Good MP3/Media Player with AM/FM Tuner?

[mallik]

I was looking for an MP3 or media player that has an AM/FM radio tuner, but as expected it is hard to find.

I found one, I can't remember the name, but supposedly it's not very good.

If I can't find one with everything I need, I would even settle for a nice sleek, compact, radio with AM/FM. Any recommendations?

 

[KeithTalent]

The Zune has FM radio only, but no AM. If you can live without AM radio, it is a good player.

KT

 

[gorcorps]

I don't know of a single mp3 player that has an AM radio. Most have FM these days though. If you must have AM then I'm pretty sure you're SOL.

 

[Cybertronic]

I like the Zune (2nd gen) alot and it comes with FM radio. I'm not sure why iPod has such a huge following when the Zune has better design and features (and even colours). The FM radio function on the Zune is relatively good. While communiting, I can hear the station clearly w/o much interuptions. The other MP3 player maker i know with FM radio is Creative Labs but never tried playing with one.

 

[darth maul]

SanDisk's Sansa's have FM, well most of them do, certainly the current crop of clip, fuze, and view.

 

[Strawberriez]

The ZEN Mozaic has FM too... been using it for a while and so far so good.. like it a lot.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Cybertronic
I like the Zune (2nd gen) alot and it comes with FM radio. I'm not sure why iPod has such a huge following when the Zune has better design and features (and even colours). The FM radio function on the Zune is relatively good. While communiting, I can hear the station clearly w/o much interuptions. The other MP3 player maker i know with FM radio is Creative Labs but never tried playing with one.

i got my daughter the zen + and the fm radio is solid. i played with it more than she did, used the radio a lot. sounded decent, easy to tune to stations. i use the fm radio on my omnia, its pretty good too. if im too far out of town i can switch over to mp3s so it comes in handy.

 

[uli2000]

AM doesnt work well in portable applications because you need a good size antenna to recieve AM. I am only aware of one that does mp3/FM/AM and its the price of the 8gb iTouch. C Crane carries it if you are crazy, er, I mean interested.

 

[mallik]

Thanks for the suggestions. The Zen, Sansa, and Zune all look good and I may have to choose one of them if I settle for FM.

uli2000, thanks for reminding me. The C Crane was the one I was thinking of as the only one that I have seen with AM. Apparently it's not that good though.

I was just thinking, if I got the iTouch or some kind of equivalent, would I be able to set it up so that I could stream from an AM radio's website if I am in a wifi hotspot?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: mallik
Thanks for the suggestions. The Zen, Sansa, and Zune all look good and I may have to choose one of them if I settle for FM.

uli2000, thanks for reminding me. The C Crane was the one I was thinking of as the only one that I have seen with AM. Apparently it's not that good though.

I was just thinking, if I got the iTouch or some kind of equivalent, would I be able to set it up so that I could stream from an AM radio's website if I am in a wifi hotspot?

It depends on how they stream it.