Satellite Radio Is Officially Here

dragons_flight writes: "XM Satellite Radio has officially launched, initially selling equipment only in the Dallas and San Diego markets, but going national by Nov. 15. A reciever for home or car costs ~$300 plus a $10/month subscription service. Many new cars will be pre-equipped with satellite-ready radios. XM provides 100 digital channels, a signicant number of which are commercial free. Sirius satellite radio says they are committed to launching be the end of the year." Any readers out there with the equipment for this have comments about it? ($10x12 + $300 makes $420 I'll be putting toward other things.)

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I think I see the problem

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I'm already spending12 hours on the road on top of just living my life, what free time I have is at a premium and searching / downloading / burning radio programs every week is just too much to ask. However paying for a device and service that offered what I want would be worth it for me if it worked.

Problem: no time, no life. Music comes from living. With time at such a premium, I have to question your sanity for posting to Slashdot, but that's another issue.

Being from New Orleans, it's hard for me to even imagine a life like that. All sorts of music ozzes from the cracks, and it does not take much effort to collect and manage. Go out, hear a band, like it, buy a CD, copy and MP3 em. My wife and I also like to collect music on vacations and that's part of our selection criteria. If you don't get out enough to persue the things you love, your life is out of balance.

ABCDE makes the achive task much easier. From there, custom CDs with enough music for your six hour drive are about 1 hour away with most of the time in deciding what you want. To save time and amuse yourself, try random mixes.

Putting your life in balance will give you a new perspective on NPR as well. Get out while you still can!