Quote: Originally Posted by _kevin Is it that hard to include the receiving circuitry for both bands? It may be. Search Google for "one chip fm radio" and you get lots of res…

You have to have separate chips for each, but more importantly AM needs it's own dedicated antenna - you can't simply use the earphone cord as FM receivers do. Thus, there probabl…

The frequency range for AM broadcast is so much lower than FM broadcast that you'd need a fairly bulky antenna to get anything. The low end of the AM band is about 560 kilohertz w…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Besides, what's on AM that's worth adding that function to an iPod accessory? I think a lot of people would want to listen to talk radio.…

Quote: Originally Posted by chabig I think a lot of people would want to listen to talk radio. Chris Good point. I usually don't have the time (or the blood pressure contro…

Thanks for all the information. I hadn't considered the electronic necessities outside of the IC (i.e. the antenna). And yes - I listen to a lot of talk/news radio. Most of those…

May I suggest that Podcasting seems to be more and more taking over the space which talk radio once inhabited?

Spurs broadcasts are on AM, definitely worth listening to when we can't make the game.

Quote: Originally Posted by iMacfan May I suggest that Podcasting seems to be more and more taking over the space which talk radio once inhabited? Exactly.

Quote: Originally Posted by quesera Spurs broadcasts are on AM, definitely worth listening to when we can't make the game. You're not at the AT&T Center (or in front of a…

Some of us work late, man :)

Some of us are poor teachers. Still, we got a ten game package with our game 7 tickets last year and we've supplemented it with other games. Sadly, I think we've seen all the los…

Ouch, quesera! That hurts! Anyway, for AM stuff, I'd just get an inexpensive AM radio for important radio shows. The audio quality you can get with AM is usually so lousy (it se…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Ouch, quesera! That hurts! Anyway, for AM stuff, I'd just get an inexpensive AM radio for important radio shows. The audio quality you ca…

I tried and purchased Audio Hijack and use it to automatically launch and record Talk radio programs on AM/FM. It then dumps it in my iTunes for sync. If you search for your prog…

I'm shopping around for a display to compliment my 17" PowerBook and stumbled across the Samsung 244T. It's a 1920 x 1200 24" LCD featuring a 6 ms response time and 1000:1 contras…

Since that display isn't priced well into the stratosphere, I'd say the 6ms response time is using a different metric than Apple uses (could be black-white instead of gray-gray). …

Samsung says the 6 ms response time is "G to G". It's more expensive than Apple's 23", but it looks, spec-wise, like it's much "better".

But it looks like the Samsung lacks DVI in, unless I'm reading the specs wrong? The Dell looks like a really good value. Thanks, mduell, for the suggestion. Apple's displays loo…

it DOES support dvi in. Samsung monitors are absolutely wonderful. If you can afford it, go for it.

Quote: Originally Posted by meelk it DOES support dvi in. Samsung monitors are absolutely wonderful. If you can afford it, go for it. I think I will, as long as I can conne…

I strongly recommend you check out the new Gateway FPD2185W monitor. It's a 21" ws monitor with all the features of the Samsung at half the price ($600). You will want to know abou…

Quote: Originally Posted by owolfe I strongly recommend you check out the new Gateway FPD2185W monitor. It's a 21" ws monitor with all the features of the Samsung at half the pr…

I've heard that Dell uses Samsung's LCD panels for their 24" monitor, and I *really* like my 24" Dell, except the component input isn't great for video games--it has a weird shudde…

I've been trying out iWeb and its suitability for easy weblog publishing, and I'd like to be able to easily stick a few custom lines of code in. My idea is to put a key word in the…