OT (a little) DAB radios and battery life

[Another John]

Thanks a lot. Others have also quoted that charger -- must have a look.

John

[whisky-dave]

Yes, and some ebays sell stuff that doesn't work and even fake goods.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Tronic is just a (Lidl?) brand name. I've seen several different chargers on offer at Lidl branded Tronic.

[Martin Brown]

Unless you need fast charge then there isn't much point in replacing a working battery charger until it stops working or becomes damaged.

I have a small one for 4xAA/AAA 2x9v and a big one that will do 6 of anything up to D cells. Both will do NiMH or NiCad automatically though my stock of elderly NiCads is slowly failing. I prefer to buy low self discharge NiMH now but they charge just the same as older NiMHs. (they hold their charge much better on the shelf though)

[Martin Brown]

Internet radio works fine and the bitrate for music quality is OK too. There is a fair bit more time lag behind satellite, DAB or TDTV.

Ranking of audio quality with decent kit in my estimation is roughly

Internet > Satellite > TDTV > FM > DAB > AM > LW

TDTV and FM are roughly on a par but TDTV has less obvious quiet time noise. You can also listen to a very wide selection of channels from round the world on an Internet radio.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I do have pretty well all the formats available at the main system - but this thread seemed to be more about 'what do I use for the kitchen (etc) radio'.

[Capitol]

The local Lidl had them last Sunday. There was still stock today.