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Store Repdicksmith on 06/08/2009 - 17:12 search.dse.com.au (539 clicks)

Dick Smith is running a free shipping offer for all Digital Radios.

Bush DAB+ Radio with PLL FM Tuner - $139
Pure Siesta White DAB + Radio - $199
Pure Siesta DAB+/FM Digital Radio - $199
Pure Chronos II Silver - $249

What is Digital Radio?

Digital radio is a new, exciting and involving way for listeners to tune into their favourite radio stations.

Offering an exceptionally high sound and signal quality, digital radio offers a range of exciting features to enhance your listening experience.

  • Clearer sound and improved reception
  • Extra features such as extra channels, pause and rewind radio, downloadable music, more details about the advertised product, slideshows, scrolling text, Electronic Program Guides, updated news, sports and racing information. Just to name a few
  • Extra channels potentially doubles the number of commercial stations
  • Tuning by station name, not frequency, making it easy to find favourite stations
  • A wider choice of shows and program highlights better meets the needs of niche audiences

This offer is available till 12-08-2009.

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  • sonicentropy on 06/08/2009 - 17:53

    DAB meh!!!, now if we were to get Sirius satellite radio here, where you have 200 stations to chose from and little to no adds, one of the delights of my recent Vegas trip was the rental car was fitted with Siruis it was awesome, most stations only play 1 style of music so just R&B, or Just Dance or Just 80's or Just 90's or just talkback. But DAB is just the same old sh*t (stations) better sound and more spam (digital display)

    • anthony on 06/08/2009 - 18:48
      +1

      Satellite radio is dying, Sirius merged with XM some years ago due to degreasing revenue.

      Sisius XM group entered 2009 with USD$3.4 billion of debt.

      Satellite radio ranges from USD$9 to $17
      If it were here in Australia that would easily be $20 to $35 / month due to the smaller subscriber base.

      I cannot see value in spending that much on listening to radio.

      • tlaing on 06/08/2009 - 21:12

        No offence, but have you had a chance to listen to Sirius? I think you'd see the value in satellite radio if you've had a chance to use it for any period of time! Try a 24 hour road trip across north america and the few dollars a month for sirius are totally worth it! (I don't know anyone who pays in the range you suggest, everyone pays promo rates in the under $10/month range!)

        Also Sirius isn't dying they took over XM and now offer even more channels.. It's just too bad their satellite signal doesn't cover Oz!

        I do occasionally stream sirius over my 3G mobile phone and feed it into my car stereo and enjoy the massive selection of commercial free radio ;-)

        • anthony on 07/08/2009 - 00:09
          +2

          No offence, but have you had a chance to listen to Sirius?

          I have on numerous visits to the USA

          Try a 24 hour road trip across north america

          That is as a tourist, if you lived in the USA and had say a 1 hour drive to work each day, that's 2 hours/day of use the subscription gets
          USD$9-$17 a month for something you will use for 10-15 hours a week and cant take with you if you have a built in receiver. (Priced in USD it doesn't seem too bad, but that is not what it would cost here!)
          The majority of subscribers are not regularly undertaking long road trips across America.

          I don’t know anyone who pays in the range you suggest, everyone pays promo rates in the under $10/month range!

          Here is the pricing http://www.xmradio.com/whatisxm/plans-pricing.xmc
          Sure, people might pay a promo rate, but that is what it is, a promotional rate. It will not last forever

          Also Sirius isn’t dying

          We shall see about that
          http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02…

          Liberty Media, the company that owns DirectTV and the Discovery channel, yesterday threw faltering Sirius XM Radio a lifeline, agreeing to loan the company $530 million to help pay off some of its debt and avoid bankruptcy.

