Hi,

In message , Don Pearce
writes
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:44:33 +0000, Eiron wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

(About DAB radio)

More fool me - it isn't worth buying (apart from Radio 3). Get
freeview or satellite instead for digital radio - it works.

It is worth getting, just for Radio 3.
A £50 Argos special through a decent amp and speakers is excellent.

But a £50 Freeview box gets you that - at an even better bit rate,
plus a heap more radio at decent bit rate, plus a load of TV channels
which are, of course utter dreck.

I agree with all of that, except that Freeview gets you BBC3 and BBC4,
which I would put in the 'better than dreck' category!

FWIW, I sold my DAB tuner and bought an FM aerial with the proceeds. Now
I mostly use the satellite box for my radio.
--
Glenn.
Glenn Booth

In article ,
Glenn Booth wrote:
But a £50 Freeview box gets you that - at an even better bit rate,
plus a heap more radio at decent bit rate, plus a load of TV channels
which are, of course utter dreck.

I agree with all of that, except that Freeview gets you BBC3 and BBC4,
which I would put in the 'better than dreck' category!

But be careful with some of the cheap Freeview boxes. The Thompson one on
current offer at about 35 quid from Curry's is composite video out only -
no RGB. That bit's been chopped out. Probably used the cheapest analogue
audio chips too.

FWIW, I sold my DAB tuner and bought an FM aerial with the proceeds. Now
I mostly use the satellite box for my radio.

Any receiver works better with a decent aerial - including digital of any
type.

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*I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

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