Ordered my XM Radio today
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Ordered my XM Radio today
I ordered the Pioneer FM modulated version, with Terk low profile antenna. I am going to have a local installer do the work (American TV most likly). Not sure what others have been paying, but I got mine for $190, thought it was a good deal. Install is $60 and the antenna is $70.
I am pretty excited! Hope it is here next Wednesday
I am pretty excited! Hope it is here next Wednesday
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Exactly what I got.
The great thing about the Pioneer is that you can change frequency from the front-end. So if you travel to a city that broadcasts on that station, it's easy to change.
You will enjopy it. We'll have to start a thread on what stations people have preprogrammed.
You will enjopy it. We'll have to start a thread on what stations people have preprogrammed.
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Amazed at XM popularity...
I'm truly amazed that people are willing to pay big bucks ($12/month) for what is essentially DMX in your car, unless XM does a <b>much</b> better job with depth of catalog than DMX ever did...
(DMX, for those who don't know, is a digital cable radio service. Its main drawback is that they would have a catalog of about 200 songs for say the 70s channel, but they will never add or delete songs to that catalog, so after a few months you have literally heard all the songs on the channel. There are a lot more than 200 70s songs but if they don't swap out titles every so often, you will hear <i>Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)</i> by Edison Lighthouse once every two days, but you will never hear <i>Stay Awhile</i> by The Bells - pretty much the way regular commercial radio stations work except you're not paying them $12/month...
Bottom line - I wonder what their "churn" rate will eventually be if listeners decide they've "heard everything" and drop the service, or whether the fact they paid $300 for the head unit will keep them subscribed long after they've switched back to regular broadcast...
(DMX, for those who don't know, is a digital cable radio service. Its main drawback is that they would have a catalog of about 200 songs for say the 70s channel, but they will never add or delete songs to that catalog, so after a few months you have literally heard all the songs on the channel. There are a lot more than 200 70s songs but if they don't swap out titles every so often, you will hear <i>Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)</i> by Edison Lighthouse once every two days, but you will never hear <i>Stay Awhile</i> by The Bells - pretty much the way regular commercial radio stations work except you're not paying them $12/month...
Bottom line - I wonder what their "churn" rate will eventually be if listeners decide they've "heard everything" and drop the service, or whether the fact they paid $300 for the head unit will keep them subscribed long after they've switched back to regular broadcast...
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