POLL: Satellite Radio (XM or Sirius)?

[aphex]

Im leaning towards XM on the sony standalone unit...

 

[ElFenix]

sirius is supposed to be the better of the two but will probably die first. digital radio might kill off xm as well.

gotta wonder which mp3 encoder it uses

 

[Deeko]

All the guys in the car audio dept at CC tell me XM is much better.

 

[bleckywelcky]

I thought about satellite radio before but I passed on it because I think it can spoil someone on a trip where satellite radio would be needed. (As far as home radio is considered though, it doesn't matter.) Half the fun of driving across state or around the country is picking up the local radio stations. You get to hear the DJ or commentator talk about the latest piece they are playing, how it relates to the local community perhaps, or maybe even push up a local track on the air. With satellite radio you don't get that, but you do get steady signals if all you care about is only hearing the music.

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[isekii]

Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
I thought about satellite radio before but I passed on it because I think it can spoil someone on a trip where satellite radio would be needed. (As far as home radio is considered though, it doesn't matter.) Half the fun of driving across state or around the country is picking up the local radio stations. You get to hear the DJ or commentator talk about the latest piece they are playing, how it relates to the local community perhaps, or maybe even push up a local track on the air. With satellite radio you don't get that, but you do get steady signals if all you care about is only hearing the music.

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I agree~ it's actually really funny listening to the DJ's rant about a certain artist , a piece of their music etc...

I actually enjoy it more than the music in the morning cuz it's just so funny~

 

[dolph]

wait until regular digital radio comes out (q1 2003). at very least, it will lower prices of xm & sirius units, plus it's FREE radio.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
I thought about satellite radio before but I passed on it because I think it can spoil someone on a trip where satellite radio would be needed. (As far as home radio is considered though, it doesn't matter.) Half the fun of driving across state or around the country is picking up the local radio stations. You get to hear the DJ or commentator talk about the latest piece they are playing, how it relates to the local community perhaps, or maybe even push up a local track on the air. With satellite radio you don't get that, but you do get steady signals if all you care about is only hearing the music.

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bah, djs are all the same and some of them don't even work in the city they air in anymore

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

bah, djs are all the same and some of them don't even work in the city they air in anymore

This is true. If they don't mention super specific information, they are probably not local. If their number is an 1-800 number, they're almost *certainly* not local.

Local radio is dying, because of Clear Channel.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
I thought about satellite radio before but I passed on it because I think it can spoil someone on a trip where satellite radio would be needed. (As far as home radio is considered though, it doesn't matter.) Half the fun of driving across state or around the country is picking up the local radio stations. You get to hear the DJ or commentator talk about the latest piece they are playing, how it relates to the local community perhaps, or maybe even push up a local track on the air. With satellite radio you don't get that, but you do get steady signals if all you care about is only hearing the music.

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hmm...when was the last time you went on a road trip? 1957? I hope you were referring to local listener-supported stations and not commercial stations! In case you haven't noticed, most commercial radio stations across the nation are part of a media conglomerate (namely ClearChannel) which sets standard playlists, pumps 61 minutes of commercials into every hour, and in many cases prerecords DJ banter to be disseminated to multiple stations across the nation. Yes that's right, the DJ you think is at the radio station ,live, in your town may have recorded his commentary the night before halfway across the US. Seriously, I hope XM and Sirius take out commercial radio alltogether. At least they offer a wide variety of different types of music and have stations that promote lesser-known groups. I'll still support my non-commercial FM stations by listening daily and contributing to their annual fundraisers as I have for the past 10 years or so, but commercial radio can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.