well, thank you very much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: online question/Re: sirius radio
> 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. To see what other lists > >we > > > > > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >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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