Satellite Radio
 

I'm looking for feedback both good/bad "love it"/"it sucks" on what Chiefs Planet thinks about satellite radio (XM/Sirius). How good is the reception, can you still get a signal in a typical office building, do you enjoy the music/talk/sports/etc channel selection available?

The reason I looked into XM in the first place is because the Royals are going to be off the air this season in Des Moines (and I wont have to worry about not getting the chiefs next season either). As I looked into it more, XM seemed to be cool enough to keep all year, but I have no experience with it beyond the obviously-biased sales pitch they throw at you.

(I didnt post this in the multimedia board because this seems to be more of a "product review" type of question than a "this game/movie/song" is cool topic)

we tried Sirius last year and were underwhelmed. Much like cable tv, there's a lot of channels, but most are filled with shit.

I struggled to find a channel (or even 2 or 3) that satisifed me.

maybe, maybe it would be more useful for those travelling a lot, who don't want to station hop or hit dead zones.

had Sirius for 5 years, bought a new vehicle and got XM with best of Sirius package and I love it. Tons of talk stations, comedy, college sports...
I only listen in the car. I guess office reception would depend on repeaters in the area, butmine goes out in the garage, so I doubt it would work in an office well.

However, I think you can listen to most channels online if you have an account.

I've had Sirius goin on 3 years now. I will NEVER go back to the SHIT known as FM radio. The NFL channel alone is enoght to fork out $14 a month. I also enjoy the hard rock/metal channels. Don't even get me started on the pathetic state of rock stations on FM. Sirius is the cat's pajamas.

Very true......

I had about 3 or 4 channels that I stuck with. But, the reception is great.

Again, very true......

It's more useful on long trips. You never have to find a new station to tune in to. If I was a salesman and in my car a lot, I might subscribe again.

I'll second this, even if what mikey says is somewhat true. The music stations do mix up the songs a bit, but even they get stuck in these cycles where they play the same songs over and over. Sitius has a wide variety of talk, and NFL Radio is the shit. Never done the XM package, so I can't give that a review.

Terrestrial radio sucks baows.

Listen online to sirius at work. So, I get it in the car and at the office.

I've had it 3 years now and it's awesome. Occasionally stations will get caught in a rut but if you email and complain (chances are if you notice it others have) then they usually right the ship pretty fast and break up the rotation.

There is the option to listen online (slightly more now) so you don't have to worry about office reception.

how could I forget, Playboy Radio! Christy Canyon still has my heart!!!

I've had it for about five years and love it. Never have to channel surf for stations that play the music I like. Get to listen to NFL news around the clock if I want to. News Radio, sports radio, comedy, and every genre of music. Basically I have whatever I want whenever I want it right at my fingertips. What's not to like?

I've had Sirius for 6 years now. I will never, ever in my life ever go back to shit terrestrial radio again.

I've been a Sirius owner for almost 10 years now. I could kick myself for not paying the $400 lifetime membership when I had the chance.

I got it when living in Colorado. I took weekend trips up to the mountains and it was perfect for those long drives. It was even better when I relocated to Florida and had uninterrupted music, news, and talk stations all the way through.

It's worth it if you're a music lover. You'll never hear half-hour long songs on your local radio. You'll never hear obscure music on your local radio stations.

Add in the fact that I get NFL talk, games, and news 24/7, then it is quite possibly the best thing I've ever bought.

When my receiver crapped out a couple of years ago, they replaced me with a new one, including installation for free.

I use my Sirius Stiletto at work, while I am flying, etc. The recording feature on it is almost exactly like TiVO, which is a very nice addition.

If you live in a radio station deprived area, buy, buy, buy.


I am an audiofile and I HATE the tinny (compressed) music sound quality. It will do a good job if you are a listener that doesn't care.

I enjoy listening to all kinds of stuff on the radio, so I've really enjoyed my XM car radio subscription. I also got XM radio online, so I can listen to most of the stations via the internet when I'm not in the car. However, XM radio online doesn't let you get some things, like the Major League Baseball games, so I ended up buying a MLB.com subscription so that I can listen to those when I'm not in my car. Anyway, if you're a radio fan, you'll probably love XM. In addition to the baseball and other sports programming, there's at least 10 music stations that I listen to regularly, all of the comedy channels are enjoyable, there's plenty of political talk radio, the specialized stations (e.g. for truckers and for medical professionals) are peculiarly interesting to me and I really enjoy the classic radio (shows from radio's golden age) and the public radio exchange, which has programming of the sort that Ira Glass features in his "This American Life" program, except maybe a little bit weirder.

Given how little trouble I have with the satellite receiver in my car, I'd imagine that home- and office-based receivers would give you very reliable reception.

So, all and all, I'm a big XM fan.

Sat Radio is tits. If you don't have it you are missing out.

I love my satellite radio. If you road trip at all it really shines. The only time I had any trouble with reception is while cruising the Blue Ridge Pkwy. The canopy of trees messed with the reception.

We had sirius for awhile, in both our cars but to cut back we cancelled -

So if anyone is interested I have 2 Sirius Car units for sale

One has the Rewind feature

agreed....I bought an xm receiver when it first came out...then went with Sirius later on...

One thing that I despised was some of the channels on sirius (I'm guessing the channels that they consider less-popular)...the signal is compressed even more than normal. So, if you're favorite channels happen to be more obscure (based on sirius' ratings I guess) - the sound could end up being really shi**y as opposed to average.

I've had both...and it seems like XM's sound is a tad better...but I like the programming on siruis better.

Ch 23 Hairnation :rockon:
Glued to it

You and me too :banghead:

I have XM with Best of Sirius and absolutely love it. Only listen in the car, though. Won't go back to regular radio.

Had it for two years now...never want to go back.

Currently jamming to Lithium station in the kitchen.

Redid my contract yesterday. 5 months for 20 bucks. They also had a year for 90.

Just get Satellite already, Al!

It's amazing. I got one a couple months ago. I'm on the road around 8 hours every day for work so it's completely worth the monthly fee to me. Talk radio is a lot better because it isn't censored and they can talk about whatever. The Howard Stern show is hours of entertainment. Can't wait for the Tiger Woods mistress pageant Wednesday.

I've had Sirius for the past 4 years or so. Haven't listened to off-air radio since. Just take the extra time to do a direct connection into your stereo (ie. aux input or direct FM injection).

DT

I have had Sirius since 2004. Love it, couldn't imagine not having it. I have it both in my car and on my Stiletto. I still listen to Soren Petro but that is it as far as AM Radio.

5 years. Howard and anything else I want music wise. Best investment ever.

I have XM and the I haven't paid full price for almost 2 years. Everytime I call to cancel, they give me a deal. Right now I'm on 6 months for $20.

I don't know, all I know is their stock has treated me really well

I liked Sirius however I spent 35 mins on the phone with them today shutting it off. They changed there online listening and were wanting another 2.95 a month for it...no notice or anything that I saw just turned my online off. So I called and told them to screw themselves...customer service sucks if you need to talk to someone live for any reason...funny how they auto bill for a year whether you want it or not but when you call up to cancel they offer you half price for a year to keep you. Won't be going back...oh yea and I have two radios for sale....one cheap one and one that is a year or two old with the rewind pause feature.....hair nation and NFL channel is all I will miss.....just going to buy me an mP3 player since music is free on Limewire....LOL.

maybe i should have tried that

i just stopped paying

I was on a month to month plan as well -

Screw them.....I was on a yearly plan and it wasn't up until April but they bill me $270 something on Feb. 23rd or something like that...I bout shit when I saw that on my credit card....I like it but can live without it! Not paying almost $300 a year for radio....they have lost another customer...

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