Internet radio - is this any good?

mwddrwg

Hi,

Really want to get an internet radio for streaming tracks so wondered if anyone thinks if this is any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kogan-Wi-Fi-DAB-Digital-Internet-Radio-iPhone-dock-/220889040328?pt=UK_AudioVisualElectronics_PortableAudio_Radios&hash=item336e0345c8

Thanks

I_luv_cats

mwddrwg wrote: »

Hi,

Really want to get an internet radio for streaming tracks so wondered if anyone thinks if this is any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kogan-Wi-Fi-DAB-Digital-Internet-Radio-iPhone-dock-/220889040328?pt=UK_AudioVisualElectronics_PortableAudio_Radios&hash=item336e0345c8

Thanks

Really I'd be worried about eating up data. You may fall foul of Fair Use Policies or eat up your data allowance.

A DAB radio or radio off freeview/freesat at least is data free.

mwddrwg

I already watch a lot of internet TV and download other stuff so doesn't seem to be a problem. We get our internet through a village wireless network though as we can't get it through phone lines. Still get 10MB/sec though! Have you any experience of using one of these radios?

savemoney

Dont know about that model but I have a M&S internet radio I got this 23 months ago for £40ish ( M&S Combination DAB Digital Radio) and its been great it runs mp3's of pc and dab/FM I have unlimited internet but radio doesn't use much data anway

It was this one but now dont stock it I think

http://reviews.marksandspencer.com/1199-en_gb/B0021M2GP2/reviews.htm

googler

I_luv_cats wrote: »

Really I'd be worried about eating up data. You may fall foul of Fair Use Policies or eat up your data allowance.

I wouldn't. The most basic BT Broadband package has a usage limit of 10GB per month.

The highest-bitrate Internet Radio service is the BBC HD service which runs at 320Kb per second.

Listen for a minute = 320*60 = 19,200 KB per min
Listen for an hour = 19200*60 = 1.125MB per hour (1MB = 1024KB?)

Listen 24 hours a day, 30 days per month (1.125*24*30) = 810MB per month.

Doesn't even use 1GB out of 10, and who listens 24 hours a day, every day?

Most stations will be at lower bitrates than the above, so data usage even lower