thanks lifter82 for your comment - it is Sirius that i am receiving - believe it or not. Never heard of it before reading this thread.
As I said the reception is quite good except periodically it cuts out for a brief moment. That is quits for a second and then plays for 30 seconds and then cuts out again, etc. etc. Annoying…
This only happens sometimes - probably a meteor shower getting in the way!! I will try XM - anyone have their website? Do they have a free trial as well?
Merry Christmas
[quote]lifter82 wrote:
how is sirius better?
Sirius has more reported pockets of lost service than XM. only place I have lost XM service is when i drive through tunnels. XM has satellites over Florida and California and they are stationary. where Sirius’ satellite move on their own.
sure Sirius has 3 satellite, but they must turn off 1 by the time it hits the US border of Canada. So they still have 2 active satellites. XM also covers 250 miles north and south of the border of the US and I talked to this one guy that got it even out in Canadian Rockies.
by the way, in major metropolitan areas where there building getting in the way of the sky there are terrestial ground repeaters. so all the people living in NYC, DC, LA etc can get XM even if they are right next to a building blocking the sky.
Every single comparison of professional journals, print and/or online, has made XM the better choice. why? because it’s better quality of sound. XM is cheaper and with no contracts.[/quote]
"XM Satellite Radio was the first to make it to market in the U.S. by launching its service on November 12, 2001. XM has two satellites in geostationary orbits above the U.S., and both are available 24 hours-a-day.
Sirius Satellite Radio followed with service on September 25 of 2002. Sirius has three satellites in unique elliptical orbits above the U.S. Each satellite has over 16 hours of broadcast time each day.
Both companies have an extra satellite ready to launch if one of their satellites malfunction."
“A spokesperson for Sirius tells AudioRevolution.com that Sirius has terrestrial repeaters positioned on top of buildings, including the McGraw Hill building in Manhattan and on top of a medical building near the 405 freeway in West Los Angeles. In the case of Sirius, these repeaters reach five to 10 miles in range and help broadcast Sirius? signal into the hard-to-reach canyons of Los Angeles, as well as into the cement super-structures in New York.”
I live in NYC, and thanks to Sirius’ Terrestrial Repeaters, I get great service. And let’s not forget, January 2006 - Howard Stern.
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO PASSES ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
SIRIUS’ Retail Market Share Continues to Increase
Car Manufacturers’ Programs Contributing to Rapid Growth
NEW YORK - December 27, 2004 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that it has surpassed its year-end target of one million-subscribers.
Driven by robust holiday sales and helped by aggressive marketing, advertising, and an increase in consumer awareness, SIRIUS continues to see positive momentum across all channels. The company indicated that sales of its popular portable “Plug & Play” products, especially the SIRIUS Sportster, were contributing to the strong numbers, and that consumers continue to be attracted to the company’s diverse product offering and programming.
“We predicted that we would reach one million subscribers by year-end and we did it,” said Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS. “It’s now clear that consumers are increasingly recognizing the appeal of our programming, including commercial-free music, plus news, weather, traffic, entertainment and the best sports offering in satellite radio.”
Reflecting SIRIUS’ growing popularity and high level of subscriber satisfaction, the respected auto information site - Edmunds.com - recently named SIRIUS as having the best overall programming in satellite radio.
“This recognition from Edmunds.com, combined with recent industry data showing an increase in SIRIUS’ retail market share during the holiday season, clearly indicates that we are doing an excellent job of executing on our business plan,” added Karmazin.
Besides the Sportster, SIRIUS has “Plug & Play” receivers available from Audiovox, Blaupunkt, Clarion, DISH, JVC, Kenwood, Sanyo and XACT Communication. The Orbiter SIRIUS satellite radio receiver is available at RadioShack stores, and the Streamer, manufactured by Brix, is available at trucks stops and travel centers.
Throughout the football season, the company features SIRIUS NFL Sunday Drive, the programming package that allows subscribers nationwide to hear every NFL game each week, and SIRIUS College Sports Radio, featuring play-by-play coverage of college football and basketball from over 26 top programs around the country. SIRIUS is also home to 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music as well as over 55 channels of news, sports, weather, traffic information, original entertainment and call-in talk shows, all for the great value of $12.95 a month, with no added premiums, and discounts for advance payments of one-year or more.
SIRIUS continues to move ahead with it automotive programs. Today SIRIUS can be found as a factory and/or dealer installed option in vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jeep?, Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo, and beginning in February 2005, Toyota, Lexus and Scion. Ford recently announced that it will offer SIRIUS as a dealer-installed option in four additional models for a total of 13, and plans to offer SIRIUS as a factory-installed option on up to 21 vehicles over the next two model years.
SIRIUS radios for the car and home beginning at $149 are available at major national retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Office Depot, RadioShack, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and over 25,000 retail locations around the country, including DISH Network outlets, as well as many truck stops and travel centers.
I currently have no diesire to get a stelitle radio, but I imagine I will at some point. It is the way of the future.
I’ll miss Setrn. However, I only get to listen to him for mayb 45 min before work. I can’t see me getting it just for those 45 minutes.
Anybody get Sirius over the holidays?
I once took my boombox in the car, and got a earfull of non-stop great songs during the ride. Would be perfect to get pysched up for a workout.