We are referring to Home Theater PC's (HTPC's) here, and it’s only the additional hardware you would require for an "HTPC" to have IR send and receive capability that costs $50. We do not even sell the USB-UIRT hardware. HTPC's are generally high end systems hooked up to expensive HDTV's or HD Projectors; they are NOT the cheap desktop PC attached to a tiny little monitor that you own.

The AIVMS software is distributed within our HD RadioPC CD package, with a cost of only $12.95. If you really think $13 is too expensive for software of this caliber, you should concentrate more on improving your career outlook and financial status, rather than wasting time on Internet forums. I'm sure your wife and children would also appreciate that.
If we were to distribute AIVMS separately the cost would be a fraction of the current CD distribution package, probably around $4.00, but we are not interested in selling the AIVMS software separately at this time. In fact, since the entire HD RadioPC site represents a "hobbyist" break-off from a much larger and lucrative business, I really don’t care if you purchase the products offered there at all. Hobbies also tend to disappear when they are no longer enjoyable, and this particular one is also based on the availability of specific HD Radio receiver hardware that will become quite scarce within the "very" near future. Given those facts, you might want to save your mindless criticism and idiotic remarks for someone else.