| Product: |
Wavefinder interactive digital radio |
| Date: |
29/06/02 (620 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Excellent Quality, Cheap
Disadvantages: Install may be troublesome, No. of stations is limiting
I recently purchased the Psion Wavefinder for just short of £40.00 (r.r.p of around £100) via promotional codes posted in the alt.radio.digital newsgroup.
What is the Psion Wavefinder?
Basically the Wavefinder is a digital radio tuner that can be used on your PC. In order to be able to use the Wavefinder you will require a moderately fast computer and also a free USB port.
You have the ability to listen to digital crystal clear quality radio broadcasts (at usually 128kbps or 192kbps) and also have the ability to record the radio broadcasts in both MP3 and MP2 format.
Before purchasing the Wavefinder I recommend a visit to the official wavefinder site at www.wavefinder.co.uk and use the Postcode checker to see if any Digital Boradcasts are actually available in your area.
My views...
Initially I had various problems installing the Wavefinder on Windows 2000 professional. I had various conflicts and this was resolved by using a different USB port.
After installing the drivers e.t.c which was relatively straightforward via the provided CD I begun listening to the crisp and clear quality that Digital Radio has to offer.
I enjoy RnB, HipHop and UK Garage music and enjoy the Rsdio 1 shows dedicated to these genres of music. The only problem is the time at which these shows are on. Either they are very late or timed when I am usually out thus with the use of a program called Dabbar (www.dabbar.co.uk) I am able to set timers to record these shows when I am out. This for me makes the Wavefinder worth every penny as I never need to miss another program as I have it recorded in MP3 format on my hard disk when I come back.
As mentioned before at £40.00 this is worth it (even for the nice various flashing lights on the Wavefinder itself ;-) ) but for the r.r.p of £100 I would think twice as it is not essential that I record the shows off the radio.
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