Satellite Radio Is Dead Within Two Years

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 4:54 am (PST)

Even though satellite radio has improved since it’s launch and content has gotten better since the merger of Sirius and XM, Mike Elgan at the IT trade publication Datamation predicts that “Satellite radio will come crashing down to Earth within the next two years.”

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XM/Sirius Merger Doesn’t Equal XM/Sirius on One Device

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 8:06 am (PST)

As a huge fan of satellite radio (and Howard Stern), the newly merged Sirius/XM company is starting to irritate me. Now that the merger is over, the company still can’t deliver full XM and Sirius content on one device.

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Now Sirius Release New Radio - Stiletto 2

Posted on August 15, 2007 at 11:24 am (PST)

Okay, I’m going to go ahead and make the assumption that I’m behind the times, and that both XM and Sirius are designing radios that will work with both systems. Or, that when the merger’s complete, there will be only one system. Because they both continue to release new, competing radios. This one, the Stiletto [...]

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XM XpressRC Radio Announced Amidst XM-Sirius Uncertainties

Posted on August 13, 2007 at 11:25 am (PST)

XM’s new XpressRC unit does seem like a nice piece of gear, but one has to wonder if it will support just XM or both XM and Sirius. At least, until all that’s sorted out. In the meantime, it has a nifty color split-screen, 60-minute buffer, and the ability to save up to 10 songs [...]

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Can Receiver Play Both XM and Sirius?

Posted on July 8, 2007 at 1:30 pm (PST)

It appears from a letter written to the FCC by a certain Michael Hartleib that satellite receivers may already be capable of receiving both Sirius and XM with a simple firmware update. That would be a good thing. I would renew my contract (my car has an XM receiver) if true.

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