Anyone here have satellite radio in their car?

[aphex]

Which one do ya have and do ya reccomend it?

 

[chrisjor]

Man....I want this bad!!! Thanks for the thread, many responses please!!!

 

[notfred]

no. Why would it be any better than local radio? I don't get why it's such a big deal.

 

[LOLyourFace]

is XM true CD quality or just something close to it?

 

[N8Magic]

I want to get it, but they don't offer the service yet in Canada. :|

It would be perfect for me as I have a fairly long commute and I have to switch radio stations which is annoying as hell.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: notfred
no. Why would it be any better than local radio? I don't get why it's such a big deal.

More Channels, Better Quality maybe?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: notfred
no. Why would it be any better than local radio? I don't get why it's such a big deal.

More Channels, Better Quality maybe?

There's already a million radio stations in town, and I only like 2 of them. The quality thing is a valid argument, though. However, the main reason I lsiten to the radio is bacause of the locality (not really the riught word...) of it. You can call up and win tickets to a concert in your town. When they do the traffic report, it actually helps you get to work on time, etc. If it wasn't for stull like that, I might as well jsut listen to CDs...

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: notfred
no. Why would it be any better than local radio? I don't get why it's such a big deal.

More Channels, Better Quality maybe?

There's already a million radio stations in town, and I only like 2 of them. The quality thing is a valid argument, though. However, the main reason I lsiten to the radio is bacause of the locality (not really the riught word...) of it. You can call up and win tickets to a concert in your town. When they do the traffic report, it actually helps you get to work on time, etc. If it wasn't for stull like that, I might as well jsut listen to CDs...

Well not every town has 2 million stations... In Gainesville, FL (where i go to school) there is 20 country (BARF) and about 2-3 semi decent and 1 good station....

BTW, have you ever actually won a ticket by calling? I sure as hell havent.

 

[Aceshigh]

Well, in my city. Half the stations are in spanish. And the english stations have very little variety. So more choices would be welcomed.

 

[andrey]

I friend of mine has XM in his car. While the service does offer many station, he mainly listens to 1 or 2 out of them all. As far as quality, it sounds okay, but not really that much different from local stations with a good signal.

In my case I have Pioneer MP3 player in my car (DEH-P8400MP) and 300+ songs on one CD pretty much satisfies all my listening requirements on the way to work, school, friends and back

 

[SWirth86]

AphexII: Do you even try to win the tickets? A few of my friends won tickets and prizes from our radio station. My mom almost won 10 grand... A few seconds faster and it would have been hers, but oh well.

As for the satellite radio, I dont think it will become popular. Not many people are going to shell out money for it when there's still regular radio and CD's and cassette...

Now what would be cool is if you could specify what songs/albums they play....say, you select 10000 songs, and whenever you turn on your radio, you would hear something you know you would like. I wouldn't mind paying for that.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: SWirth86
AphexII: Do you even try to win the tickets? A few of my friends won tickets and prizes from our radio station. My mom almost won 10 grand... A few seconds faster and it would have been hers, but oh well.

As for the satellite radio, I dont think it will become popular. Not many people are going to shell out money for it when there's still regular radio and CD's and cassette...

Now what would be cool is if you could specify what songs/albums they play....say, you select 10000 songs, and whenever you turn on your radio, you would hear something you know you would like. I wouldn't mind paying for that.

Ive tried a few times, yes.

 

[aphex]

^

 

[XMan]

BTW, have you ever actually won a ticket by calling? I sure as hell havent.

Yup. Styx/REO Speedwagon/Eddie Money. GREAT concert.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: notfred
no. Why would it be any better than local radio? I don't get why it's such a big deal.

It's great for people like me that regulary travel across 2 or 3 states in a single day. I don't have to keep flipping through stations trying to find a good one, I just keep it tuned to one station and ride it the whole time. Very useful when going through the black hole known as North Dakota.

 

[aphex]

Still lookin for more opinions...

 

[ROTC1983]

One of my teachers had a tuner for the XM. She said it was awesome because of no commericals and lots channels. The only bad thing is the subscription fee. This is just my two cents worth though. You might as well save money and listen to local stations.

 

[Chaotic42]

Down with satellite radio! It's the tool of satan!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Down with satellite radio! It's the tool of satan!

Perfect for me then

j/k

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
One of my teachers had a tuner for the XM. She said it was awesome because of no commericals and lots channels. The only bad thing is the subscription fee. This is just my two cents worth though. You might as well save money and listen to local stations.

I thought there were commercials on some of the channels?

 

[Wooster]

I am from Chicago and move to Boston two years ago. I missed the home town radio stations. This satellite radio should allow me to hear the Chicago radio from Boston.