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Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

lawrence — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:12:03 -0000

I agree wit your article "satellite"I love my satellite radio, but that AUX connector for iPods and Zunes on both of our cars has a strong calling too. I agree with Doc that listening to media you chose is a powerful thing with satellite

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

mdoeff — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:19:21 -0000

"Long and short of it? Neither system has that many subscribers."

At the end of 2006 they had a combibed 14 million subscribers. I think those are pretty good numbers.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

MCF — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:22:01 -0000

I agree with you and I think the merger makes great business sense. 55% of new vehicles in 2010 will have satellite radio head units installed by OEMs per long-term agreements. 2007 is the first year the impact of these preinstalled units will really be seen so the timing makes sense. Like you said, it's a very valuable service (to people like you and me). Build it and they will come.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Eric Rice — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:05:55 -0000

Also, XM is on DirecTV, so I can get the stuff in the house on the home theater. Yay!

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Eric Rice — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:05:17 -0000

It's like hardware-powered HBO and Showtime devices. There's stuff I want on both... at least now it's more friendly for me the consumer. Glad I never purchased both.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

jsutevan — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:03:43 -0000

i love my XM radio...hopefully this merger will bring good things!!

see what the rest of the world thinks

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Marcus — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:26:59 -0000

Love my XM (for the music and baseball), no interest in HDTV.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Greg Furry — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:01:36 -0000

Robert, I have looked at Satellite radio several times but could never really decide which one to go with so I didn't go with either. I have a feeling I am not alone.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Jeff Cuscutis — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:27:55 -0000

My family is the reverse; we have satellite but no HDTV. My wife is a huge Stern fan and listens to NPR and talk, I listen to music. I'm curious as to which hardware wins, XM or Sirius'. Would they keep both sets of satellites and hardware going? Who has to get new hardware?

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Ethan Bodnar — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:51:56 -0000

Finally!

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Eric — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:50:20 -0000

"What you want, when you want" isn't the panacea many people make it out to be.

It's funny - no matter how many tracks I put on an iPod (right now, around 10,000) I still feel like they get old pretty quick. And perhaps oddly, I also feel the paradox of choice with that many tracks - deciding what to listen to becomes a chore.

My XM radio, by contrast, I never get that feeling with. I just turn it on and see what's playing, and "channel surf" between the different formats I like. It works for me.

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Corey Clayton — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:29:35 -0000

When my group of friends first got word of the XM-Sirius thing, most of them shouted "It'll never happen" because of the antitrust issues. I'm not so sure though, because if both companies are losing money, then how is it a monopoly? Don't you actually have to be profitable? And it's not hindering another sat. start-up from offering a better product later...though with all the sports leagues signed exclusively to either XM or Sirius, finding good content might be an issue.

Hmmm....do I see the "ScobleChannel" in the future on a future sat. network? :-) It definatly won't be my "Hard Drive Life Live" ... lol

Re: Satellite Radio Consolidates

Steve Garfield — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:20:09 -0000

"I like the serendipity of listening to stuff I wouldn’t otherwise listen to."

Right. Me too. It's just like how on TiVo you subscribe to what you like, and if you don't channel surf anymore, you'll miss some new things you might enjoy.