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March 24, 2005
Tivo for Radio
It's called Radio YourWayLX
and it's designed to record your favorite radio programs for playback
whenever you want. It's kind of clunky looking and that name is a
marketing nightmare, but still.
It's features include:
- Automatically record radio broadcasts via a daily or weekly timer-function; totally unattended
- MP3 Recording- Easily transfer and archive your recordings to a PC or MAC with an available USB port
- Record from any audio source (CD, Cassette, or TV etc.) in MP3 format without the use of a PC!
- Playback MP3, WMA or RVF files
- Use Radio YourWay LX as a portable storage device for data files!
Given that the extremely useful TV DVR's like TiVo have not yet caught on (I love mine!), one has to wonder whether items like this one has a future.
But if this unit can do it, you have to believe that it will eventually be built into many mp3 player/recorders in the future.
And then you have to wonder if Arbitron's Personal People Meter will be able to capture the listenership. For example, if I'm recording the radio at home but carrying the meter on my body, will the meter measure the playback from the portable mp3 player later?
Of course, all of this assumes that we as an industry provide content worth recording, and I consider that an open question.
(Thanks to Tod Maffin for the tip)
Posted by roymond at March 24, 2005 05:50 PM
Comments
If you're into time shifting radio, try Replay Radio.
Replay Radio lets you record ANY Radio station broadcast over the Web as an MP3 file, and then copy it to your iPod or other MP3 player. It will even burn CDs automatically.
Replay Radio comes with a database of over 900 shows and 1200 stations, and you can easily add your own.
One more cool feature: with the optional Replay Player, when you listen on your PC you can easily skip over the ads. (If you use an iPod, just hold down the Next Track button to fast forward.)
Check it out! A free trial is available from here:
www.replay-radio.com
Enjoy!
Posted by: Bill Dettering at March 28, 2005 02:21 AM