Sanyo introduces WiFi-enabled R227 tabletop radio

Internet radios aren't anything new, but Sanyo's putting its own spin on things with the WiFi-packin' R227. Aside from offering standard FM reception, this tabletop device also tunes into thousands of internet stations / podcasts, and it enables listeners to search by country or genre. You'll also find a pair of stereo speakers, one-button on / off, a bundled remote, an Ethernet jack, auxiliary input for DAPs and an audio output for connecting to larger, more robust sound systems. For now, it seems the unit will be exclusive to Canada where it will be offered in a black wood gloss finish for $219.99.

[Matthew Ledger @ Oct 28th 2008 3:35PM]

Looks an awful lot like http://www.trendyhouse.co.uk/images/logic%20dab.jpg ... are Logik and Sanyo related?

[Rockwell7 @ Oct 28th 2008 6:39PM]

Holy shit, someone is going to get sued!

[rock99rock @ Oct 28th 2008 3:37PM]

How about a wifi clock/radio for $50. Then ill consider.

[Samboini @ Oct 28th 2008 3:42PM]

Feature packed but design lacking. Shame!

[Valicore @ Oct 28th 2008 3:43PM]

Hmmmm... I wonder why they didn't make it available in the US as well (Beyond FCC approval or something of the sort)

[Pichel @ Oct 28th 2008 3:46PM]

This is just a standard Reciva device - what's s special about that?

[Skorpius @ Oct 28th 2008 4:01PM]

Why do all that and then leave out an AM tuner?

[THizzle7XU @ Oct 28th 2008 4:17PM]

Or even just throw in an HD Radio tuner just for the price as well. It doesn't hurt.

[Bill Grove @ Oct 28th 2008 4:34PM]

There are a lot of them in the US. Our company sells quite a few. You can see them here if you're interested. We carry the Sangean models:

http://www.grove-ent.com/page59.html

Bill

[Jrbirdman @ Oct 28th 2008 4:45PM]

I'm not sure I'd be interested in AM but Digital Radio'd be nice.

[Brian @ Oct 28th 2008 4:49PM]

Oh man, "one-button on / off"??? I'm all over this one.

[Evan @ Oct 28th 2008 4:54PM]

It would be kind of cool if the large knob could "tune" the ip addresses, allowing you to scan through ip addresses to find any that are broadcasting or web-serving.

[Bob S. @ Oct 28th 2008 4:58PM]

For that kind of money, why not just get a Soundbridge so you can listen to your iTunes library along with Internet radio?

[Murphy Mac @ Oct 28th 2008 5:09PM]

Waiting for the SoundDesign model.

[Pretol @ Oct 28th 2008 7:46PM]

Chumby does more and costs less.

-needless to say, I have one, and I'm a free advertising troll for Chumby

[tiremfej @ Oct 28th 2008 8:51PM]

I'm behind the times I guess, what exactly do these do for you? How do you find the stations, do you have to have an IP address or is it something else? Is this something a Novice could use or is suited for Experts and Guru's? I honestly don't understand it, I can wrap my head around most things, I just don't understand how this would find stations and such...