          Only 20 million Americans subscribe to the service, that's only 6.5% of the population.
          Subscription TV on the other hand reaches just under 60% of American homes

          The same 6% subscription rate would see a mere 1.2 million Australians subscribing to the service

          —

          I am not saying satellite radio is crap, its just that i cannot see value in it for the average time spent listening to the radio in a car (yes i know it comes on other devices), especially when you consider it would likely need to be priced above $20/month to be profitable if it came to Australia, probably much more assuming only a 6% subscription rate

          • kristo on 08/08/2009 - 22:08
            +1

            @anthony: on top of buying a unit, a Sirius 24mth contract typically costs more every month than most US consumers pay for their almost limitless channels of cable TV (which is heavily ad-supported incidentally), but as such it will never gain a wide market. when I lived there, I opted for the convenience and infinite variety of downloaded music and audiobooks — for a small monthly cost and no ads to boot — with the growth in iPhones and their ilk, Sirius is almost guaranteed to be gone in a few years.

            also, satellite radio is no match for DAB — aside from the costs, sat radio was not designed for localised broadcasts — live traffic/news/weather/media are the strength of broadcast radio, and with the added features DAB allows in that arena, will ensure its relevance for a long time.

            most of the larger radio stations have already upgraded their transmissions for DAB, it's only a matter of time before the market follows with buying new receivers.

            that said, I find $200 pretty steep for a dodge-brand radio, I think I'll wait for more options…

    • DP1000 on 07/08/2009 - 00:48

      I had Sirius sat radio in my US rental car way back in 2005. Jeez, get with the program Australia. Digital radio….pfftt!!!

  • freddy on 06/08/2009 - 18:27
    +1

    If you just want music, you can get ABC DiG radio with a cheap $30 TV settop box.

  • Davo1111 on 06/08/2009 - 18:51

    tbh radio is dying, and i don't think 'digital radio' will help pull them out.

  • anthony on 06/08/2009 - 19:10
    +3

    Digital radio will not take off until car manufacturers include a digital radio in their cars..

    • TeaEarlGreyHot on 06/08/2009 - 19:51
      +1

      And the car DAB receivers have integral FM tuners as "fall-back" when the DAB reception turns to cr@p… i.e. reception of existing FM transmissions is more reliable (or more palatable in marginal reception conditions) than DAB reception, in a "mobile" environment at least.
      \_/7

      • Kranbone on 06/08/2009 - 22:40
        +1

        Too true, not everyone will be able to enjoy this, especially those in the country. Having said that, digital radio will hopefully provide some better resources/products and quality than it's analogue predecessor.

  • zhenjie on 06/08/2009 - 20:03

    My experience with Dick Smith's online web division has been disappointing. Purchased a TV early July and they say back ordered to mid July. Then mid July comes and then they say back ordered until late July. Come late July and then its back ordered to early August!. Now its early August and I receive a notice that its once again back ordered to mid August…….

    pathetic really.

  • andy19363 on 06/08/2009 - 20:10
    +1

    hmmm…..didn't video kill the radio star in the 80's?

    I'm a bit confused between this and internet radio….or is it the same thing?

    • anthony on 06/08/2009 - 20:19

      I’m a bit confused between this and internet radio….or is it the same thing?

      Radio over the internet is the same thing as digital radio.

      Unless of course someone at home picks up the analogue radio broadcast and streams it over the internet, that would still be an analogue radio stream

      The digital streams can be found here http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/player.cfm

      However the online streams will be at a lower bitrate than what you will receive over the air so will not sound as good as the broadcast.

    • TeaEarlGreyHot on 06/08/2009 - 21:57
      +1

      didn’t video kill the radio star in the 80’s?
      Yes, and No…
      According to The Buggles, yes, in 1979 - but close enough!
      \_/7

  • anthony on 06/08/2009 - 20:18

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  • scupper on 07/08/2009 - 11:09

    Why didn't they use DVB instead of DAB? Anyway, sitting and listening next to a radio is so old fashioned. I need it to be part of my portable MP3 player or phone for it to get any use.

    • anthony on 07/08/2009 - 12:52

      Because their commercial radio licence allows them to broadcast audio, not video.

      • scupper on 07/08/2009 - 14:14

        DVB can do radio too. With a little googling, I did find out that DAB is more efficient in transmission and has better error resolving capabilities which are important for mobile, however there don't seem to be any standards yet for it to be useful for video too. It does show that DAB is meant for portable use and not for sitting and listening at one spot which is what you have to do with most of these typical single-function digital radios.

  • Dexter on 10/08/2009 - 17:47

    I'll stick with my fm walkman thanks. Maybe in 2ys i'll revisit dab, but for now too costly.But now Sandilands is off air …

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