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Why do DAB radios look naff? 

Gavin McMenemy • Monday 4th June 2007 12:43 GMT

And I mean all of them. Is there something about DAB that causes people to forget that said radio needs to be desirable?

It ain't Hi-Fi 

Arnold Lieberman • Monday 4th June 2007 16:47 GMT

Since the bitrates that DAB radio is broadcast on here are so pathetically low, there is no way they could market this as anything approaching high fidelity - so I suppose it is more appropriate to give the appearance of a crusty old tranny.

Fancy listening to "The Hits" at 96kbps in MP2 format?

We'll soon have DAB+ with us, requiring another round of upgrades.

http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/

How much?!? 

Rob Beard • Tuesday 5th June 2007 08:17 GMT

Seemms a bit steep for me for a DAB radio. I work at a radio station and they're really pushing DAB although at this price I won't get one.

I'll stick to the £30 DAB radio from Tesco.

Rob

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