MPIO PD100 Portable DAB Radio Review

DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) radio is something of a lost child when it comes to digital technology. While the government is speeding towards the final 2012 switch-off date for analogue TV, there aren’t any plans on the table to turn off analogue radio. Though things are beginning to pick up, it’s fair to say that digital radio hasn’t grabbed the nation in quite the same way as digital TV. In many resepcts that’s a shame. Digital radio is easier to use and as the latest adverts claim, hiss and crackle free. Similarly, when CDs were the latest thing, I can remember London's Capital FM having a special jingle if a particular record was broadcast, "crackle-free on CD". Now DAB broadcasts are claimed to be better quality and, the theory goes, less affected by adverse weather conditions.