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[Old Gold]

What is the difference between this radio and just going on the internet?

[staylo]

The same difference as there is between an iPod and jogging while holding your laptop to your ear, I suppose...

[Altarf]

Originally Posted by Old Gold

What is the difference between this radio and just going on the internet?

As this radio is 'on the internet' I assume you mean, "What is the difference between this radio and using your PC to listen to the radio".

Well none, except as it has the same format as a normal radio you can use it in situations that you would use a 'normal' radio such as a bedside radio or in the kitchen, etc, where you would never dream of using a PC.

[Altarf]

Originally Posted by PAUL7331

So can you take these on holiday (anywhere) and get any internet station?

It is not very portable as it is quite heavy, and it does need mains power.

[Old Gold]

Originally Posted by Altarf

As this radio is 'on the internet' I assume you mean, "What is the difference between this radio and using your PC to listen to the radio".

Well none, except as it has the same format as a normal radio you can use it in situations that you would use a 'normal' radio such as a bedside radio or in the kitchen, etc, where you would never dream of using a PC.

Thanks so I guess then its as simple as if you can pick a station on the internet you can pick it up on the radio but if its not on the internet you cant. So the only advantage is portability.

[Scrounger]

Originally Posted by blue_haddock

I was quite tempted by this till i realised it needs wireless broadband

I've unplugged the internal wifi dongle on mine and plugged in a USB-to-Ethernet adaptor (Startech USB1100S £13.34 from Dabs) and it now works perfectly with a cat5 network cable connection to my router.

There are some useful internal pictures of the radio here.

If you're careful it shouldn't void the warranty as it can all be reurned to normal if required.

Scrounger

[Altarf]

Originally Posted by Old Gold

Thanks so I guess then its as simple as if you can pick a station on the internet you can pick it up on the radio but if its not on the internet you cant. So the only advantage is portability.

Not so much portability, as it needs to be plugged into the mains and is quite heavy, but would be acceptable to use in situations that a PC would be out of place, since to the casual viewer it's just a radio.

[Kentish]

Bought one of these today for an elderly relative who wanted to listen to some exotic foreign radio channels - works a treat and much simpler than trying to teach her how to use a computer! Worth £50 just to see the smile on her face!

[mbanbrook]

I see Aldi are stocking a variant of this receiver. Tevion branded, more expensive than the Logik at £69.99 and has FM. It still uses the Reciva software from what I can see in the leaflet, so it should be a very similar user experience to the Logik.

Keep an eye on www.aldi.co.uk

[Babbler]

Originally Posted by timbouk

Be carefull everyone. The American RIAA changed the law for how online stations are charged for royalties. Many will not be able to afford to continue. This could be why they are being sold off cheap!

Have a google about

I believe the decision is on hold at the moment. They are still fighting it and there are petitions in place... I doubt this will go through tbh. Worth keeping an eye out though.

[ShaunJUK]

If you buy a laptop or Pc you get a booklet of vouchers worth over £300 at the moment, there is one in there for another £10 off the radio bringing it down to £39.99.

This discount could be applied without a voucher

[dinglebert]

Originally Posted by ShaunJUK

If you buy a laptop or Pc you get a booklet of vouchers worth over £300 at the moment, there is one in there for another £10 off the radio bringing it down to £39.99.

This discount could be applied without a voucher

How? Would be interested at £40

[trinity1]

Originally Posted by Kentish

Bought one of these today for an elderly relative who wanted to listen to some exotic foreign radio channels - works a treat and much simpler than trying to teach her how to use a computer! Worth £50 just to see the smile on her face!

I'd like to get one of these for my mum who to likes listening to foreign stations. However, is this device able to receive all stations from the internet just as you were from a pc?

[ms_pokerteam]

Originally Posted by trinity1

I'd like to get one of these for my mum who to likes listening to foreign stations. However, is this device able to receive all stations from the internet just as you were from a pc?

Yes

[ramellous1]

How much download capacity do these radio streams use? If I have a 2gb cap, how long would it take to use it up?

[Altarf]

At 44kbs (which most streams seem to run at) that works out to about 20MB an hour.

[Mal27]

Originally Posted by Altarf

At 44kbs (which most streams seem to run at) that works out to about 20MB an hour.

Just to add to this, theoretically it's around 20MB, but I've been watching my router's bandwidth graphs, and a 44kb/s station actually uses about 55Kb/s, so it's more like 25MB.

[buglawton]

There is a new streaming technique called Abacast that uses some sort of peer-to-peer technology. it means never a server full message, endless people can listen one low budget station. But these internet radios don't handle this method. Would be good to see that such sets are upgradeable to the new technology.

[Kentish]

Originally Posted by trinity1

I'd like to get one of these for my mum who to likes listening to foreign stations. However, is this device able to receive all stations from the internet just as you were from a pc?

You can see the list of channels available from Reciva's website:
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?opt...&type=location

[buglawton]

Originally Posted by Kentish

You can see the list of channels available from Reciva's website:
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?opt...&type=location

It was interesting to sort the UK ones by popularity