XM radio- anybody have it?

[stunninglyAsian]

Anybody use XM radio? How is it?

I wanna get the XM receiver that attach it to your stereo at home and in your car. There's a $30 rebate and it's only $9.99 a month...

Delphi Skyfi receiver:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-uhQSy94wgso/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=3&g=79800&I=040SA10000&o=m&a=0

The programming looks prety good:
www.xmradio.com

[moJo]

my brother has it in his new car. it's free for the first three months. something like 160 stations, separated into different genres. he's proabbly gonna pay the $10 a month to keep it.

personally, i don't really find it necessary, at least in the car. i wouldn't pay for it. (even though i'm extremely particular about what i listen to. i flip stations constantly to make sure i get the "best" song at that particular moment in time. and commercials...forget it.)

[mrazntre]

hmm. I'm not THAT into music so I wouldn't pay for such a service. i'd get lost with all of those channels. I suppose if you don't mind giving up the $10/month, then go for it.

I've never had any experience with XM.

[ren28]

My friend has it in his new car and I think it sucks. He can't even get XM while driving on the lower span of the Bay Bridge.

[bluemonq]

yep. for some reason they haven't gotten around to boosting the supposedly-available transmitters to cover areas with weak/no signal. maybe if there was an $80 skyfi package that came with the portable stereo thing i might get it. $10/mo is awfully expensive, especially since a lot of people have unsecured wireless internet in my region; all i need to get is one of the creative labs nx external cards for my laptop for some decent sound...

[stunninglyAsian]

Hmm... I live out in the country, so maybe reception is better for me. Guess I'll check some local car modification forums to see what reception is like...

[bluemonq]

as long as you don't have much clutter in the way of skyscrapers/silos/gigantic balls of twine around reception should be pretty good. in the states around nebraska? you should be fine

[avs]

It's awsome for the first few months, but they play the some stuff over and over again and you get sick of it. Nothing beats my mp3 collections.

[teaz0r]

is this like worldspace radio?

[avs]

Don't get it. Not worth it. I used to have XM. Now im back to my mp3 collections. Nothing beats mp3.