Hi! Yes i totally agree. Sadly. /A > 15 aug. 2019 kl. 21:54 skrev Dane Trethowan <[email protected]>: > > You can still get around it I’ve discovered but to be honest the BBC - in my > opinion - just ain’t want it used to be and I’m very disappointed that UK > residents are forced to pay a license fee for such crap. > > >> On 16 Aug 2019, at 5:18 am, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> I maybe could listen to BBC 5 live that way instead? >> Since they seem to block VPN listenings these days. >> /A >> >>> 15 aug. 2019 kl. 20:59 skrev Dane Trethowan <[email protected]>: >>> >>> How you entertain yourself is entirely your thing and I appreciate your >>> points. >>> I hardly listen to local radio myself anymore given that I have better and >>> higher quality listening options from services such as Tidal etc. >>> Having said all that however I do appreciate just how useful the Sangean >>> Pr-d17 may be to someone who has a bit of trouble using a radio given the >>> unit has voice prompts. >>> I plan to buy one myself to add to the collection and I’m sure I’ll get a >>> good deal of use out of the unit. >>> Firstly the radio rates highly with regards to sensitivity on AM and FM and >>> that suits me given I like to listen to long distance radio. >>> This feature alone marks a great change for a device with voice prompts, it >>> has been the case that when when such a product has arrived on the market >>> the product under performs its competition. >>> The second good reason to purchase this radio is that the radio is a full >>> stereo set meaning you can take full advantage of FM radio - not that any >>> of our FM stations give you much in the way of audio fidelity these days of >>> course -. >>> The PR-D17 has RDS functions which display the name of the song playing, >>> artist, station name etc. >>> The voicing system doesn’t speak this information and that’s understandable >>> as you would need a full TTS platform in the radio itself to allow that >>> kind of functionality so I suspect Sangean are using Static Speech. >>> >>> >>>> On 16 Aug 2019, at 4:46 am, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don’t get the Am/fm >>>> radio thing anymore. >>>> I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio >>>> in that receiver. >>>> Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via >>>> internet. >>>> /A >>>> >>>>> 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. >>>>> >>>>> https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visually-impaire >>>>> d/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >
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