RadioSHARK when it was announced over a year and a half ago.  (To beįair, when they finally shipped the unit several weeks ago I was givenĪ $20 discount.)  I was told that the delay was because Griffin wasĭissatisfied with the quality of the software and wanted to re-write I am extremely underwhelmed by the software.  I originally ordered the Not get knocked about easily on a cluttered desk. RadionSHARK stands out is in its heft.  It is well weighted and will Own (also an iMic and a PowerWave), and one place where I think the The hardware is beautiful and solid.  The reception is just fine forĪll stations I want to listen to.  This is the third Griffin product I Record programs and listen to them later.  It works pretty well, but I Occasionally listen to the radio live, but mostly I am using it to I have been using the radionSHARK for about two weeks now.  I Here is an email I wrote to Griffin with my complaints after using the product for a few weeks. I would rate the RadioShark as a 3, not a 7. I disagree fundamentally with the rating this product was given. I hope Griffin fixes the OS X software so I can bring the SHARK home! That's more than Finder and on a par with what the Window Server requires! That's a lot of RAM dedicated to a one-trick pony. It seemed to take from 17-21 MB of real memory (not VM) and I just had to wonder if that was an indication of a program that leaked memory. My dissatisfaction with the performance of the radioSHARK with my Mac stems from repeated checks on the radioSHARK server in the Activity Monitor, especially when the app was off. I'm glad the reviewer mentioned how weird the window buttons were in the OS X version. Now I'm back to my old college ways of being able to snag songs off the radio! WAV to each one, import them into iTunes and convert them to AAC. Double-click the new file and Windows gives you the "WTF do you want ME to do with this" dialog. Funny how the Instant Record feature makes a file with no extension. I was able to "harvest" six songs from that, skip all the commercials and best of all, the really crappy songs. I set that TimeShift buffer to one hour and while I was away on lunch, the station I had tuned in had an all-request hour. I took it to work today and have to admit that I think it works better on Windows 2000. My system hung up once - it's the first time in about two years I've had to reboot a Mac by holding the power button for 5 seconds and then turning it on again! I just got mine last Thursday! I hooked it up to my G5 and turned system sleep off.
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