RCA trots out RIR205 tabletop internet radio

Among the other low-rate gear unveiled this evening by Audiovox comes the RCA RIR205, a tabletop internet radio that may have gotten away with that design in 1992. Instead, we have no option but to recommend this one only for rarely used spare bedrooms, though the built-in AM / FM tuner, WiFi radio streaming (complete with a Slacker song tagging feature) and the integrated support for WeatherBug forecasts are quite nice. Additionally, users can record up to 10 hours of music and other radio programming onto the unit's 512MB of inbuilt memory, and of course, you can set the alarm to wake you with online music or your favorite local sports talk host. Not too shabby for $149.99, but that exterior could use some work.

[Sofunnytom @ Sep 18th 2008 7:16PM]

this would actually be perfect for me....

[Alex @ Sep 18th 2008 8:09PM]

Hahaha, really? My first thought was "who would ever buy this". Good for RCA that someone's interested.

[Steve @ Sep 18th 2008 8:45PM]

for $149, you might as well spend $30 more and get a chumby... can do all that and more

[Tom Purnell @ Sep 18th 2008 11:51PM]

Not that I'd buy this fug, but the audio on the Chumby is pretty pathetic. Has to be said.

[Glenn @ Sep 18th 2008 11:52PM]

OK so visually it clearly not reflective of good contemporary design that we come to expect and demand as we have spoiled by Apple & company. But hey it preforms well and is $30 cheaper than the Grace Net Radio, $60 less than The CC WiFi Radio from C Crane and theSangean WFR-20 and 1/2 the price of Tangent Quattro it is worth a second look.