For those with satellite radio which company is better?
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HipChick
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RE: For those with satellite radio which company is be...
Hey! I have Sirius in my car & XM at home so I'm familiar with both. They each have great music, news, & entertainment channels but I like Sirius better for reasons that may or may not be important to you. Sirius has a contract with the NFL to carry all of the games & they will also be taking over the contract for NASCAR next year (XM has it through the end of 2006). Since I'm a big fan of both, this really does it for me. My DH likes Stern, exclusive to Sirius, & also Blue Collar Comedy which I love. I would recommend going to each website & browsing for yourself to see which would suit you better. Other than some of the sports & entertainment differences, the music is really quite similar. One thing is for sure, you will not regret your decision no matter which one you choose.
Good luck!
Kel
Hey! I have Sirius in my car & XM at home so I'm familiar with both. They each have great music, news, & entertainment channels but I like Sirius better for reasons that may or may not be important to you. Sirius has a contract with the NFL to carry all of the games & they will also be taking over the contract for NASCAR next year (XM has it through the end of 2006). Since I'm a big fan of both, this really does it for me. My DH likes Stern, exclusive to Sirius, & also Blue Collar Comedy which I love. I would recommend going to each website & browsing for yourself to see which would suit you better. Other than some of the sports & entertainment differences, the music is really quite similar. One thing is for sure, you will not regret your decision no matter which one you choose.
Good luck!
Kel
honeybunch1
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I have XM - I did some research beforehand, and found that XM is supposed to have the best reception. In addition, they had better prices on their radios, and I was able to get a MyFI XMtoGo which is portable, and has a home and car docking station so I can play it at home, in the car, or use it like an Ipod when I go for a walk. I am VERY pleased with it. They now have portable units which are also MP3 players. The radio was $110.00 plus shipping on ebay, and I got a 12 month subscription package for 12 months. I can also play XM music stations on any computer from XM's website, so any computer is a player.
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acatalina
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I have Sirrus. Which is better. Don't know. I never had xm.
I do like it though.
Anne
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I do like it though.
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garylatasha
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XM is awesome to me!
Music
I kind of listen to a little of everything but mostly stick with what is popular so R&B, hip hop, and pop. With that being said XM has 6 stations, 3 that are R&B and 3 that just play all the popular music that are out now. Then they have a great gospel station and a wonderful jazz station. (They actually have 3 of both of these but I only like 1)
Entertainment
Plus I love E! so I can listen to E true hollywood story,
I can listen to Oprah, oldtime mysteries on the Sonic Channel,
They also have a great comedy channel so when I need a chuckle, I just listen to a 3 minute stand up routine from a popular comedian.
News
In the mornng i listen to CNN, but if there is something happenng that I want to hear about I can also hit Headline News, ABC or Fox.
Hope this helps.
Music
I kind of listen to a little of everything but mostly stick with what is popular so R&B, hip hop, and pop. With that being said XM has 6 stations, 3 that are R&B and 3 that just play all the popular music that are out now. Then they have a great gospel station and a wonderful jazz station. (They actually have 3 of both of these but I only like 1)
Entertainment
Plus I love E! so I can listen to E true hollywood story,
I can listen to Oprah, oldtime mysteries on the Sonic Channel,
They also have a great comedy channel so when I need a chuckle, I just listen to a 3 minute stand up routine from a popular comedian.
News
In the mornng i listen to CNN, but if there is something happenng that I want to hear about I can also hit Headline News, ABC or Fox.
Hope this helps.
Watch the add on costs.
I did a cost compare before buying Sirius, things may have changed but when I made the choice this is what the deal was
Sirius was $12.99/month for the first radio, 6.99 flat for radios 2,3,4. (We have 3). Listening over the web (broadband)is free, this saves installing a radio at the house. There are no "premium" channnels on Sirius, the basic fee gets it all.
A lot of what Sirius gave me was included in the base rate but with XM everything had an add on price.
