XM has much deeper playlists and baseball…Sirius has Stern, football and endless repeats of only the top "hits". You decide.
The worst thing on Radio
What about the AD hour? An hour that is all ads, with an occasional song snippet thrown in.
It seems to me that soon someone will come out with a box that will allow you to access both Sirius and XM. Of course, you would end up paying accordingly just like cable tv. Actually, some company will probably come around that will become the central distribution service that will allow you to subscribe to both and other up and coming satelitte companies.
Besides not having the money for either of these options, from what I've seen and heard, at this point, I have no desire to own either as they both are very bland to me. In fact, in many cases, I'd never consider listening to most of their stations. I almost never listen to commercial radio either because it sucks so extremely bad so saying it's one or the other doesn't really apply to me.
Now, wireless internet radio is a whole other thing in my book. That is something that I wish so much that I could have away from my computer. There's tons of good stuff in that direction for me. For now, it's just not in my budget. (Need a job that pays dollars instead of pennies.) Again, the future will probably offer some kind of device that will allow us to link up to everything from the various satellite stations, free commercial crap, cable and free commercial tv and to the internet. The real issue is getting all of these companies to agree on some sort of a common ground. It's definitely doable and would be a very desirable product to the consumer. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Comcast isn't already trying to work this one out.
Besides not having the money for either of these options, from what I've seen and heard, at this point, I have no desire to own either as they both are very bland to me. In fact, in many cases, I'd never consider listening to most of their stations. I almost never listen to commercial radio either because it sucks so extremely bad so saying it's one or the other doesn't really apply to me.
Now, wireless internet radio is a whole other thing in my book. That is something that I wish so much that I could have away from my computer. There's tons of good stuff in that direction for me. For now, it's just not in my budget. (Need a job that pays dollars instead of pennies.) Again, the future will probably offer some kind of device that will allow us to link up to everything from the various satellite stations, free commercial crap, cable and free commercial tv and to the internet. The real issue is getting all of these companies to agree on some sort of a common ground. It's definitely doable and would be a very desirable product to the consumer. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Comcast isn't already trying to work this one out.
Originally posted by Sir HC:That's MTV.
What about the AD hour? An hour that is all ads, with an occasional song snippet thrown in.
Oh, excuse me, that's all damn day and night!
What really irks me is when they pull that crap on stations that you have to pay for, such as anything but MusicTV.
On the subject of emptyTV… Ain't it great how M2 was created to show videos again and is now becoming a wasteland of countdown shows and special programming. VH1 is only good for "Best Week Ever" where babybirds get their news.
Now there is MTV Hits which is where they show the crap mainstream videos.
The only channel worth watching is VH1 Classic which is where I end when there is need for quality background noise. Although one night they had Sugar, Stone Roses, etc on which was really fab.
Still feel no real compelling reason to subscribe to sat radio, especially when a package arrives in the mail with cds burnt full of new tunage. Cheers for that…
Sirus has just added a Little Steven's Underground Garage channel which could be of interest because shock horror it has shows hosted and programmed by real and knowledgable DJs and not some clueless personality. But then again the DJ shows are only on the weekend…
Now there is MTV Hits which is where they show the crap mainstream videos.
The only channel worth watching is VH1 Classic which is where I end when there is need for quality background noise. Although one night they had Sugar, Stone Roses, etc on which was really fab.
Still feel no real compelling reason to subscribe to sat radio, especially when a package arrives in the mail with cds burnt full of new tunage. Cheers for that…
Sirus has just added a Little Steven's Underground Garage channel which could be of interest because shock horror it has shows hosted and programmed by real and knowledgable DJs and not some clueless personality. But then again the DJ shows are only on the weekend…
I think the MTV business model is to start new channels with all videos all the time and then slowly creep them over to other B.S. as people start to watch. I used to love M2, it had some great stuff, now it is really bad.
Speaking of MTV, I was driving up Rte. 5 yesterday and saw a sign for TRL Ministries. I just wondered how that would work and if Carson was there.
Speaking of MTV, I was driving up Rte. 5 yesterday and saw a sign for TRL Ministries. I just wondered how that would work and if Carson was there.
One (presumably) easy way for the satellites to improve their programming greatly would be to pick up the feeds of great independent and college stations like WFMU, KCRW, etc. Radio@Netscape does this.
But yes, unbelievably, even with 60 odd music channels, in general each one is pretty bland, with a few exceptions. No matter how much they compartmentalize they still are very LCD focused.
But yes, unbelievably, even with 60 odd music channels, in general each one is pretty bland, with a few exceptions. No matter how much they compartmentalize they still are very LCD focused.
Originally posted by Xmasie Markie:I am not sure i even know where HFS on the dial anymore.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:How long can you listen to HFS for?
]i cant find any station on XM that i can listen to for more than 20 minutes.
though, not growing up here, i never really thought that station was anything but crap.
About 3 years ago my cable company picked up MTV2 and I loved it. A few months later I moved and my new cable company didn't offer it. I got digital cable about a month ago and the first channel I checked out was MTV2. What a load of crap that has turned into over the last few years. Absolutely worthless.
kosmo is correct though. VH1 Classic can be quite good. Over the last few days I've seen Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend, XTC, Wendy O. Williams, an hour of interviews/music with The Smithereens and a lot more. They tend to be a bit 80's-heavy, but that's why they call it "Classic", I guess.
Then again, I love XM too.
kosmo is correct though. VH1 Classic can be quite good. Over the last few days I've seen Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend, XTC, Wendy O. Williams, an hour of interviews/music with The Smithereens and a lot more. They tend to be a bit 80's-heavy, but that's why they call it "Classic", I guess.
Then again, I love XM too.
That Billy Ray Cyrus remix of that country / rap travesty. Worst thing on the "radio" these days
As an excontradiction does mean it’s the “best” song on the “radio”? I heard it one my “transistor radio/portable tv” device a couple times and didn’t hate it…
Nice find. I cancelled my SiriusXM subscription this week too.