Author Topic: Satellite Radio (Read 1657 times)

Waffle · « **Reply #30 on:** November 20, 2003, 05:12:13 PM »

We have XM sattelite in on of our touring vehicles. It's great. I'd reccomend it to anyone that likes a wide variety of music or talk shows. Hell, I think you can even get the Playboy channel on it (I don't know why'd you want to listen to it though). About 7 news stations (CNN/ABC/fox/) and sports (espn/espn2, ect..)

Anyway, for $10 bucks a month it's wonderful- cheaper than a cd...

Just my 2 cents

Chairboy · « **Reply #31 on:** November 20, 2003, 06:20:32 PM »

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but I find lately I hardly ever turn on the radio in my car.

Exactly, because radio sucks now-a-days. Constant commercials, bland corporate lists, the same songs being played on all the stations. Why?

Here's why:

ClearChannel has made the radio band so annoyingly worthless to listen to, I'd almost think it was a conspiracy to get people to switch to satellite.

If you get satellite radio, go for Sirius. XM has commercials, and I don't know about y'all, but I'm not a big fan of paying to listen to commercials.

Pongo · « **Reply #32 on:** November 20, 2003, 07:26:16 PM »

Because I want Pam Anderson to wash my truck!

Pfunk · « **Reply #33 on:** November 20, 2003, 08:50:10 PM »

From Consumer Reports

Each provider offers a diverse selection of programming. XM broadcasts 71 music channels (36 commercial-free) and 29 other channels, including news, sports, comedy, and talk radio. For the complete list, go to http://www.xmradio.com. In March, XM began carrying Consumer Reports' Report to Consumers broadcasts. Sirius (http://www.siriusradio.com) broadcasts 60 commercial-free music channels and 40 channels of other programming. This wide range of channels can be particularly inviting in areas where choices are limited.

For now, XM is the only service available nationally, so that's where we focused our testing. XM's service costs $10 a month.