satallite radio

[mattymids]

I am looking at purchasing satalite radio and I was wondering what all of you thought about xm, compared to Sirius. I am thinking about going with serius because it has been around longer and I want to buy a portable unit so that I can use it in any car or in the house, please help, I have no clue

[FeelGood]

paying for a receiver, so you can pay more to listen to satellite RADIO in your car if you ask me is NUTS.

paying for radio, come on people?

[scue]

Originally Posted by eighty5

paying for a receiver, so you can pay more to listen to satellite RADIO in your car if you ask me is NUTS.

paying for radio, come on people?

Really.

I'd rather pay for a HD Deck. Do they even have those? I don't know but that would be pretty nice, untill it gets jacked

[oddmud]

Originally Posted by eighty5

paying for a receiver, so you can pay more to listen to satellite RADIO in your car if you ask me is NUTS.

paying for radio, come on people?

Not just "radio", it's commercial free, it's high quality, it's got 1000 times more selection.

I'd pay for it.

[Hot Karl]

i'm sorta considering satellite radio too. it's be awesome because i'm lazy. i don't wanna spend my time downloading and burning or transferring to a mp3/md player.

i use my home computer about never.

the beauty about satellite radio is no commercials and i can get some real randomization going on. how surprised can you be of a song you put onto the list? by definition you'll never get anything new because you have to go through or filter every song for it to be on your ipod/computer/burned cd.

not to mention for me, it'd get tons of use at work.

this isn't the radio you know. this isn't commercial packed crap, with goofy announcers trying to be funny playing the same crap every half hour.

i'm just not digging the mounting hardware in cars that i've seen.

[Cosmos]

i was close to buying sirius a few days ago, cause i really want to have bbc radio 1 in my car all the time, i love the essential mix. but i don't really like the way the players look, until they can make one that looks more like an ipod i think i'll hold off and buy myself a lcd for my car.

[decypher]

nice what other type electronic radio shows can we get on XM satellite radio. That would be tight if they setup some sort of DNB arena radio station in London or something.

They aren't going to play Howard stern's new radio show on XM satellite in Canada .

[scue]

Maybe I'm one that would definitely NOT pay for it because they'd probably have about one indie hiphop station playing slug 'round the clock

not that I don't like him, but i've seen it before.

[decypher]

SIRIUS Canada will offer a total of 60 commercial-free music stations to make up the widest range of music available. SIRIUS programmers will feature the best selections in rock, pop, country, Christian, jazz, hip hop, electronic, dance, R&B, Classical and show tunes.

* Pop - Featuring the top music from today and everyone's favorites from yesterday. Pop channels include SIRIUS Hits-1 playing the songs at the top of the charts, Rock 'n roll from the late 50's to the early 60's on SIRIUS Gold, the best music from the 80s on Big 80's and BBC Radio 1 featuring new music from the U.K. Listeners will also be able to hear French artists like Jorane and Pierre Lapointe on Rock Velours and Energie2.
* Rock - From today's cutting-edge new sounds to all the great classic rock from yesterday. Rock channels include classic rock on Classic Vinyl, the latest alternative hits on Alt Nation, pure hard rock on Octane, Jimmy Buffet's Radio Margaritaville, Stephen Van Zandt's Underground Garage and Faction, an action sports lifestyle channel. Listeners can also tune in to Canadian rock on Iceberg Radio and hear up-and-coming Canadian Francophone artists on bandeapart and English artists on CBC Radio 3.
* Electronic, Dance, Hip-Hop/R&B - Electronic and dance channels include trance and progressive house on Area 33, downtempo electronica on Chill, and the sounds of classic dance on The Strobe. Hip-Hop/R&B channels include raw Hip-Hop on Hip-Hop Nation, uncensored tracks on Eminem's self-styled channel, Shade 45 and classic soul and Motown on Soul Town.
* Country - Featuring a wide range of country music from yesterday and today. Country stations include today's biggest stars on New Country, classic country from The Roadhouse, the genre's renegades and rogues on Outlaw Country and homegrown, heartfelt bluegrass music on Bluegrass.
* Jazz & Blues - Jazz & Blues channels featuring contemporary jazz on Planet Jazz, smooth jazz on Jazz Café, new age instrumental music on Spa73, and authentic blues on Sirius Blues.
* Standards and Classical - Featuring classic singers, big band music and show tunes. Channels include Standard Time, Broadway's Best, Symphony Hall and SIRIUS Pops.
* Latin & International - The best in Latin and world music. Channels include today's top Latin music on Universo Latina and music from around the world on The Globe.

