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Digital Radio With Removable Flash Storage

Posted by michael on from the sweetness dept.

Billy69 writes "In a comment in a story yesterday about TiVo and MS Media Centre, somebody made a comment about being able to store Digital radio straight to a format to use on a MP3 player. Ladies and Gentlemen (and geeks) I give you The Bug. It is a DAB digital radio that can timeshift, store as MP2 or MP3 straight to an SD card, and can connect out via USB or SPDIF. Oh, and it is sexy as hell."

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  1. How long... by cheeseSource · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Untill the RIAA screws this up...

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  2. Alternative by oasis3582 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why can't you just do this with the Winamp plugin that records streams to mp3 files (forgot name, sorry) and then transfer to media card via film reader?

  3. Who still listens to the radio? by waxcrash · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the U.S., I can see recording a talk show or NPR for a later date, but with all the Clear Channel owned crap, what is the point.

  4. I can see why it is called the "bug"... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...because its shape sure bugs me!.

    "Oh, and it is sexy as hell."

    Maybe it's just me, but odd-shaped packaging is cute for about 1 minute, then it is just a pain. You can't stack stuff on it, you can't push is flat up against your cubicle wall, etc.

    If form-follows-function, fine. But if there is no reason for some odd shape, can't we have something more practical, less fragile and, frankly, less goofy looking? I wouldn't buy one of these things solely based on how it looks.

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  5. In USA talk radio is usually on AM not FM! useless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In USA talk radio is usually on AM not FM!

    That is useless, and most products that PROMISE a model with AM never actually ship such a model.

    Others stay in vapor-ware for over a year.

    All my favorite shows are on AM that I need to either timeshift or skip commercial on.

    In January 2005 Clear Channel stations will start reducing commercials to under 21% of a half hour instead of 33% because of "ad clutter" that resulted in mammoth listener ratings dropoff in the past two glut years.

    And these devices are the OTHER unspoken reason Clear Channel issued press releases that they will try to sut advertising minutes.

    Once everyone has these... NO ONE will listen to ads on radio.

  6. Re:Isn't this a UK/Euro product? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So what if this is a UK/Euro product?? Slashdot folks are always yammering about some US-only product or other, so it's nice to talk about a product that those of us outside the US can enjoy (let's see... I think Slashdot is for the WORLD-wide Web!) (I am a US citzen now permanently living in the UK, if you must know. ;-)