Pure Digital The Bug Review

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Pure Digital The Bug
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blackwaterman's Review of Pure Digital The Bug DAB Digital Radio

1st Jan 2008

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
  • Time Digital Radio Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Features
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Novel features like recording ability, pause/ rewind etc. Easy set-up. You can do nearly everything you'd like to with a radio.


General Comments

I believe i have been wrong-footed by changes to DAB standards since the Bug was launched, resulting in the need for software upgrade. This in itself doesn't work via all PC's because of hardware incompatibility. Sometimes you're lucky, but others....it all depends on indeterminate factors between the PC & Bug. Even USB standards have changed! DAB broadcasts will never be as HiFi as old FM radio, as the bandwidth is curtailed to squash more stations in. But at the time, I couldn't find a radio I could use easily to 'time-shift' programs by recording them, usually to a cheap but reasonable-quality SD card from e-buyer.

This is definitely a gimmick product, but does have a happy look about it! I received mine as a birthday gift....perfect! Very handy not losing alarm settings after power cuts, and being able to do timed recordings. Lots of new features when it first came out. The 4-way switch IS a bit finicky- but the firmware may also be responsible for several issues.

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