The use of a netbook computer to access internet radio stations need not be inhibited because of the crappy audio such small speakers emit. I have plugged in a set of amplified computer speakers to the earphone jack and enjoy stereo radio from all over. When I want to watch foreign-based TV stations it does that too. Try that with a WiFi radio. The computer cost me $300, the speakers were $3 at a garage sale, and the lowest speed DSL link to the internet costs $20 per month from AT&T. The fastest video (and best resolution) I have found comes from China's CCTV-9 at about 500 kbps which is slower than the typical 650 kbps downlink speed of the DSL service. Works great with no rebuffering. If you are coming to Kulpsville on March 5 and 6, I hope to demonstrate what such a simple setup can do on Saturday morning at 10:30. Joe Buch
--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Internetradio] How does "thelounge.com" compare? To: [email protected], "Internet radio discussion" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 3:49 PM This is one reason I advocate radios that have a large number of on-board presets. The CC Wifi has 100 of them - they function without the direct need for an external intermediary (Reciva, vTuner, etc). However...if the broadcasters change the architecture of their websites and thus change the specific URLs for the audio stream, any preset that's solely onboard the radio would thus be obsolete. For some folks, a netbook PC - which can be had for as little as US $225 - may be a better choice because you can then navigate the web page of the broadcaster directly...after all, the "directory" of stations becomes, by definition, the domain name server you use. However Netbooks tend to have small speakers, unlike most wifi radios. Even those netbooks than run a flavor of Linux and have only Flash based storage would be good enough for use as Wifi radios. Rob's analysis is spot-on... Rich Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Internet radio is just now entering the 2nd generation of products so I'd bet > we're still due to see a few more "pioneers" disappear, particularly if more > mainstream audio manufacturers enter the marketplace. > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
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