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#51 of 1618 tidester by oldsman01 Apr 27, 2002 (10:27 am)
You are DEAD ON about commercial radio choices being a notch or two below dismal!!! Heck, I think they are worse in larger cities than rural areas. At least in the rural areas you still may find a locally owned station that actually plays music that people request, not what a focus group made up of a bunch of baggy pant wearing, jobless, slacker teenagers suggest. People, the days of calling your local dj and requesting a song are just about over. Funny thing, some XM stations actually let you do this.
#52 of 1618 Pay-For-Radio by mlm4 Apr 27, 2002 (5:31 pm)
You know, when cable was first introduced, the skeptics all said, "Are you crazy? Why should I pay for cable when I can get TV for free?" Well, look what happened! I believe the same will happen with satellite radio. It certainly won't kill the local broadcast stations (as local TV stations have survived cable), but it offers a far greater selection of programming than ANY single radio market can.   I am having a ball listening to songs being played on XM that I have not heard for YEARS. And if one channel doesn't appeal to me, I have many others to choose from. The appeal to me, other than the clear near-CD quality sound, is the choice of programming that few if any commercial stations offer. Also, when I take a road trip, I can listen to any of the 100 channels static free regardless of where I am. For ten bucks a month, it's a bargain -- less than buying one CD a month.
#53 of 1618 Listening In Detroit by jgmilberg Apr 27, 2002 (10:48 pm)
I live in the metro Detroit area and have plenty of radio stations to listen to, but ever since I installed my XM radio I don't even bother with FM any more!! The lack of commercials is a big point for me, I hate scanning around during commercials I would rather listen to music or something other than sales ads. The fact that I can go coast to coast w/o changing stations every 45 minutes is a bonus. I took a 4 hour trip last week and didn't realize it until I got there but I didn't touch the radio the whole time!! 10 bucks a month is nothing when you get the variety of programming that XM provides.
#54 of 1618 mlm4 by oldsman01 Apr 28, 2002 (6:36 pm)
Funny you mention hearing songs on XM you haven't heard in years as I've noticed this as well. My girlfriend enjoys listening to "the heart" XM23 and I'll say, it's alot better than the same old sappy stuff you here on commercial radio programs of this nature. Also, Saturday night I passed a pretty late model Cadillac Deville with XM. I could tell because he had the same magnet mount antenna I have mounted on his trunk lid just where mine is.
#55 of 1618 jgmilberg by oldsman01 Apr 28, 2002 (6:42 pm)
Before XM my typical routine was to scan the presets on my radio during commercials or stupid songs, then I would go to the cd player(as I ALWAYS kept a cd in the player for sanity reasons). Now that I have had XM in my car for over a month, I've listened to a cd in the car twice. Both the lack of(or limited number) of commercials and the better overall programming have made me an XM listener for life. Also, not getting the annoying static in certain spots is also a plus. Nothing worse than sitting in traffic listening to your favorite song on FM and then it gets static and you have to "creep" forward almost until your touching the bumper of the car in front of you to get a clear signal. With XM my only reception problems have been while on very heavily wooded streets or driving under bridges in more outlying areas. I was recently in a 6 story parking structure and had no problem with reception.
#56 of 1618 Better than... by jgmilberg Apr 28, 2002 (7:26 pm)
It's better than the invention of central A/C or the gas grill in my opinion!!! I LOVE it, commercials are few and far between, if at all. Even when there is a commercial you don't realize it until it's over they are that short. Never again will the FM dial drive me crazy.
#57 of 1618 It Seems Like... by mlm4 Apr 29, 2002 (10:26 am)
Satellite radio is one of those things that if you don't have it, you don't know what you're missing, but once you've got it, you can't imagine going without. It is interesting how much passion it invokes among people who have had it for as little as one day. Not very many new technologies have evoked such reaction. PDA devices? Not so quickly. MP3 players? Nah. Not even satellite TV (which is really just cable from the sky). Very interesting.   Even after two months with XM, I'm still "discovering" new channels. Car and Driver magazine has a mini-review of each of the 100 channels on their web site, which turned me on to some of the channels I hadn't listened to yet.
#58 of 1618 mlm4 by oldsman01 Apr 29, 2002 (6:37 pm)
I've had XM since November and was using it at home until I just recently installed it in my car. For the first month or so I had it, I was always discovering new channels.
#59 of 1618 by kbtoys Apr 30, 2002 (11:17 am)
Just thought I would pass this on. A good website on XM www.clubxm.com
#60 of 1618 reminds me of an old saying: by anonymous02 Apr 30, 2002 (7:57 pm)
"Give 'em the razor, sell 'em the blades."   Except in this case, they are selling the razor, and for a pretty penny to boot!

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