[dj_marcel]

I'm totally into getting satellite radio. I spend 2 hours a day in the car commuting, and listening to the same ol' shite repeated every half hour on the radio is brutal! I would love the chance to have some uninterrupted, musical variety. Who knows.... maybe it would calm my road rage :punch:


Definitely looking at Sirius over XM.

[FeelGood]

Originally Posted by influenza

Not just "radio", it's commercial free, it's high quality, it's got 1000 times more selection.

So are CDS, and you dont have to wait for your favorite song to come on!

[mattymids]

but eighty five theyre probably even be a hardstyle channel so u can rave it up in youre car.

I dont mind paying 12 bucks a month for that service mostly if u get a portable unit, then u can listen in youre house or if youre in another buddys car

[firestar]

Originally Posted by fullblast

i was close to buying sirius a few days ago, cause i really want to have bbc radio 1 in my car all the time, i love the essential mix. but i don't really like the way the players look, until they can make one that looks more like an ipod i think i'll hold off and buy myself a lcd for my car.

No, i looked into this, i'm pretty sure they use a different format that is not used n Canada yet. :( (This is exactly why I wanted xm or sirius, for radio 1 and 1xtra) Actually now that I think about it, these services are commercial free, so how could they run a radio station like BBC radio1 with no commercials?

Does anyone know about this and can clear this up for me?

[mojo]

mp3 player with radio reciever for me thanks.

[CharlieTuna]

Originally Posted by dj_marcel

I spend 2 hours a day in the car

Same position as me man.

I just picked up an XM Satelite reciever for my car and so far I fucking love it.

[oddmud]

Originally Posted by eighty5

So are CDS, and you dont have to wait for your favorite song to come on!

Except with Satallite Radio you don't have to own all the music you want to hear first. You can hear all the stuff you don't own as well.

[nabs]

it seems as though sirius is more popular in canada, and its a little more expensive monthly, at most a difference of 5 bucks. but sirius has way more channels. and i think some channels xm and sirius share.

[Akeel]

i heard its better to pay for the service in the US (using a US PO box for your mailing address) since you get more channels and better coverage....anyone know more about this?

personally i'm leaning towards an integrated sirius head unit cuz i'll mostly be listening to it in the car and they got howard stern (or was that xm)?

[mattymids]

I am also interested in the po box from the states, cause I heard that Howard Stern was not going to be allowed to play, but I also heard that breaches our charter of rights and freedom and he will be allowed. Another great feature on the sattalite radio is that if you like the artist that you are listening to you can save that name at the reciever will tell you when he is on next no matter what station that artist is on, pretty cool. Ya satalite radio is here to stay, whether people like it or not

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by Akeel

i heard its better to pay for the service in the US (using a US PO box for your mailing address) since you get more channels and better coverage....anyone know more about this?

personally i'm leaning towards an integrated sirius head unit cuz i'll mostly be listening to it in the car and they got howard stern (or was that xm)?

coverage is the same, it's satellite....I'm an XMer, and there's terresttrial signals around vancouver, don't know about sirius though.

andm ore channels for US.....there's like, 6 music channels more for US, all things I wouldn't listen to anyways, US traffic, and some US news i don't get.

XMfan.com for XM radio info, they have a forum called "across the broder" that explains the benefits of getting a US subscription. I just didnt feel it necessary.

[Trancer]

my friend has sirrus but it was really choppy when i was in his car