How many DAB radios have been sold in Ireland?

Da Funky Munky · 18-05-2009 3:03pm #1

Anyone know?

Are we talking hundreds or thousands?

mike65 · 18-05-2009 10:44pm

Prolly thousands but most of them will be FM/DAB or Internet/DAB/FM/Whateveryourhavingyourself hybrids.

sudzs · 19-05-2009 11:18am

I bought one!

And then half the DAB stations disappeared...

Is it still just RTE stations being broadcast?

But then moved to the UK so have lots of DAB to choose from now!

L1011 · 21-05-2009 9:17pm

I've bought five of them*, and I'd assume theres a number of other multiple buyers. Units sold != potential listeners.

*car, kitchen, living room, bedroom, and a Morphy Richards one that does DRM I bought to play with

magnumlady · 22-05-2009 2:35pm

Is it just me that can't see the point in them?
We have so few radio stations in Ireland and even fewer decent ones.

mobius42 · 22-05-2009 4:28pm

I think DAB is going to be another format that just never takes off. At home, you can just stream radio over the Internet, which is free. In the car, the main place people listen to the radio, DAB radios are not common and I don't think any come as standard with new cars. The lack of stations is also an issue. It's a chicken and egg situation. People just don't see a reason to upgrade and none of radio stations seem too eager to invest in it.

mike65 · 22-05-2009 4:56pm

On line isn't free insofar as it can eat bandwidth. Most of us have caps

L1011 · 22-05-2009 6:35pm

Just found theres one in my office too, permanently locked on 106.0 FM for the phone hold system. Must have been the cheapest in the shop with line out...

mobius42 · 23-05-2009 4:51pm

mike65 wrote: »

On line isn't free insofar as it can eat bandwidth. Most of us have caps

You would have to listen to a lot of high quality radio to exceed the cap of a regular broadband connection!

_sparkie_ · 23-05-2009 9:21pm

i got one last monday for my birthday. are there any plans for more DAB stations in ireland?

Bard · 24-05-2009 2:06pm

mobius42 wrote: »

You would have to listen to a lot of high quality radio to exceed the cap of a regular broadband connection!

You'd be surprised how quickly it builds up!

As an example, let's say you're an avid radio listener and listen to 5 hours a day at 256Kbps quality - that's roughly 570MB per day or just under 16.7GB in a 30 day month - which would actually be more than a lot of broadband caps.

How many DAB radios have been sold in Ireland?

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