hi. Ok, here's a breakdown of the 2 services, at least from my perception, I'm quite sure people will have different opinions or add things I forget here.
The 2 services are about equal with respect to the number of channels you can receive, they're not exactly equal in number but it's vvery close. It all depends on what kind of programming you want to receive. XM has a deeper selection of music in their library, so if you like those rare tracks a lot of radio stations doesn't play, then you'll like xm. However, if you like the more popular songs, plus channels devoted to specific artists and other theme channels, you might like Sirius. Like major league baseball and NHL hockey? XM has both. Both xm and Sirius are about the same when it comes to talk and entertainment programming. XM has Opie and Anthony, while Howard Stern begins his uncensored show on January 9th on Sirius. The very best thing you can do is check out http://www.sirius.com and http://www.xmradio.com and look at the different channel lineups and features. That should give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect. At 06:07 PM 1/2/2006, you wrote: >I am looking to get into this radio stuff. >could someone tell me all the pro's and cons of each? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:41 PM >Subject: Re: online question/Re: sirius radio > > > > Sirius does not offer a way to subscribe to the service without purchasing > > a radio first, this is correct. XM will allow you to buy a subscription >to > > their online service for $7.95 a month, but you don't get all the channels > > the regular radio can get, and you actually get some channels that are >only > > available online. So as far as XM goes, the ideal way to do it is just >buy > > a radio and then you can also subscribe online for free. The radios are > > like only $39 now so the prices have dropped considerably. The kicker is > > that $12.95 a month subscription price. > > Same for Sirius, accept the radios cost a little more and you also have to > > pay $12.95 a month to subscribe. > > > > > > At 10:29 AM 1/2/2006, you wrote: > > >I thought one could, but I was wrong. > > > > > >wht you can do is keep creating email addresses and registering for 3 day > > >listens. You'd probally get cot, but hey . it's an idea. > > > > > >Rick > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "joanne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > >Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:08 AM > > >Subject: online question/Re: sirius radio > > > > > > > > > > In September I visited a friend and we wanted to listen online to >Sirius. > > > > At that time you could only listen for 3 days free, and Sirius had >told my > > > > friend that even if we were willing to pay to listen online you >couldn't > > > > do > > > > this without first having the radio. So I'm confused, as I thought > > > > someone > > > > on this list said you can listen to the music channels online without > > > > having > > > > the radio. We would like to be able to listen online without getting >the > > > > radio, and I know with XM you can do this. Has the policy changed at > > > > Sirius > > > > and can we hear music channels by paying for the online service but >not > > > > having the radio? Thanks for clearing this up. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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