Eton won some awards for the upcoming 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

One of them is for the Eton E1 XM. Here's the blurb from their press
release:

linked he http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031215/sfm106_1.html
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A winner in the personal electronics category, the Eton E1 XM is the first
product to combine four radio technologies -- AM/FM/Shortwave/XM Satellite
radio -- resulting in the finest full-sized, all-in-one portable world radio
ever. Equipped with Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Circuitry and capable of
receiving Continuous Shortwave including Selectable Single Sideband, its
performance and sensitivity are peerless. The 5.7 inch backlit dot-matrix
display, 1700 station presets, and five tuning methods make the E1 XM's
extraordinary capabilities accessible to serious enthusiasts and casual
listeners alike.
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No price information I can find yet....

-- Stinger

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:40:49 -0600, Stinger wrote
(in message ):

Eton won some awards for the upcoming 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

One of them is for the Eton E1 XM. Here's the blurb from their press
release:

linked he http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031215/sfm106_1.html
------------------------------------------------
A winner in the personal electronics category, the Eton E1 XM is the first
product to combine four radio technologies -- AM/FM/Shortwave/XM Satellite
radio -- resulting in the finest full-sized, all-in-one portable world radio
ever. Equipped with Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Circuitry and capable of
receiving Continuous Shortwave including Selectable Single Sideband, its
performance and sensitivity are peerless. The 5.7 inch backlit dot-matrix
display, 1700 station presets, and five tuning methods make the E1 XM's
extraordinary capabilities accessible to serious enthusiasts and casual
listeners alike.
----------------------------------------------------


pix at:
http://www.etoncorp.com/asp/3CESAwards.asp




No price information I can find yet....


They (and you know how "they" are) say,
"Price: To be announced at CES 2004".


-- Stinger


- - Gray

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

I would think they would have used one of the world satellite radio
broadcasters, rather than XM.. or maybe in addition to.. this rather
restricts their market for this radio.

It's not a very pretty radio. Buttons look small. Knobs on left side
look they were stuck on the very edge of the radio like an after
thought.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:47:49 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
ws.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

I would think they would have used one of the world satellite radio
broadcasters, rather than XM.. or maybe in addition to.. this rather
restricts their market for this radio.

BA,

ETON Corp. is Licensed to 'market' GRUNDIG Brand Name Radios in the
North American Market. "XM" or 'Sirius' makes sense for this specific
marketing area. But not for the "Rest-of-the-World".

yilgr ~ RHF
..
..
= = = "Brenda Ann"
= = = wrote in message ...
"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

I would think they would have used one of the world satellite radio
broadcasters, rather than XM.. or maybe in addition to.. this rather
restricts their market for this radio.

..

"RHF" wrote in message
om...
BA,

ETON Corp. is Licensed to 'market' GRUNDIG Brand Name Radios in the
North American Market. "XM" or 'Sirius' makes sense for this specific
marketing area. But not for the "Rest-of-the-World".


True, but ETON is not marketing this radio as a Grundig, therefor it's
market needn't necessarily be restricted to N. America (and, in fact, at
this point, to the US, since XM is not available to Canada or Mexico at this
point).

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:28:55 -0600, Fredric J. Einstein wrote
(in message m):

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


Why?

I've got several radios (with no quality control problems) that do everything
that radio is claimed to do except cost me $10 a month every month for as
long as I live (subject to increased monthly fee and not guaranteed to be
around in three years)?

Plus my RX-320 has a 12" LCD display.



Gray Shockley
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DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
CCradio w/RS Loop
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
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Vicksburg, MS US

Can you get the BBC in HiFi 24/7?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:52:52 -0600, Gray Shockley
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:28:55 -0600, Fredric J. Einstein wrote
(in message m):

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


Why?

I've got several radios (with no quality control problems) that do everything
that radio is claimed to do except cost me $10 a month every month for as
long as I live (subject to increased monthly fee and not guaranteed to be
around in three years)?

Plus my RX-320 has a 12" LCD display.



Gray Shockley
-----------------------
DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
CCradio w/RS Loop
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
-----------------------
Vicksburg, MS US

"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

The future of radio, especially shortwave radio, is cutting costs. I
suppose DRM would be helpful to the extent that it would reduce the
electric bill at the transmitter.

Most broadcasters have found cutbacks in languages and programming
effective cost cutters. Some have pulled the plug on SW broadcasting.

Dave Frantz of WWRB likes SSB for reduced transmission costs.

Frank Dresser