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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. Lucky British... by TexTex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    First the US learns that the Brits have all the good sitcoms...and now Slashdot shows me that they have all the good radios as well.

    Digital Audio Broadcasts? 85% coverage of the UK? Wicked radios? And it's for FREE!?!? XM ain't lookin' so hot right now...

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  2. I hate to be pessimistic, but... by ALeavitt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Do people actually expect this to be released without a hitch? Look at all of the controversy currently surrounding TiVo and other PVRs. Now consider the fact that the RIAA will be fighting this flash memory tooth and nail. The Bug will allow people to listen to what they want, when they want. No more inane DJ banter, no more 10-minute commercial breaks between every song, no more screeching pop tarts (unless that's what people want to hear.) There is no way to secure this device against copying, no matter how hard they try. There's a way around every copy protection. This will allow flawless, portable, digital recordings off of the radio. Granted, it's what consumers want, but since when were consumers in control? I have a feeling this will incur the wrath of the RIAA and, therefore, the US government. Just wait, these Bugs will be banned within a matter of days.

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  3. ID3 tagging by jacksonai · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I admit I haven't RTFA since the site is ./ed, but I have a question. Does this digital radio fill in the ID3 tags? Also, are they doing any watermarking of the mp3's?

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  4. Soon to come by nlawalker · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The RIAA is going to have absolute fits about this. I remember hearing months ago about the advent of digital radio, and how the RIAA was already on it's case because of the ability to "retain and store high-quality digital broadcasts" (not a direct quote.)

    Stupid bastards. Notice this was never a problem when people were dubbing radio on to tapes. Leave it to the rest of humanity to find a good way of owning, storing, and organizing music, and then the RIAA says, "Hey, this is efficient and high quality. Better stop them while we can..."

  5. The Bug? Er... by Dj · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Went to the launch (at the Dali Gallery), wasn't completely sold. Got one. Got irritated by the bugs, but lived with them.

    Just been upgrading the firmware on it (lets make everyone scream, it needs Windows to update the flash...), so now it has rewind and fast forward when playing back off SD card.

    Lovely functionality, still undecided on the ergonomics, and I wish the SD slot was on the front.

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  6. Legal MP3s? by nghate · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Recording Radio is legal, so would it make the MP3s recorded by the Digital Radio legal too? If some one put them out on P2P, would it be legal to download and play these MP3? How would one differentiate between such MP3s v/s the CD ripped versions?