cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
But with internet radio with wi-fi.. you have to have your pc turned on?
Not necessarily, if you have a wireless router.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221200&source=2001&doy=search
Is there still any point in buying a digital radio?
- Thread starter Hollis
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Not necessarily, if you have a wireless router.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221200&source=2001&doy=search
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
But with internet radio with wi-fi.. you have to have your pc turned on?
Mine runs off a wifi connection via the BT Homehub router - the PC can be off.
I've bumped this thread because there's an interesting report here about the future of DAB; it could become 'the betamax of the digital age'.
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
They have removed loads of stations I used to listen to on DAB such as Oneword or the Core or turned them into a PC playing from a cupboard such as Smash Hits.
Most of the stations are poor quality mono (hardly the CD radio they were promising when it launched) and it's very hit and miss if you can pick them up or not.
The latest additon to my DAB radio is BBFS (British Forces Radio), which I think shows you the quality of the DAB line up.
Most of the stations are poor quality mono (hardly the CD radio they were promising when it launched) and it's very hit and miss if you can pick them up or not.
The latest additon to my DAB radio is BBFS (British Forces Radio), which I think shows you the quality of the DAB line up.
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
BBC6 = 6music?
if so, I have that on pretty constantly. Got lucky - saw a Creative DAB radio on Amazon for £50 and got my mum to buy it for my birthday. Later found out it had been mispriced and should have retailed for around £120! 
I *heart* my DAB. And one day I will listen to more than 6 music. Honest.
Anyone else addicted to Russell Howard and Jon Richardson on a Sunday morning?
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
TheJazz going, Planet Rock closing, the DAB multiplex being sold (if anyone wants!), XFM being sold off everywhere outside London, " Significant cost savings across the business" whatever that means.......commercial DAB is in real trouble now!!
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Good. It was always shite and I said as much in the beginning when everyone was banging on about how great it was that they can listen to Planet Rock and Kerrang and stuff.
These stations have become low bitrate, mindlessly boring computers streaming out the same old repetative playlist from a server somewhere.
Fragmentation is not a good thing!! You'll get less ad revenue and the station will suffer. Its common sense. Simple common sense.
Don't even get me started on the poor capability of DAB
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
Easy to say, Skyscraper 101, when you live in London where analogue provides a full range of stations. I get 3 commercial stations on FM, and plenty of people only get one- and not just in the sticks either-Aberdeen, Stoke on Trent and Milton Keynes being three examples.
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
But DAB sations are rubbish.
You might as well put an i-pod with 20 tracks on shuffle on and listen to it under water to get the same quality as DAB.
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
Again, another Londoner with a jam packed FM dial..............
I live in Sarf London and I love DAB because pirates don't stamp on the signal. There are some areas of london where several national stations are seriously infringed on, to the point that they're unlistenable.
G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
BBC are still very much commited to DAB AFAIK. I like 6 music and 'Dead Ringers' on BBC7. Well worth it for those alone. I agree with the endorsement of Pure radios, although they ain't cheap they give a very stable signal and nice sound. Overall sound quality is roughly on a par with FM (although there are pages and pages of debate across the net as to which sounds better!!
The national commercial multiplex is in trouble though, with stations closing all over the place (most recent was Oneword). London has a load of local commerical stations on DAB, many of which duplicate what you already have, but DAB is pirate interference free and a piece of p*ss to tune.
In the very long term, yes , DAB is likely to be replaced (what with is a whole thread in itself!) but by the same token, so is Windows Vista, or the latest mobile phone.
The answer is potentally DAB+ (Basically 2nd Generation DAB, but using variable rate AAC for audio encoding rather than fixed bit rate Mp2)....
Bit of an old thread bump but seems valid given the coverage on Radio 4 this morning and the BBC website. Also the BBC are likely to close two digital stations (6 Music and the Asian Network) is not good.
Personally I like our digital radios and listen to BBC6 and BBC7 a lot.
Personally I like our digital radios and listen to BBC6 and BBC7 a lot.
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