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DAB Radio

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  • 05-06-2014 9:10pm
    #1
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭


    Is it worth buying one from the point of view very few stations or dab is virtually dead in the water. I see Aldi have one for sale this week.


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    The Spare Bowler
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭The Spare Bowler


    Do not buy any DAB RADIO that does not have DAB+. If RTE launch DAB nationwide in the future it will be DAB+.


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    Ernest
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Ernest


    The Spare Bowler wrote: »
    Do not buy any DAB RADIO that does not have DAB+. If RTE launch DAB nationwide in the future it will be DAB+.



    What is DAB+?


    As far as I can establish, the only radio stations you can get on DAB in the Dublin area are the various RTE ones - not Newstalk or Today FM.
    Stations outside Ireland are unobtainable on DAB - but the same is also true of FM.


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    Trick of the Tail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭Trick of the Tail


    No, there is also the independent DAB mix, carries stations like All80s, Absolute, Zenith Classic Rock.

    Dublin and Cork.


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    Sideshow Mark
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭Sideshow Mark


    DAB+ essentially means it's future proofed. I have one, they are great, but mine also has an Internet Radio function and I use the Internet Radio far more than DAB. When I first got it, I only used DAB. I'm in Dublin by the way.


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