in the faceplate too shiny, it sometimes makes it hard to read the display while in full daylight
- internal vs external microphone (this is debatable that is a minus as it sounded the same as with an external microphone - at least in my case)
- rotary sound volume is to sensible and it can be pushed by mistake changing the source)
- you can add multiple phones but bluetooth connects to the last phone vs the preferred phone, if somebody else drove your car you need to manually connect to the head unit afterward.
1618154
Most of the HD radio stations in my area are to weak to  capture
4180367
I have a Mini-Stereo in my kitchen and it is great in reproducing mp3s on a USB or a CD - but, because I have it tucked in a corner surrounded by ferro-concrete pillars, the radio reception is atrocious. Unfortunately, it does not have WiFi connectivity. Enter the Ocean Digital Internet WiFi Radio.

This little marvel I received for reviewing purposes was the answer to my predicament: it may not be the easiest piece of electronics to setup (imagine an ATM machine with  time-delayed feedback) but once you have connected it to your WiFi and stored your preferences, it more than compensates for the initial inconvenience.

It sports an ample backlit dot-matrix screen that make it look beautiful. With the exception of the rotating Volume control (that also doubles as the Selector), all the other buttons are single function, a rarity these days. Yet this is pretty much a moot point since the remote control is easy to use and, as with most modern media electronics, will be used far more than the controls on the Radio body.
This Radio is clearly not a portable one: it requires connection to a power outlet and it will not run on batteries.

The 99 memory positions for preset stations are an overkill (even during the golden era of radio, I doubt that people would need more than a good dozen of them) but there is no complaining here.

More important than anything else, however, the Ocean Radio will maintain a stable connectivity and its front speaker is more than adequate. One could connect the Radio to a stereo speakers for greater power but I never found it lacking to do so.
2759652
The sound quality will blow you away. This is a solid machine with a sleek style. I have never had a radio this good in my life!
4500233
I love this radio. I has tons of features and options. It is the perfect first radio and an upgrade from the uv-5r. I hit repeaters 30+ miles from my house. Would highly recommend buying a programming cable and using chirp. I had no issues with the cheap baofeng cable. This certainly feels like a sturdy radio, and I've dropped it a few times, but this radio is cheap for a reason; I do not expect it to be water resistant at all or take a big fall. The dual monitor and transmit is not something that is common especially on cheap radios and is awesome.  The scanning is relatively slow. You can also listen to FM radio, and your other bands will automatically cut in once a signal is received, which is cool if you are waiting around for someone. The speaker itself is also very loud, which I though was unnecessary until I was in a noisy environment. The earpiece is nice enough, and I've worn it for hours at a time at events.

*UPDATE*
I've used the radio quite a bit and I am still impressed. I successfully hit a repeater over 90 miles away on the stock antenna. My only issue is the battery indicator is not very good. It will stay at full bars for awhile, and once it looses a bar you might have 3 more hours, or you might 20 mins. Sometimes it doesn't even make it to one bar, the battery just dies. A little frustrating so just keep the battery topped off or buy an extra one. I still believe this is one of the best handhelds for under $150.
2876546
A very cool looking piece of equipment. Looks retro, does the latest in technology. I love the old school LCD screen. The radio works like a charm in-doors, where my Onkyo struggles to pickup channels. Comes with variety of  antennas to get the job done. Every thing that you need is included in the package including a remote control.

HD AM stations are crystal clear, i love to hear the channels with any hisses and 'grrrr' sounds. It scans for all the HD stations similar to your High def tv. It can pick up multi-cast channels. Lot of cBS stations have more than one channel in one frequencey... which is very cool. You get lot more content from this radio than your normal radio.

The speakers pack a punch, voices come crystal clear for AM radio and music sounds fantastic. Only complaint is there is no digital output, only headphone output.

As with any other table top, book shelf equipment don't place it right on a  flat surface. If the surface is not very sturdy it may sound boomy. Try to use some small speaker legs to solve the problem. The radio built is built very well to avoid resonance, just take care of placement.

With the [...]$ mail-in rebate and labor day sale; cool deal.
4679711
I listen to a lot of FM, mostly music and have always been somewhat disappointed with my otherwise excellent Onkyo home theater receiver. After reading a few glowing reviews of the XDRF1HD, I thought I'd try HD FM. I can't believe the extraordinary improvement. The listening experience is terrific. I live in the New York City area where there are many stations that have adopted the HD format. My favorite is WBGO, the NPR Jazz station out of Newark.  It's not particularly powerful and was always a reception challenge, even with a Terk Pi antenna. Now the reception is perfect. It's clean and noise free and it doesn't matter where I am in the room.

Highly recommended!!!!!!
1410389
I previously owned the avh-p3200dvd, great radio but lacked Bluetooth without an add-on.  For the price it was cheaper for me to purchase a new radio and sell off the old then get the BT add-on.  Thus far this radio is great.  Required minimal work to replace my old radio, only thing I had to add was the microphone, which was a very easy run (5 or so minutes).

The HD Radio works very well, audio is far better than previously.  However the controls for the radio are *meh*.  You have to bring up a menu to change between stations pre-programmed or scan though existing stations, now when scanning and on an HD station it'll go to the next HD station, however after it's done with HD stations it goes to static.  Not the end of the world, but just an annoying design flaw.

The Bluetooth audio quality is wonderful, I placed my microphone right next to the stock one (stock only works with the stock radio, oh well).  The radio has adjustments for microphone volume, which is nice (I max mine).  I've noticed a bug with the phone book, takes forever to get my contact data, which means scrolling through contacts I have to wait for the names to catch up before I see anything other than blank spaces (lame).  However if you add contacts as favorites you'll have info in the favorite section, HOWEVER (I say that a lot) if you have the same name 3 times (cell, work, home) good luck figuring out which is which, since it only puts the name (lame).

Overall I would recommend this radio, I love it for my 30 minutes drive 2x a day.  However (there's that word again)  I might have had better results with the 7" rather than the 5" but at this point I'll never know.