XM vs Sirius

[Hell Puppy]

My guess is ultimately the two merge and the point becomes moot.

Sirius has the better programming for my tastes and they're also buying up tons of talent including Howard Stern.

The channel line up is very very similar in terms of variety. But the one key difference in the approach I think is that XM is kind of like listening to your IPOD, nothing but songs. Sirius doesn't have commercials but they do have voice overs for just a few seconds between songs periodically. To me it has more of a "radio" flavor.

On The 80's Channel for instance, Sirius has all of the surviving original MTV V-jays from the 80's. They bump in with little tidbits about the band, what was going on in the 80's where are they now and that type of thing. I like the occasional break between songs, some people do not.

With either one you'll wonder how you ever dealt with terrestrial radio.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

The channel line up is very very similar in terms of variety. But the one key difference in the approach I think is that XM is kind of like listening to your IPOD, nothing but songs. Sirius doesn't have commercials but they do have voice overs for just a few seconds between songs periodically. To me it has more of a "radio" flavor.

On The 80's Channel for instance, Sirius has all of the surviving original MTV V-jays from the 80's. They bump in with little tidbits about the band, what was going on in the 80's where are they now and that type of thing. I like the occasional break between songs, some people do not.

depends on what it is...like you said, the 80's thing sounds really cool, I would enjoy little trivia facts here and there..but all in all, I listen to satellite radio for the non-stop music, if I wanted talk I would tune to the talk stations

here are some reasons I LOVE xm....

http://www.xmradio.com/programming/c...page.jsp?ch=80

http://www.xmradio.com/exclusivemusi...nfidential.jsp

http://www.xmradio.com/programming/c...age.jsp?ch=167

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Jace

depends on what it is...like you said, the 80's thing sounds really cool, I would enjoy little trivia facts here and there..but all in all, I listen to satellite radio for the non-stop music, if I wanted talk I would tune to the talk stations

here are some reasons I LOVE xm....

http://www.xmradio.com/programming/c...page.jsp?ch=80

http://www.xmradio.com/exclusivemusi...nfidential.jsp

http://www.xmradio.com/programming/c...age.jsp?ch=167

Not ALOT of talking on Sirius, just occasional bumpers. Depends on the show, but usually 4-5 songs in a row, 30 seconds of bumper, back to the music.

I really dont think you can go wrong with either provider.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Not ALOT of talking on Sirius, just occasional bumpers. Depends on the show, but usually 4-5 songs in a row, 30 seconds of bumper, back to the music.

I really dont think you can go wrong with either provider.

I would honestly love to have both...kind of like the pc/mac debate, they are both good for some things

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Jace

I would honestly love to have both...kind of like the pc/mac debate, they are both good for some things

The decision gets made for most people based on what kinda car they buy.

If you buy a GM product, it's going to be XM.

Buy a Dailmer-Chrylser product and you get Sirius.

Not sure what some of the others are doing. I do know that Infiniti gives you your choice of either, I think that's a smart move.

I do think XM probably has better portable units at lest for now.

[Dianna Vesta]

I have Sirius and love it. I hate radio. Sometimes I spend hours & days on the road. I only fly when I HAVE to. I like the way Sirius mixes it up.

BUT I was with my neice and she has the Ipod nano. I'm thinking about getting one of those and downloading all the playlist I have now. I'll still keep my Sirius tho.

DV