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Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 19, 2003, 03:41:42 PM

Any of you have satellite radio?

I bought some sirius stock several weeks ago and I\'ve been having fun watching it ride.  I\'m getting a sirius deck for free and am wondering if any of you have it yet.  Looks to me like XM has the edge with programming since they are backed by Clear Channel.  But heym it\'s free.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Lord Nicon on June 19, 2003, 03:43:30 PM

Yeah i was thinking about getting one. Looks sweet. I hate the radio and while i do like to play my cd\'s i dont feel like lugging a ton of cds and new things are nice too.:)

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: MPTheory on June 19, 2003, 03:49:04 PM

I dont know man, something really bothers me about paying a monthly fee for radio.  Theyre so damn expensive too.  I guess If I wasnt so poor Id have one. But... Im pretty friggin poor.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: THX on June 19, 2003, 04:17:28 PM

Many people have bad views of ClearChannel, which is pretty much the Microsoft of the radio world.  http://www.caraudioforum.com might be able to give you some useful info on sat radio.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 19, 2003, 04:18:36 PM

Clearchannel is the devil.  Anything or anyone with that much power is going to be hated.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: theomen on June 19, 2003, 05:34:20 PM

I don\'t drive enough to warrant the monthly charge.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 19, 2003, 06:01:57 PM

I drive over an hour every day with HORRIBLE radio stations.  Plus I make 13 bucks a month with the time it takes to crap at the office.  Too bad I\'m mud shy.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: theomen on June 19, 2003, 08:29:00 PM

If I were in your situation I\'d go for it.  But I only drive about 15 minutes a day, and I get pretty decent stations.  If all fails I\'ll listen to a CD for the short jaunt (usually Sinatra)

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: JBean on June 20, 2003, 04:42:05 AM

I too have a problem with paying for radio...

Guess it comes down to the fact that i\'m a cheap bastard that is just getting cable tv for the first time next week, how bad is that?

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 20, 2003, 09:17:59 AM

I was listening to XM today on a trip and it really is nice.  Going back and forth from XM to FM is just sick.  Amazing how crappy FM really is.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Coredweller on June 20, 2003, 10:39:54 AM

If the satellite providers had NO commercials of any type, then I would consider paying for a service like that.  However, it\'s my understanding that they do have commericals, so I\'m not interested.

It\'s going to be harder to sell these services in big cities that already have a wide selection of free FM radio.  Even though it does have crappier frequency response.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Samwise on June 21, 2003, 12:13:48 PM

I have absolutely no idea what you\'re talking about.

+1

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Kurt Angle on June 21, 2003, 12:17:40 PM

Neither do I!

Also +1

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 21, 2003, 01:06:28 PM

They have very few commercials and only on a few of the stations.
Although XM has more commercials than sirius.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Titan on June 21, 2003, 05:26:04 PM

Only time I listened to Satelite radio was XM on a fishing boat in the Atlantic. It was cool :) Vid, if I was in your shoes, I\'d buy it. It would definitely be worth it. How much is the monthly charge though for Sirius?

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: videoholic on June 22, 2003, 07:28:46 AM

13 a month, but if you buy a year you save a buck a month.  still 12.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Tyrant on June 22, 2003, 07:45:41 AM

personaly  i think sat. radio is just a waste of money. i\'d only use one if i was in a place where regular radio signals wont reach.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Titan on June 22, 2003, 05:59:48 PM

I use CDs but I mean if I travelled a lot and had to change radio stations, I\'d buy it.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 22, 2003, 11:47:22 PM

I really, really, REALLY want it, but can\'t bring myself to pay for the hardware and extra bill a month. If I do it, I\'ll end up just paying for a year all at once. I can\'t stand monthly bills!

Can anyone tell me how the rock / metal stations are? As in - are there any hardcore metal / rock channels that don\'t play shit like Creed / Linkin Park? Or is it pretty much only mainstream music for each channel.

Title: XM, Sirius, nothing?
Post by: THX on June 23, 2003, 12:29:44 AM

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that don\'t play shit like Creed / Linkin Park

agreed.  Linkin Park is definitely overrated while Creed just plain sucks.