[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Sirius/XM????? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/25/2017 11:09:18 AM EDT
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WHo has it and is it worth the $$
New car has the tuner installed so any big benefits or wasting our $$ 
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| Do you like playing games to get the subscription for the price it should be every 5 months ? had one in my work truck for years...... got tired of having to chase them down to argue over prices every 5 months... The receiver now sits in my shop un used... Stations are starting to get more and more commercials, getting different tiers of subscriptions and they have about 10 billion useless channels in languages from tiny countries..... So no Sirius/xm is not worth it to me.... |
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Yes it's worth it if non stop commercials annoy you as much as they annoy me in regular radio. The streaming is good as you can customize channels like Pandora. If it wasn't for the Patriot channel with Breit Bart I'd cancel. I fucking hate commercials. That's why I keep it. |
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You know you can download songs to your phone and then bluetooth them to some radios. You can have virtually hundreds of songs and zero commercials without subscribing to some network. The cost to download songs is about that of a XM subscription. |
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nice thanks guys How is the sound quality?  |
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WHo has it and is it worth the $ New car has the tuner installed so any big benefits or wasting our $ |
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Our newest car has it, had it about a year and don't plan on canceling it. Just play the deal game with them.
Sound quality in our car is great, the channels get stale at times as they seem to get stuck on playlist. We have about 12 presets we listen too. The comedy channels make rush hour traffic easier. |
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Except the news channels - commerical fucking laden. I've had numerous times where Fox, CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC were all broadcasting commericals simultaneously.
My once favorite channel - 53 Chill now sucks ass. I don't know if it is a DJ change or what, but what they now consider "chill" music blows. I bought a lifetime suscription in 08, so it has been worth it for me. |
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You know you can download songs to your phone and then bluetooth them to some radios. You can have virtually hundreds of songs and zero commercials without subscribing to some network. The cost to download songs is about that of a XM subscription. |
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You know you can download songs to your phone and then bluetooth them to some radios. You can have virtually hundreds of songs and zero commercials without subscribing to some network. The cost to download songs is about that of a XM subscription. If you have a cell phone with one of the cheap "unlimited" plans, you can stream Pandora, IHeartRadio, Kodi, or whatever into your car. |
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I like it. I don't have time to play games. I just pay $20 a month. Much better value than the $100+ I pay for TV. Or, just use a Visa pre-paid gift card with $20 to pay them. Then they can't charge it again when the 5 months is up. They'll send you another $20/5 offer. |
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You know you can download songs to your phone and then bluetooth them to some radios. You can have virtually hundreds of songs and zero commercials without subscribing to some network. The cost to download songs is about that of a XM subscription. |
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I think it's worth a few minutes of my time to pay $20 every 5 months instead of $20 every month. I can bug them on the phone while surfing. I just write myself a reminder in Google Calendar to call and nag them one week before it reverts to regular billing. Or, just use a Visa pre-paid gift card with $20 to pay them. Then they can't charge it again when the 5 months is up. They'll send you another $20/5 offer. Quoted:
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I like it. I don't have time to play games. I just pay $20 a month. Much better value than the $100+ I pay for TV. Or, just use a Visa pre-paid gift card with $20 to pay them. Then they can't charge it again when the 5 months is up. They'll send you another $20/5 offer. |
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I just bought a new 2017 Hyundai Sonata. It has XM and HD radio. XM is nice but I doubt I will pay after the trail is over. Too many good HD Channels without commercials. Also just got unlimited Verizon data with Amazon Music I can stream via Apple Car Play like XM.
XM did send me a note saying I can keep my XM for $250.00 a year or $400 for two years after my trial is over They can suck a bag of dicks. |
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I like it for the comedy channels on long road-trips.
It sucks bigtime for music; WAY too much compression. It will sound bad compared to CDs or MP3s. On a related note, my subscription just ran out. The team that tries to get you to resubscribe is worse than the worst collections agency out there. They'll call you multiple times per day, every day, for months. |
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I like it for the comedy channels on long road-trips. It sucks bigtime for music; WAY too much compression. It will sound bad compared to CDs or MP3s. On a related note, my subscription just ran out. The team that tries to get you to resubscribe is worse than the worst collections agency out there. They'll call you multiple times per day, every day, for months. 
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Poor sound quality. Sketchy reception (in my area) with fuzzy signals on clear sunny days. Loaded with commercial breaks, when the entire point pf paid radio was NO COMMERCIALS. Outsourced customer service with Engrish as a second language. No thanks. |