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Sanyo R227 Internet Radio Review

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  1. Tuneland •  January 28, 2009
    Rating: 3/5

    I wonder if it’s possible to do firmware updates on this unit. I sure wish it supported flac. Seems like a great way to get the audio files on my computer to the home stereo.

    Rating: 6 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Bill Berg •  January 29, 2009
    Rating: 1/5

    I’ve been using Slim Device through Starband Internet satellite. It doesn’t work reliably. Has anyone tested the Sanyo R227 over a satellite Internet connection?

    Rating: 2 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  3. Dave - Ottawa •  August 13, 2009
    Rating: 5/5

    I’ve had a Sanyo Internet radio for a couple of months and am very pleased with it. At first, the way it works seems clunky, but it’s very intuitive and you soon get used to it. I like the sound of a table radio for listening to a mixture of music and talk on foreign radio stations. I can finally listen to radio stations I listened to years ago in Europe without being in the same room as my computer or even having my computer on! Very nice!

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Mark •  September 17, 2009
    Rating: 4/5

    I bought the Sanyo R227 because of the price and because it has two speakers. I gave my dad the Tangent Internet Radio recently and fell in love with it. The Tangent was $299 recently reduced to $249. I paid $187 with shipping for the Sanyo. I like the Sanyo, only problems are display doesn’t give any scrolling track info as the Tangent does. On the four lines, it only displays Station Name, # kbps, Real Enabled(???) and the time. Plus, the sound quality is only decent, not great. I may plug in into a Bose Wave for improvement with that. For the display, perhaps Sanyo can upgrade the Firmware (which has downloadable updates) to include scrolling song track info instead of #kbps, or “real Enabled.” Internet radio is awesome and overall I am happy with the unit for the price.

    Rating: 8 :: 1 out of 2 people found this user review helpful.

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