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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.