Speaking of the RCA Infinite Radio: Here's a Youtube video with the Audiovox marketing manager touting the radio at a trade show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Mk7EU9goY Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > From a UK listeners' list I frequent... > > These aren't so much "radio stations" but music discovery services I > am personally fond of Pandora. > > Some of these are built into wifi "Internet Radios" as well. > > If Santa gave you a $120 - $130 windfall, you might want to lock at > the RCA (Audiovox?) "Infinite Radio" -- see > https://www.rcainfiniteradio.com/. > > Buy.com lists it for $102 but it is currently sold out. > > It appears to handle Real Audio formatted stations and also has an > onboard FM tuner. > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mike Terry <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:38 AM > Subject: [uk-radio-listeners] Internet radio stations > To: uk radio listeners <[email protected]> > > > Advice from The Saga Newsletter: > > When most people think about digital music, they think of Apple's iTunes and > the 79p per track download service. But there's another way to find and > enjoy music on your PC, and it doesn't cost a penny, writes Rob Beattie > > The internet is redefining what we think of as radio. Certainly, you can go > to www.bbc.co.uk and listen to whatever Radio 2, Radio 3 or 6 Music is > knocking out at the time, or use the 'Listen Again' service to catch a show > that you've missed. > > But the real fun is happening elsewhere, with websites that allow you to > listen to the music you like when it suits you, rather than when it's > scheduled by the broadcaster. > > Not only that, but they'll recommend other, similar artists they think you > might like, so you get to listen to new stuff along with your old > favourites. > > Try it. Load your web browser and then click in the address line (where all > the 'http' stuff is) type in www.last.fm and press 'Return'. > > When the site loads, type in the name of someone you like and after a > moment, the site will start playing one of their songs (or if they're a > little obscure, something from a similar artist). > From the player window you can skip tracks you don't like, pause the current > song, or jump directly to another artist you like the sound of. > > The performance 'hit' of listening to internet music like this is minimal, > which means you can check emails, write letters and so on, while the music > plays in the background. > > There are plenty of sites like this, including www.finetune.com which lets > you download its music player to the desktop and www.soundpedia.com which > lets you listen to entire albums, instead of cherry-picking individual > tracks. > > (By the way, www.pandora.com is still the most interesting music site on the > net, but until they open it up to UK registrations we won't recommend it.) > > Alternatively, try something completely different and visit > www.musicovery.com. When the site loads, use the little mood-o-meter to > define whether you're feeling energetic, calm, positive or dark, then pick a > genre (or genres) of music and a decade. > > After a moment, Musicovery will display a psychedelic musical map of songs > based on your choices, and you can either let the site navigate the map > track by track, or jump around > wherever you like by pointing and clicking with the cursor. As you do, > Musicovery suggests new connections all the time. > > All you need to enjoy a world of music for free is a broadband connection > and a reasonably modern PC which should have all the necessary sound gubbins > built in. > > If it doesn't, then something like the Sound Blaster Audigy SE for around > £30.00 will do the trick. > > Hook it up to the hi-fi or a pair of powered stereo computer speakers which > will set you back £20.00 or more; Apple Mac and laptop owners have > everything they need already. > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-radio-listeners/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-radio-listeners/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [email protected] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > -- > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > International broadcasting / shortwave blog: > http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com > -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