XM just signed Oprah, Sirius has Howard. I got the satelite radio so I didn't have to listen to talking people so I could care less about the talk shows, I'm in it for the commercial free music that is on formatted channels, in other words I don't have a Carpenters song playing after an AC/DC song.
dave
I did a cost compare before buying Sirius, things may have changed but when I made the choice this is what the deal was
Sirius was $12.99/month for the first radio, 6.99 flat for radios 2,3,4. (We have 3). Listening over the web (broadband)is free, this saves installing a radio at the house. There are no "premium" channnels on Sirius, the basic fee gets it all.
A lot of what Sirius gave me was included in the base rate but with XM everything had an add on price.
XM just signed Oprah, Sirius has Howard. I got the satelite radio so I didn't have to listen to talking people so I could care less about the talk shows, I'm in it for the commercial free music that is on formatted channels, in other words I don't have a Carpenters song playing after an AC/DC song.
dave
dmd
Cathlete
Hi Honey,
If I could not get a radio on e-bay, then how would I find one? When I purchase a radio do I get the subscription at the same time and at the place I purchase the radio? Sorry, I just have never know anyone who has this service and what you have that is portable sounds SO KEWL!!!!
Thanks~deb
If I could not get a radio on e-bay, then how would I find one? When I purchase a radio do I get the subscription at the same time and at the place I purchase the radio? Sorry, I just have never know anyone who has this service and what you have that is portable sounds SO KEWL!!!!
Thanks~deb
honeybunch1
Cathlete
Try Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart, etc. I got the radio and then got the subscription. A one year subscription works out to $12.00 a month. I have one radio 'cause I can use it in the house, in the car, at work, and as a portable unit, so that saves $$.
If you go to the XM website, you can see examples of radios and then you can shop:
http://www.xmradio.com/get_xm/index...&utm_medium=unknown&utm_campaign=getxmgeneric
This is what I have:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Delphi-MyFi-XM-...QQihZ014QQcategoryZ109275QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
"You can't win them all - but you can try." - Babe Zaharias http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/musik/music-smiley-004.gif[/img]
If you go to the XM website, you can see examples of radios and then you can shop:
http://www.xmradio.com/get_xm/index...&utm_medium=unknown&utm_campaign=getxmgeneric
This is what I have:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Delphi-MyFi-XM-...QQihZ014QQcategoryZ109275QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
"You can't win them all - but you can try." - Babe Zaharias http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/musik/music-smiley-004.gif[/img]
RE: For those with satellite radio which company is be...
I didn't vote, although I've had XM for about 4-5 years. I've never listened to Sirius, so I don't think I could make a fair comparison.
That being said - I love my satellite radio!! It's an investment, to be sure (although it is much cheaper now than when I initially signed up), but I think it is well worth it to listen to radio without commericials, which is it's biggest selling point to me.
I didn't vote, although I've had XM for about 4-5 years. I've never listened to Sirius, so I don't think I could make a fair comparison.
That being said - I love my satellite radio!! It's an investment, to be sure (although it is much cheaper now than when I initially signed up), but I think it is well worth it to listen to radio without commericials, which is it's biggest selling point to me.
lioness
Cathlete
RE: For those with satellite radio which company is be...
I've had XM for over a year and love it. I can't make any comparison to Sirius as I've never listened. I love everything about XM radio. We bought my mom one for Mother's Day and she loves it. I love the fact that I can listen to the baseball games (I'm a Cubs fan) and can't always watch the games where I'm living in South Georgia. I also love the talk radio stations. We have the worst radio stations down here. I was born and raised in the Chicago area so I know what radio should be about and they just don't get it down here. They recently added a station from Nashville, so I'm hoping that maybe they will add a station from Chicago.
I only had one issue with billing but that was cleared up rather quickly.
I've had XM for over a year and love it. I can't make any comparison to Sirius as I've never listened. I love everything about XM radio. We bought my mom one for Mother's Day and she loves it. I love the fact that I can listen to the baseball games (I'm a Cubs fan) and can't always watch the games where I'm living in South Georgia. I also love the talk radio stations. We have the worst radio stations down here. I was born and raised in the Chicago area so I know what radio should be about and they just don't get it down here. They recently added a station from Nashville, so I'm hoping that maybe they will add a station from Chicago.
I only had one issue with billing but that was cleared up rather quickly.