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XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists

Posted by michael on from the i-want-my-mtv dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There is an article over at News.com that talks about a small Florida company called Hybrid Mobile Solutions, that hacked XM Radio. They created a cable and software that makes the new XM Commander and XM Direct units work just like an XMPCR. They are in negotiations with TimeTrax to allow recording of XM Radio to MP3's. XMPCR was canned due to this late last month."

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  1. Not really "pristine" recordings by ezHiker · · Score: 0, Troll

    It kind of annoys me that the press refers to they recordings of these broadcasts as "pristine". They say the same crap about webcasts. They aren't pristine. The sound quality of XM Radio is nowhere near CD quality, in fact IMO it's not even as good as broadcast FM. It's more comparable to a 48kbps mp3 stream to my ears. In fact, while I love XM, I was a bit disappointed by the sound quality when I first got it.

    Digital != Perfect Sound