I've just bought my second DAB radio - it was sold as an iPod dock with DAB - I bought it as a radio - the shelf price said £25 - the checkout price was £19 (even better).
I bought it to replace a kitchen radio which was getting annoying - the old one lost its tuning information whenever the power went off and only had 5 preset stations.
I can see the new one being just as annoying - but in different ways - it has 10 presets but it takes a lot of button pushes to actually pick a preset channel (new radio needs: "Preset" "Up/Down" potentially several times and "Enter" - the old radio had 5 dedicated buttons) - and the aerial needs to be positioned differently for FM and DAB...
Speaking of FM, despite buying a digital radio I still tend to listen mostly to FM.
The main station I listen to is BBC Radio Scotland - and this channel tends to have a number of variations depending on the frequency you are listening on.
For example, as a kitchen radio I listen to it while eating breakfast. At this time of day Radio Scotland broadcasts regional variations on FM but not on DAB/MW - and I want to listen to the local Aberdeen news and traffic news - so that means that I listen on FM.
In the evening there's a similar problem on Radio Scotland - DAB/MW often carries Sports programmes, while FM carries the scheduled music programmes. I prefer the Scottish Folk and Jazz shows, so listen to FM again.
In the car I want to hear local traffic news, and the RDS system for interrupting programmes with traffic news for each local BBC station area you pass through seems ideal. So, I listen to FM...
The only attraction of DAB is access to additional channels such as Jazz "FM", BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC World Service.
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