XM and Sirius to merge!
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' post='393343' date='Feb 19 2007, 08:49 PM
It's not just the FCC but the FTC. Two very different creatures with very different views of a potential merger.
As for HD driving XM/Sirius out of business, I'm not so sure of that. HD is simply the medium through which the signal is carried, it does nothing to improve the content. Even if the signal is the highest quality HD, but the channels are still full of DJ's talking and commercials, I will remain a customer or XM/Sirius and give up a bit of audio quality for the commercial/talk free format. Maybe I'm in the minority on that, but only time will tell.
As for HD driving XM/Sirius out of business, I'm not so sure of that. HD is simply the medium through which the signal is carried, it does nothing to improve the content. Even if the signal is the highest quality HD, but the channels are still full of DJ's talking and commercials, I will remain a customer or XM/Sirius and give up a bit of audio quality for the commercial/talk free format. Maybe I'm in the minority on that, but only time will tell.
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I think that satradio is going to get buried by Net radio in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='393374' date='Feb 19 2007, 10:35 PM
I think that satradio is going to get buried by Net radio in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
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Sure am glad I decided against buying the lifetime Sirrus membership last week when my SAT radio was activated during delivery. Dont get me wrong, I really like the SAT radio - but I'm pleased to have a chance to sit back and wait to see how things shake out before making any long term commitments.
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='393451' date='Feb 20 2007, 09:54 AM
Sure am glad I decided against buying the lifetime Sirrus membership last week when my SAT radio was activated during delivery. Dont get me wrong, I really like the SAT radio - but I'm pleased to have a chance to sit back and wait to see how things shake out before making any long term commitments.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='393452' date='Feb 20 2007, 10:01 AM
Do you really think that the lifetime membership won?t carry over or are you wondering if they?ll just be gone?
I cant imagine that anyone with a lifetime membership wouldnt still be a member of the new entity. What a hell of a class action that would be......
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='393374' date='Feb 19 2007, 10:35 PM
I think that satradio is going to get buried by Net radio in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
I have been listening to Internet radio now for a while and I hardly ever punch in Sirius on the iDrive controller any more.
Satradio would be a more efficient means of pushing out Net radio if they could run thousands of channels but for now, if I want to listen to ?3, Bayern 3, Antenne Bayern, Bayern 4, or ?1, it?s via Internet radio - at home and in the car.
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' post='393455' date='Feb 20 2007, 10:06 AM
I would agree, in the long term. By the way, how do you get Net Radio in your car? Certainly I enjoy it at home and in the office but have never heard of it in the car. It would seem that any application would suffer the same bandwith issue as Sat radio, but I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination!
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='393503' date='Feb 20 2007, 11:46 AM
Keep an extra Treo 750 in the car (prev used a 700w) plugged into AUX IN.
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