ALF
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whats better and Why XM or Sirius It looks like I can get a tuner from either to work with my pioneer.
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- Thread starter ALF
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- Sandy, Ut
Question... if I buy two similar (or exact head units), one for my Tacoma, one from my LC, do I have to pay for two seperate subscriptions? Or is it like cable/internet?
Mother Deuce
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- Somewhere North of Ogden
I have been researching this for a few months now. (Tom Shane ad's got the better of me during the x-mas season.) I have chosen Sirius for various reasons. The big ones were that Sirius is more solvent and carries Howard Stern. I know he isn't for everbody but I've always liked his program. If you are after NASCAR, you want XM. I love NASCAR but only if I can watch.
If I have figured this forum out correctly, I attached a 2004 article from Consumer Reports on XM vs Sirius. Maybe it will help your research.
If I have figured this forum out correctly, I attached a 2004 article from Consumer Reports on XM vs Sirius. Maybe it will help your research.
Mother Deuce
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- Somewhere North of Ogden
Kurt, if you have a receiver that stays with your vehicle, you buy the first subscription (12.99/month) then it is $6.99 for up to 3 more receivers (4 if you have XM). Or you can get a plug-and-play unit and carry it in whatever car suits your fancy at the moment.cruiseroutfit said:
P.S. Nice job on yesterday's presentation. Do you ever get hate e-mail from your team?
I don't care for satellite radio myself (I'd rather listen to my own music off the Ipod) but I had XM for a while, then ditched it. My buddy had Sirius and we took it with us to Houston to drive a truck back to SLC. I liked Sirius better than XM, plus it's a bit cheaper I think.
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- Grantsville, Utah
That report must be quite old, as the info is out dated. XM now costs the same per month as Sirius now, and XM has NHL Hockey. Sirius has Howard Stern (HOO HOOMother Deuce said:
) And XM has Opie and Anthony (Much better in my opinion) You pay for service for each reciever you have. If you have more than one reciever, the second one is only $6.99 per month with XM family plan. The debate between which service is best is like the Ford/Chevy debate. Last I heard XM was over 5 million subsribers and Sirius was at 2.5 or so million. If you get a portable reciever you can move it from car to car.
Mother Deuce
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- Somewhere North of Ogden
Research on Satellite Radio
Here are 3 more articles from the this month's Consumer Reports that may help answer some of your questions.
Comcast satellite TV carries Sirius music channels.
Here are 3 more articles from the this month's Consumer Reports that may help answer some of your questions.
Comcast satellite TV carries Sirius music channels.
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- Sandy, Ut
Mother Deuce said:
Plug & play might be the way to go... I'm in one or the other, not both.
As for the presentation, Thanks! I was glad we got it taken care of day 1 without too much questioning from Dr. Meek. No hate mail as of yet...
I know jamesgeologist has one of those myfi setups for sale. He has all the in house docking ports and the car docking ports. It can do FM modulation or you can plug it in through a tape adaptor. I was thinking about it briefly but I love being my own DJ. He loved it but now he has XM in his work truck so he just added it onto his current plan.
drop jamesgeologist a PM...he might be ready to let his unit go.
and the review that goes along with the pic...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/myfi/
drop jamesgeologist a PM...he might be ready to let his unit go.
and the review that goes along with the pic...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/myfi/
ALF
SURE!?
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- Taylorsville
Dammit you guys aren't helping much it seems to be a tie
you guys aren't helping much it seems to be a tie
ALF
SURE!?
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- Taylorsville
I'm mostly looking for a unit to work with Pioneer head unit so no FM modulation, I'm not really looking for opinions on hardware but the actual service as both have a tuner that will work with my system.
Mother Deuce
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- Somewhere North of Ogden
You're right there. It depends on what you want from the radio. If you want music, then toss a coin because both will give you great commercial-free music channels. If you want the sports, then you choose XM for baseball and Nascar or Sirius for NBA, NFL and collegiate sports. If you are a public radio junkie then you want Sirius. If you are twisted, Howard Stern is Sirius.ALF said:Dammit
What is nice is you don't have to sign a long-term contract. If you hate it you can dump it. (But you would lose the investment in the satellite receiver.) XM offers a free on-line trial, you could start there. Or if you have a buddy that has Dish satellite, you can surf the Sirius music channels to see what's available.
jp008
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- Heber City
I have Sirius. I chose it because I am not a huge sports or talk radio fan. XM seems to have alot more of that type of variety. I like the music channels. I listen to Hair Nation (80's hair bands) kind of ironic since I no longer have hair and can no longer support a mullet.
Anyway that is my $.03 Sirius=more music XM=more talk and sports
Anyway that is my $.03 Sirius=more music XM=more talk and sports