tebjr Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 My brother and I were talking about which one is better. He owns a Sirius radio and I have an XM. I say XM is better, not only because it has baseball, but I like the music and comedy channels better that they offer. Just wondering which one you guys have/prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 my dad has both. he prefers sirius. Then again, he's had xm longer and is just sorta sick of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 The thing I like about XM is that they have channels designated for their sports. Sirius has theirs on different channels and you have to jump around to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 here's what i've heard. Sirius owns their own satellites. Xm rents theirs. In their beginning stages, most of the best channels were on xm because xm was cheaper, as sirius was trying to pay for their satellites. Now that sirius has them mostly paid off, they can offer lower prices and are now taking some of xm's best channels. I've heard that more and more are projected to switch once their contracts are up. XM now has a tough decision to make about buying them. Either way, it could be very costly for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 here's my question: does satellite radio carry team specific channels (i.e., local channels from say, san francisco)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 They've already lost Nascar. As long as as they have baseball, I'll stay on as a subscriber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 here's my question: does satellite radio carry team specific channels (i.e., local channels from say, san francisco)? If your talking about baseball, you hear the announcers from the home team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezboots Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Sirius has Howard Stern which propelled them ahead of XM. But I kept XM for this reason I called to cancel XM and they asked me why and I said I got Sirius for Howard Stern, so they came back with a counter offer. XM radio service for 1 year 3.99 a month. So I said sure because I still wanted the baseball but rarely listen on radio. Now my year is about to expire so I'm going to try and cancel again and see what the new offer is. This time I'll throw out that nascar is switching to Sirius and tell them I don't need XM anymore, maybe I'll get free service? I never watch or listen to Nascar but its a good bargaining chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetFan Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 First of all, Xm is not more expensive, they are both 12.95 per month, and 6.99 for another radio added to your account up to 5 radios. As for who is better, just look at the stock ticker. XMSR: 14.45 (-0.07) SIRI: 3.54 (-0.01) and XM has more subs last time I checked..Sirius Radios, and sound sucks from where I am and the radios generally run more money.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Detfan, im not talking about xm being more expensive to the users. Im talking about it being more expensive to the channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 If your talking about baseball, you hear the announcers from the home team. yeah, i meant baseball. other than the games, do they have sports talk radio from the different locales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav3rek Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 They've already lost Nascar. . (not an attack on you tebjr, don't take it that way please) whoopty doo, nascar is gone. whatever will they do? lol I have XM and love it. It's very user friendly, and I've never had a problem getting signal anywhere, and I live out in the middle of no where in Eastern Kentucky. So if I can get a signal, there shouldn't be anyone who couldn't get a strong one. I really like the channels XM has, and I like the designated sports channels as well. It makes it really easy that you always know where the sports are going to be located. Plus XM gives me a chance to listen to other teams, and their broadcasters, which I really enjoy. I don't know hardly anything about Sirius except that they carry NFL. So I can't really make a comparison between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattKlement Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Opie and Anthony are on XM, so I choose XM. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezboots Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Opie and Anthony are on XM, so I choose XM. :-D They are not exclusive though, you can get them on regular FM also now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yhw4life Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I've been researching cause I plan on buying one with xmas money. I pick Sirius. a) they got a really cheap/decent receiver(20 bucks) stern c) every sport basically besides baseball I get the MLB extra innings package anyway..so I have no need really for xm baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawg3DX Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I actually have both services. I like that XM has an all 90s channel plus Fox Sports Radio and MLB. That being said, I like Sirius slightly more due to OutQ, the NFl and of course Bubba The Love Sponge and Scott Ferrall on Sterns station.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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