Re: OT: A good "HiFi" NG?

Paul D.Smith wrote:
>> You could of course just get a Freeview box along with an FM tuner.
>> Radio 5 Sports Extra is permanently transmitting on Freeview even
>> though most of the time it doesn't carry anything useful.
>
> Umm, interesting. I'd looked for Radio 4 LW, noticed it wasn't there
> and discarded Freeview as a possible route. I've already got a
> cheapie Freeview box and given it's only Test Match Special for a few
> days a year, I'm not going to care that the quality isn't top-notch


As Phil Cook's pointed out, R5 Sports Extra is permanently on Freeview,
and Test Match Special is always carried on R5 Sports Extra, so you can
receive it on Freeview. The only think you'd get on DAB that you
wouldn't get on Freeview are Yesterday In Parliament and The Daily
Service programmes which are 15-minute secondary services on DAB.


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