XM Radio In Accord Questions

Value is in the eye of the beholder.

 

I can think of a few places where radio coverage was minimal. I like the
idea of having the same stations all the time, no matter where one is.

As far as the bill, as I said before, value is in the eye of the beholder.
For me, it is worth the $10 a month.

Always a good alternative, though those CD's do cost money, so either way,
it is paid for.

I get 16 stations with my OTA antenna on the roof (funny how things have a
habit of coming back in style), 11 digital, and 7 or 8 that offer HD
content.

 

hi there,

i saw your posting on the honda newsgroup and wanted to know how you solved
your installation of the xm satellite in your '04 accord lx. i have a brand
new '04 accord with the same set up as you (ie lx with the 6 cd unit).

can you tell me first of all if you are enjoying the xm service?

i too am considering the fm modulator; did you go with this? how's it
working?

what all did they have to do to your car to get the xm installed?

where did you put the antenna?

anything else that might help me finalize my decision regarding xm?

thanks for your time. appreciate any help that you can offer.

regards,

roger

 

I have the NAV system, so it came with it it.

I came installed on the roof.

Standard for the V6 EX with NAV.....

If you hate insulting and ridiculous commercials and blathering announcers,
it's great.

 

That's pretty good. I wouldn't want an extra bill in order to listen to the

You're thinking satellite radio is like "radio" as you know it. It
isn't. No commercials. Better music. Bigger selections. Great
sound quality.

Try this. A typical FM station plays what, a thousand or fewer
tracks? XM's music library has 2 million tracks. Even Sirius, while
musically weak IMO, has half a million.

It really isn't the same thing as "radio". I've had XM since Jan '02.
I have four XM subscriptions plus one Sirius subscription. I've yet
to meet anyone who has had XM and got rid of it. I would get rid of
cable TV. But not XM.

 

We have two XM's where the antenna is just stuck to the dashboard (1
front, 1 rear deck) with a little velcro. Nobody has noticed it yet,
AFAIK.

Also, Honda is now putting the antenna inside the brake light housing
on some vehicles I believe. Totally invisible. The new antennas are
1" square, roughly.

 

Remember when we were talking about XM 2 weeks and 1 day ago? I had a
couple questions. Did you calculate those percentages? Are you always this
grumpy or do you feel threatened? Thanks.

 

true

 

No, Starbucks is a rip off and I don't go for the idea of buying water.

You deleted my following line that makes this comment of yours nonsequiter.

I don't like the idea of paying for water either.

OK, Clear Channel does suck and they are doing their best to monopolise the
radio dial.

I think you are confusing a small selection of content providers (Clear
Channel) with a small number of stations.

 

I like the idea of getting something that is the expression of the local
community. I hate when I am hundreds of miles away from home and I realize
I'm listening to another Clear Channel station regurgitating the same
contrived crap based on marketing. I feel ripped off. It's like if when I
talked to you, you talked to me in the scripted manor of many over the phone
customer service departments. I wouldn't be pleased because I wouldn't be
talking to an individual, I'd be talking to the same script with a different
voice - a load of crap. So I am all for local culture. I go to a place to
experience a place not to be in my own bubble. Sure I would like the
ability to tune in to those familiar stations back home sometimes but I
think it's kind of sick when places don't have their own voice. Just the
same, I carry enough CDs on a trip to last if that's the mood I'm in so in
the end I don't see how I'd really get anything out of that $10/mo. Also,
keep in mind that it'll be cheap now but the price will probably go through
the roof if XM dominates. I don't want to be stuck getting soaked for a
service for the basic things. Anyway, like you said value is in the eye of
the beholder.

 

I meant to say, "If it's important enough to me then I'm going to do it even
if others aren't understanding."

 

I think you are confusing a small selection of content providers (Clear
Channel) with a small number of stations.[/QUOTE]

When a single content provider owns a large number of frequencies, it's
no different than Starbucks owning every corner. Just because I can
physically move from one frequency to another, doesn't mean I'm moving
from station to station or content to content.

 

I go to 7-11, and I have my own home filtration for drinking water.....

And I still like my XM......

 

Yes, but remember those CD's cost money as well (I know, I have a huge stack
of them. I even have a rack of a few hundred vinyl LPs.

Either way, the music is paid for (unless you use kazaa or something
similar).

 

True but CDs are solid ad-free music and you have the right to play it as
long as you keep it. My point was that cable advertised that you pay for
service, get more and better channels, and get no ads. Then everyone ended
up paying for ad filled programming, when the ads already paid for the
programming, because the only alternative was, say 2 fuzzy broadcast
stations because broadcast TV was out of style. XM advertises the same
thing. Pay a fee and get no ads, yet they already have plenty of stations
with ads. So what's the deal? It might look like a good deal now with all
the stations but if XM becomes the standard, like cable, and there's no
competition, the price will go through the roof and so will the advertising.
Keep in mind almost all of the "stations" or programming we hear anywhere
are mostly owned by a very few companies such as Turner and Warner and their
various versions. They know about the great economic success of cable and
how it worked and they live to monopolize media. Their dream is for the
exact same thing to happen with the radio. They want you to pay a fee for
radio after it has already been paid for by advertising. That's how you
make billions and billions.

 

And then you stop paying the subscription fee, and move on to something
else.

Until then, listen to the ad-free music stations and enjoy.

 

XM music channels will remain ad-free as long as it is economical for them
to do so. As long as new subscriptions keep pouring in, as they currently
are, the folks at XM are enjoying their first positive cash flow since
going into business.


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I don't remember this claim at all. I remember more/better programming,
though the jury is still out on that (especially if one watches TVland quite
a bit!).

Premium channels are "add free", except for the "ads" for their own
programs. I will usually sit down and watch an HBO movie before commercial
TV, as I think the ads are insulting, at best.

I can get just about 20 stations of "free" tv as well with my new antenna. I
use it mostly for HD sports and specials.

The stations I listen to have no ads. Only music.

Other then using satellite services, there is little hard infrastructure
needed for XM or Sirrus radio. All the user needs is a radio and an
antenna. Since most new cars are coming equipped with them, the subscribers
will go up. Will one end up on top and squash the competition? Maybe, but
there is no need for exclusive franchises from different towns and cities as
there is for cable.

Well, of course, that is what a capitalist society does. Companies are in
it to make money. One can easily turn it off if need be.....

As I said, 6 months, and I have yet to hear a commercial on the music
stations. Only on the talk channels and CNN/MSNBC/FOXNEWS, etc.

"L Alpert"

 

And then that extra you spent on a receiver because it can receive XM is
useless. I imagine few people care though.

 

Why? It receives XM.

Oh, you top-posted. You made everyone who wanted to, work to follow
what the hell you were talking about. No doubt you referred to this:

And then your response was:

So NOW it makes sense, taken in order. You obviously have never
bothered to figure out that top-posting is bad.

Anyway, so what if you spent $100 on a receiver? Over 36 months, that's
less than $3/month. Add that to the $10/month you're paying for
service, and now you've paid $13/month for service over those 36 months.

And then you throw it out, because it's turned to crap.

As long as you know what you're doing and run the numbers, it doesn't
matter.