Since I commute 2 x 50 minutes a day, I have XM radio. For me, it's a good deal.
I got a home kit for my Roady2 which allows you to hook it up to your PC or receiver. It comes with an antenna with a long cord and a power adapter. I found that I could just put my antenna near a window and get reception, but that depends. Also, the subscription allows you to use the XM Radio on any PC via a login with your browser. Note that you don't get all content this way, but you get most of it. I also have a home theater in a box that is XM ready. For that one, I just put the antenna in a window that faces the right part of the sky...works fine. Be on the look out for a good deal on the radio..I've seem them for way less than what you might pay if you go to the main site. Also, I think the XM guys bought Sirius or they merged, or something. I heard blurs about it on XM. Oh, XM has a family plan, so you can add additional radios for an extra fee. I'd be Sirius does too. ---- Michael Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love Sirius radio. When I first heard about it, my reaction was > "Who would pay for radio?" Then my wife got me one for Christmas a > couple years ago and now I can't imagine not having it. > > I haven't tried to use mine indoors. I'd guess you have to rig up an > antenna outdoors or pointed out a window with a line of sight to the > satellite. Also, I'm not sure how portable they are outside the car. > I use mine only in the car with a hard-wired antenna. I've heard that > the reception for the models you place on the dash with their own > built-in antenna isn't as good, but I don't have any first-hand > experience. I know they're not really designed to be walk-around > devices like portable FM radios, and I don't think they work well > without a direct line of sight to the satellite. I've read that in > some big cities they have ground repeaters that might help with using > a radio indoors. My radio has the ability to save songs and then > detach the device and listen to saved songs like an MP3 player. > > Lately, they've been hyping a new device designed to provide in-house > access to Sirius content through a broadband Internet connection, so > that may be an indication that using the satellite radios themselves > indoors doesn't work well. > > All that aside, the content is great, especially if you're in your car > for 2-3 hours a day. You can buy them at all the usual electronic > outlets. Sirius sells the hardware directly and sometimes they offer > some pretty good deals. > > On 8/22/07, Jim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well sort of. 2 reasons.... still kind of a pain finding what YOU want to > > here if you are not interested in the pop 100 stuff. And because it is hard > > to find what you might not have heard yet and not the force feed garbage > > well I am usually listening to the same stinking songs/groups. So I am > > paying to much for a limited amount of portable music as I see it. > > > > So I am now thinking Sirius. It solves music and FOOTBALL! :) because I > > usually get NFL field pass to listen to my favorite out of town team. But I > > need to keep it to about the same budget. I'm thinking that I can get 2 > > radio thingies for mine and my wife's car and one of them can be > > portable/house use too. No? So I would need one account and one additional > > add on account thing right? Where would be the best place to acquire these > > objects? Thanks.
