New Car

[David Horn]

Meh, don't talk to me about digital radio. It's taking off in the UK, but if you get say, a tree, or a person, or a bird or something between the transmitter the signal drops out. What's more, even though it's digital some stations still transmit compressed, 128kb/s streams. AND you don't get hiss or crackles on a bad reception - it's either perfect or unlistenable.

In other news, I bought an MP3 CD player for my car - Blaupunkt and only £169.

[James S]

That's why the tuners come with buffers. Mine has a 4 second buffer, others have up to 30 seconds. I'm sure you'll pass out from under a bird in under 4 seconds if you're going 60 mph. I live in a rural swampy area, so there are plenty of overhanging trees. The signal only drops once on my ride to work, when I pull into the parking garage, and it even picks up some signal inside the garage, which is incredible.

[Cameron]

Didn't I tell ya the Pulse had a great selection?

[James S]

Ya, cameron, the Pulse is decent. I listened to CNBC and Planet Jazz on the way in this morning. During the news breaks on CNBC I'd switch over to Planet Jazz for a quick song or two.