Comments on: How Much is Satellite Radio Worth?

By: James

James — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:40:01 +0000

I like XM and have for a few years. My issue the costs. My wife and I both listen and I think having to pay for each radio is crazy. It should cost lest than $100 a year for two people in a family to enjoy it at the same time. The new XM Skydock does look cool.

By: gear

gear — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:41:43 +0000

I just purchased a new car, it came with a thirty day free trial on its’ satellite radio. I have been trying it for two weeks now. There are only three or four stations I have been listening to. They sound fine but I want to listen to the music I chose. Today I brought my ipod with me, I probably won’t switch back to the radio.

Video might have killed the radio star but the ipod killed radio.

By: ryaninc

ryaninc — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:34:51 +0000

I dumped XM after the merge. They raised prices, wanted to charge for online streaming, got rid of my favorite channels, and lowered the quality of music. I’d been a loyal subscriber for almost 5 years, but I just couldn’t justify paying that much money for a declining quality service.

I have since converted to Slacker, got one of their portable players and haven’t looked back. Slacker.com FTW.

By: Jark

Jark — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:18:55 +0000

Oh, I guess I should also mention that the fact that they want to charge me MORE money to listen online or on my iPhone also plays into it. I can’t get service in my office if I bring my player inside, and they can’t seem to find a pricing model where “I” am licensed to listen to XM instead of each device individually.

By: Jark

Jark — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:16:59 +0000

Switching to Slacker on my iPhone now. No, it is not the same as XM. I’ve enjoyed XM. But, the cost increase pushes me over the edge.

By: Big John

Big John — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:24:09 +0000

After I get through the hours of free podcasts, there really isn’t time for much more in the car. At home, I just have too many options as well.

Satellite radio doesn’t offer anything unique to the equation, so they’re left out completely. The no-commercials thing attracted me a little in the early days, but now I understand there are almost constant interruptions between songs, so even that has diminished.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:17:53 +0000

We should be getting the wifes new CRV EX-L this week. I was pretty psyched that it comes with XM. Then I realized, I only listen to AM sports radio and I will probably be driving her car 3 times a month for 20 min each time. So no I don’t think XM is worth getting. But that’s just me.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:54:23 +0000

As long as Sat Rad is built right into cars – it’ll be fine. Eventually inernet connected cars will be an issue.

My grip is more about the discrepancy on royalties. FM pays essentially zero yet you hit the ‘Sat’ button on your car radio and they’re forced to pay up.

What we need is a total overhaul of how musicians, etc get paid.