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XM got out to a big lead but Sirius is definetly making some noise and will probably get another big surge next yeat when NASCAR switches to Sirius.
I've had XM for 2 1/2 years and Sirius for about 1 1/2 months....yes I still have both. I got Sirius for college basketball teams that XM doesn't cover. I had intended to deactivate Sirius after basketball season but unsure now.
XM seems more organized and if you like talk radio has more "name" people. News choices also seem better.
All of the music channels are commercial free on both services and talk about commercials on Sterns show he has maybe 2 or 3 minutes a break now, which he reads some opposed to the 20 minute breaks he used to have.
Motorola Offers Cheap Digital Radio Service For Cars (Inside Line)
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According to the Motorola website you'll have to listen via a cell phone. YEACHHHHHH!
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A year for $77 dollars would be a great deal, I've been looking for my bill, hope I get the same offer. At regular prices though its only .43 cents a day, its well worth it to me. The only thing I listen to terrestrial radio for anymore is the weatherband.
Alot of people have been wondering if they might merge....thatd be good in a way but I bet the programing would suffer without the competition.
I drove the car the other day and naturally I couldn't figure out how to get any sound out of the thing.
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Aitchpee in Oklahoma
It takes me a while to get up to speed - I spent twenty minutes this morning trying to figure out why a Firewire drive cable wouldn't fit in my USB slot.
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Follow the money.
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We all know how long that arrangement lasted - all over the nation. You can call it free enterprise or capitalism, but it was a scam to secure access to public rights-of-way for the benefit of greedy deceptive corporate interests.
I also think that Stern has paid off 10 folds. He did his job he brought over well over a million people. He is the biggest name in Radio no matter what any one thinks everyone knows him, love him or hate him.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/23/1402275.htm
There is another interview with the XM former chairman and how he sited Stern as XM's biggest threats and how he changed the game completely but I can't find it. It was in tech times daily, maybe someone will be able to find it
Sirius is adding somemore new channels next week....Playboy, Fox News and Fox News talk, Cosmos Channel and the Blue Collar Comedy Channel.
As far as commercials....XM is only going to have commercials on the 5 channels Clear Channel has and they are introducing some new commercial free channels to compensate....they'll still have I think 64 or 65 out of 68 or 69 music channels commercial free.
Thinks are heating up but I hope they both survive because competition is the best thing for us consumers(programming wise)....I've "heard" of xm offering old subscribers rates as low as 3 dollars a month to stay
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Anyway, the phone rep gave the standard pricing ($12.95/month I think on a 1 year plan), same as in the notice they sent me. I mentioned that I had heard about the $77/9 month promo, and he immediately said "I can do that"! So, I took that plan since it is a good rate, and will see what kind of deal I can negotiate 9 months from now.
I do know that I could never go back to over the air though.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Thanks, Dirk
Well, I have Sirius and my wife has XM. It seems that Sirius recycles the same songs over their popular rock stations. Also, they play a lot of Bruce Springsteen. Admittingly this is subjective but I'd give the slight nod to XM.
But lately I've been getting the sense that XM is also recycling the same songs more often than I would expect them to on some channels. Certainly the playlists are far wider and deeper than anything on the local stations, but I guess maybe I'm a little disappointed. I got hooked on the new XM Chill channel a few weeks ago but have already been hearing repeats when I listen at random times. I got tired of hearing the same comedy skits on XM Comedy so I stopped listening a long time ago (maybe time to give it another try?). For sure Mix and Kiss recycle songs but I expect to find that there.
I'm not complaining so much as observing. Their library is deep but maybe royalty considerations limit how often they stray from the standard fare. I dunno. The good thing is that there are always dozens of other channels to check out at any given time, just means a lot of channel hopping to find something fun.
BTW, I have both XM and Sirius. Like em both.
-Paul
The lesson here seems to be....if you really want their service, wait them out. It seems the longer you can live without this, the better the price will be if you later decide to rejoin.
Personally, I'm waiting for free. After they sent me a bill for $600 early this year....assuming that I would automatically want to continue their service for 5 years, they left a rather sour taste in my mouth.
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don
oh I love Sirius
XM Satellite says subscribers top 6.5 million (Reuters)
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bpau
No.
You have it arranged how most people arrange them. From what I understand, if you turn off categories and channel detail, it will then list in numeric order, but if you don't know the channel name, it may be a bit difficult. If you only go to certain channels, this shouldn't be an issue, but if you surf around, it may make it more challenging.
-Paul
WHat have others done.
Thank you!
Trying to Corral Stern's Lost Herd (LA Times)
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Of course, easy for me to say, since I could never stand the guy (well, maybe early on when he was funny, but not recently when he devolved into a skeevy old degenerate).
Also wouldn't surprise me if the ratings ("ears") where skewed somewhat, but pay radio at least proves how many serious fans he has.
Oh, and any fans that already had Sirius wouldn't obviously have to sign up anew.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Dave in VA
-Paul
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http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64800.htm
I have a MYFI in my BMW since BMW radios suck (and I have the otional "Premium" sound) and can barely get regular radio anyway. BMW charges over $700.00 for Sirius. What a ripoff since you can get it standard in even a Ford product.
2025 Toyota Crown Signia Hybrid, 2022 Ram 2500 Laramie 6.4 Hemi, 2007 Mazda MX-5 Miata PRHT
-Paul
I have both Sirius and XM now but am deactivating XM this afternoon unless they get real cheap(my year subscription is up). Stern is really good on uncensored radio, his shows seem to be getting better and better.
Tried listening to Opie and Anthony but got tired of waiting to hear something funny or entertaining.
-Paul
This all depends on your preferences. I subscribe to SIRIUS but usually get XM on rental cars. Both have great music channels. I'm more into rock, electronic, folk, ambient, chill/trance, and smooth jazz and SIRIUS has multiple offerings of these. But the main reason I have SIRIUS is because of the Public Radio stations which XM lacks. SIRIUS has NPR Talk, NPR Now, PRI, and World Radio Net (also several BBC channels, two Canadian channels, DISCOVERY and LIME).
I enjoy sirius radio but I have noticed that the talk stations appear to be severely compressed and/or frequency limited, they sound terrible! Is this just me, or has anyone else noticed this? My local AM stations sound much better than the audio from SIRIUS talk stations such as NPR, Talk Right, Talk Left, etc. Music, it appears they do differently, as I have little to say about that. My system is audiovox (Jensen) using FM converter.
Dirk
The talk channels ARE more compressed than the music ones, but your key problem is the FM modulator. I'm a huge fan of NFL Radio's afternoon show ("Afternoon Blitz"), and it sounds somewhere between FM and AM on my Starmate Replay. I use a Sony cassette adapter.
I haven't noticed this at all. I have direct connect (Pioneer head unit with directly wired S50). The FM modulator sounded terrible so I purchased a new head unit with a plug-in port for an external audio device.
Thanks!!
-Paul