{"id":38489,"date":"2019-07-14T21:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T01:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38489"},"modified":"2019-07-14T21:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T01:46:19","slug":"the-degen-de1108-a-new-multimedia-device-with-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/the-degen-de1108-a-new-multimedia-device-with-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Degen DE1108: a new multimedia device with shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/C6209D00-AEE1-4578-BB73-9C7AEA235FE3-e1563141155576.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38490\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/C6209D00-AEE1-4578-BB73-9C7AEA235FE3-1024x694.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <i>SWLing Post<\/i> contributor, Magdiel Cruz, who shares a link to the new <b>Degen DE1108<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A1F90BE8-8074-45BC-B918-96598565B52B-e1563141235386.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38491\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A1F90BE8-8074-45BC-B918-96598565B52B-1024x906.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"553\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps &#8220;radio&#8221; doesn&#8217;t really describe this multimedia device, but it does feature shortwave, MW, LW, and FM reception along with the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dual touch screens<\/li>\n<li>WiFi radio (at least, I believe it does based on the description)<\/li>\n<li>Video playback via WiFi<\/li>\n<li>SD Card and USB playback (supports WAV, APE, FLAC, MP3)<\/li>\n<li>WIFI+ Bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>AUX input<\/li>\n<li>Custom audio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some of the receiver specs (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38498\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DE1108-specs-624x406.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In truth, the translated product description on eBay is a bit humorous, but I suspect most of it is a machine translation from Chinese and has yet to be properly edited.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this is not a standard portable or tabletop radio&#8211;I feel like it&#8217;s more of a multimedia device that also happens to receive shortwave. I doubt this will be a benchmark receiver, although I could be proven wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4277CCB5-4F5E-410C-A48D-A8AC205472B2-e1563141308537.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38492\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4277CCB5-4F5E-410C-A48D-A8AC205472B2-1024x603.jpeg\" alt=\"Degen DE1108\" width=\"625\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7FCFA867-AD66-4E14-8CF3-37D5DACD09AE-e1563141389106.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38493\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7FCFA867-AD66-4E14-8CF3-37D5DACD09AE-1024x862.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"526\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The price is a hefty <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337666156&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=123565152569&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$449 US shipped on eBay<\/a>. It\u2019s also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/32959332584.html?spm=a219c.10010108.1000001.12.a50c5dbayIxrN3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on AliExpress<\/a> for the same amount.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Magdiel! Of course we&#8217;ll post updates as we learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/degen-de1108\">DE1108<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337666156&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=123565152569&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on eBay.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><em>Do you enjoy the SWLing Post?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Please consider supporting us via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u%3D7466002%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fswling.com%252Fblog%252F%26utm_medium%3Dwidget&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe7C7aRTKqwuFkU5YIo8XEqPqthw\"><span class=\"il\">Patreon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=TGGFP2XVZDPP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DTGGFP2XVZDPP2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH45maBgVLGpqLmQQvviVKBNMEGUw\"><span class=\"il\">Coffee<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Fund<\/span><\/a>! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Your support makes articles like this one possible. Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33932 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/become_a_patreon-patron_button@2x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/become_a_patreon-patron_button@2x.png 434w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/become_a_patreon-patron_button@2x-300x71.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Magdiel Cruz, who shares a link to the new Degen DE1108. Perhaps &#8220;radio&#8221; doesn&#8217;t really describe this multimedia device, but it does feature shortwave, MW, LW, and FM reception along with the following features: Dual touch screens WiFi radio (at least, I believe it does based on the description) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43,4652],"tags":[7891,718,7890,331,7892],"class_list":["post-38489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-wifi-radio","tag-de1108","tag-degen","tag-degen-de1108","tag-ebay","tag-magdiel-cruz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a0N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14218,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/degen-refreshes-shortwave-product-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":38489,"position":0},"title":"Degen refreshes shortwave product line","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul, who commented with a link to the new Degen DE221 \"ultralight\" radio: http:\/\/ebay.to\/1fKWZ2m Paul's link lead to the discovery of several new Degen models, in fact. Many of the new models have the same form factor--and a slightly different model number--from their predecessors.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Degen-DE221-001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4871,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/the-degen-de32-combines-analog-styling-with-mp3-features\/","url_meta":{"origin":38489,"position":1},"title":"The Degen DE32 combines analog styling with MP3 features","author":"Thomas","date":"November 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I just ordered the Degen DE32--a new addition to the Degen shortwave product line. 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This could come in handy for future DE1129 owners less familiar with Chinese. I've also added this image in our Shortwave Radio Index.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/EnglishPanel-DE1129-300x212.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4639,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/degen-de1129-with-english-buttons-now-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":38489,"position":3},"title":"Degen DE1129 with English buttons, now on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An English labeled version of the Degen DE1129, which I recently reviewed, is now available from a Hong Kong Seller on eBay. It appears that pricing is $69 US with shipping. Click here to search eBay for the Degen DE1129 Thanks to the Herculodge for the tip! Click here to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DE1129English-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4174,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/the-new-degen-de1129-shortwave-radio-with-mp3-recording-and-playback\/","url_meta":{"origin":38489,"position":4},"title":"The new Degen DE1129 shortwave radio with MP3 recording and playback","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"TecsunRadio.com has posted the new Degen DE1129 shortwave radio on their website. Though they have not yet posted pricing, it appears pre-orders are being taken. 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