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post #101 of 127
2/23/09 at 5:17pm
The new StarLight Player for the Mac is great. It can now have both Sirius and XM activated at the same time so I can switch between Stern and Cinemagic with ease.
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post #102 of 127
2/26/09 at 7:55pm
I was totally done with Sirius until I found the gift cards I got from my friend for being the Best Man at his wedding. The new radios are atrocious. I literally have to wrap the shit around my car antenna.
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post #103 of 127
2/26/09 at 9:13pm
Wonder what is going to happen with Stern, since apparently no matter what happens he is not going to be getting the huge bucks he has been gettig.
Frankly, I thought they were crazy to pay Stern the $100'000'000 to begin with. I just could not see Stern, popular though he is, drawin a big enough crowd to Satellite Radio to justify that amount of money.
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post #104 of 127
2/26/09 at 11:19pm
I thought Liberty bailed them out?

Either way, this is sort of like the Leykis 97.1 debate in L.A. If only Stern had set his fee aside, if only he was such a supporter.

Stern isn't going anywhere. He's their anchor. If he goes, the ship is loose in troubled waters.
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post #105 of 127
2/26/09 at 11:30pm
Reading some of the comments on this thread is very funny. You have people who support this merger (huh???) complaining about them raising their fees (like the online stream that was free). How can people be surprised, that's the whole point of eliminating the competition so you as a consumer don't have much of a choice at all.

And stern is really the main draw (anchor?) of satellite radio, if that's the case I do hope they go bankrupt and some other company can pick up the pieces and restart the whole thing.

I used to enjoy my XM subscription, but I really don't think satellite radio is worth $12 a month to be quite honest. The ipod and podcasts made it more irrelevant to me, maybe at a way lower price point I might reconsider.
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post #106 of 127
2/27/09 at 4:39am
I think it's worth it vs. payola radio. Which, aside from NPR, is about all you get anymore.

I'd rather pay my fee up front and not deal with commercials every 3 songs.

It's sad that that's what it's come to, but... that's what it's come to.
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post #107 of 127
3/1/09 at 9:57pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
I used to enjoy my XM subscription, but I really don't think satellite radio is worth $12 a month to be quite honest. The ipod and podcasts made it more irrelevant to me, maybe at a way lower price point I might reconsider.
That's where I'm at. There's so much good free stuff out there, I don't think it makes sense to pay a fee for it. And my damn FM radio might as well be gathering dust. I just can't wait until they finally get car internet radios up and working. Until then, my mp3 player is where it's at.
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post #108 of 127
3/1/09 at 10:53pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post

I used to enjoy my XM subscription, but I really don't think satellite radio is worth $12 a month to be quite honest. The ipod and podcasts made it more irrelevant to me, maybe at a way lower price point I might reconsider.
I enjoy it because it introduces me to new stuff. If I'm using an iPod, I'm only listening to things I'm already aware of. I've disocvered tons of new songs and artists due to XM.
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post #109 of 127
3/10/09 at 6:45pm
So, tomorrow is that lock-in deadline? Hmmm.
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post #110 of 127
6/6/09 at 3:29pm
Cinemagic and about twenty other specialty type channels launched yesterday on Sirius. I haven't given the others a listen yet but it's nice to have Cinemagic back.
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post #111 of 127
6/6/09 at 3:36pm
You got me all pumped, and then I checked, and it's Internet Radio only. That blows.
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post #112 of 127
6/7/09 at 12:17am
Oh it is? Damn. I didn't think to check when I was in the car earlier. Sorry about that.
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post #113 of 127
6/7/09 at 12:30am
Well, actually, after I posted that, I went out, and sure enough, on my receiver, Cinemagic is listed. However, the song playing when I turned it on was Rapper's Delight, and it played nothing but bad late 70s disco-ey funk every other time I turned it on...
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post #114 of 127
7/12/09 at 7:55pm
My wife wants Sirius in her car for her birthday. This thread lately is giving me the vibe that its going downhill with programming and bankruptcy etc. Is it worth it or will it be a piece of junk in my wife's car in 6 months?
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post #115 of 127
7/13/09 at 12:01am
How long is her daily commute? The monthly cost for a basic package is between 14 and 15 bucks, so, the question you have to ask is "Would I pay 50 cents a day to not hear commercials" for the music stations. There are still commercials on the talk stations, but if you're signing up to listen to Howard Stern or Opie and Anthony you probably aren't gonna care about that. My commute is an hour round trip, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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post #116 of 127
7/13/09 at 12:05am
I don't think Sirius/XM is going anywhere any time soon and a unit really costs next-to-nothing.

If you're thinking about it then I don't think you'd be putting yourself out adding Sirius to a car.
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post #117 of 127
7/13/09 at 12:08am
You can get Sirius XM on the iphone.
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post #118 of 127
7/19/09 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
How long is her daily commute? The monthly cost for a basic package is between 14 and 15 bucks, so, the question you have to ask is "Would I pay 50 cents a day to not hear commercials" for the music stations. There are still commercials on the talk stations, but if you're signing up to listen to Howard Stern or Opie and Anthony you probably aren't gonna care about that. My commute is an hour round trip, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
My commute is now 5 minutes. Most of the listening I do is in the mornings while surfing the net and drinking coffee. I called the other day to cancel, since most of what I listen to (Opie and Anthony, Comedy channels) has commercials, and my rate is going up to pay for the music. Not to mention that the CEO just gave himself a 250,000 dollar raise. Also the fact that I just can't afford extra luxuries right now. But they offered me the next three months free, so they have me for a little longer.
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post #119 of 127
7/19/09 at 10:44am
Hmm, the canceling to get three months move sounds good. See, my commute is a half hour each way, and I listen to Stern, but I do listen to music also. My player/car stereo were messed up for a month or so, and I just listened to CD's, but once I fixed it, I realized how much I had missed it I guess.
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post #120 of 127
7/19/09 at 11:16am
Yeah, I just got the price increase email the other day, too. Lame.
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post #121 of 127
7/19/09 at 1:41pm
I decided not to reactivate my car subscription when it ended a couple of weeks ago, instead deciding to stream it to my iPhone via Pocket Tunes, which plugs directly into my car's audio (and has the same audible quality as the satellite feed).
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post #122 of 127
7/19/09 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by SneakyPete View Post
You can get Sirius XM on the iphone.
I've heard the Sirius App for the iPhone blocks out Howard's stations. Is that true?
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post #123 of 127
7/19/09 at 3:08pm
Of course it is.
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post #124 of 127
7/20/09 at 8:14am
Thread Starter 
It doesn't block them, they're just not there. Licensing issues. Howard likes to control everything he puts out, and I guess there was something about the app that they couldn't agree on.
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post #125 of 127
7/20/09 at 8:34am
Yes. Money.
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post #126 of 127
6/28/11 at 4:31pm

The sons of bastards are moving CINEMAGIC off the air.  It will be online-only as of July 1.

 

I HATE.

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post #127 of 127
7/5/11 at 1:25pm
Thread Starter 

I wonder if Cinemagic is like some film that everyone that you talk to that has seen it really liked it, but it bombed at the box office.  Sort of like "A Team".  I haven't talked to a single friend that's seen it that didn't love it.  But it bombed.  I love listening to Cinemagic, but it was on Sirius only for like an instant.  I guess if I really want to listen in the car, I'll be spending some data plan time on it.

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