C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | Get ready...
I wonder how long until these XM PCR's come along ringing up a price like $400 over original retail price on eBay?  |
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technick
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Loganville, GA
| This is good....
IMHO I think this is great, they are going to offer XM Radio Online. Though I wonder, why pull the XM PCR? If it's on a computer, it can be copied a thousand times over, but there's still folks that have dialup that wouldn't be able to enjoy the cd quality streams. |
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Roundel
Blau Und Weiss
Premium
join:2002-03-24
Westport, CT
clubs: | Not that great an offer....
Stupid Move by XM IMO, Sirrius provides free online service to their customers free.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Gee.....
Sirius Satellite Radio offers this free with their subscription. Now, XM, with this online streaming, is more expensive than Sirius.  |
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Master_AMD
join:2003-12-16
Dowagiac, MI
clubs:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Things must come to and END.
Well all good things must come to an end. I don't like the notion at all. Why did they pull a perfectly good service, and replaced it with a crapier one??????? They shouldn't have becasue I like the idea of being able to download music "legally" on to my computer with out having to pay for each song. |
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krobar
Is this thing on?
join:2002-09-15
Columbus, OH
| reply to C0deZer0
Re: Get ready...
seen some on ebay going for about 300 recently already.
I also agree with what the other guy below me said, that it sucks because it's going to use bandwidth, had I known about the xm pcr prior to them pulling it I would have been very interested, being able to listen to music while playing a game online and not have it interfere with my speeds OR use up a lot of resources (ala some mp3 players) I'd have been all over it, now it looks like if I want the service like that I'll have to find someone selling theirs on ebay. 
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
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join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
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| Is XM even making any money?
Last year (2003) and the previous (if I'm reading the story below correctly) they were bleeding out red left and right.
»news.com.com/Satellite+network+g···ag=st.rn
Published: August 7, 2003, 12:19 PM PDT
By Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
quote:
...in a conference call to discuss XM's second-quarter loss of $161.9 million, or $1.38 per share. That compares with a $117.2 million loss reported from the same period a year ago.
How do I run a business like that and make the salary these execs do?? 
If I were an investor, I'd be asking where is my $$ was at?? |
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xirian
Premium
join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY | whats the point?
Theres plenty of free streams from shoutcast to choose from, why would anyone wanna pay $8 for this?
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ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
 ·Verizon BroadbandA..
 ·Packet8
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Why?
I have a XMPCR connected (optically) to my PC at work. No one notices.
If I'm going to stream XM over the network, then a lot of ears will perk up (Networking, Security, etc). Well, never mind the fact that our firewall blocks all inbound media streams that are not preapproved (and XM wouldn't be approved).
Good to see them offering the streams, but why do streaming users get a $1 break?
Still a stupid move to remove the XMPCR. |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Premium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | reply to Doctor Olds
Re: Is XM even making any money?
The XM subscriber bubble was last Christmas.
Prior to that they were about 700,000 subs, they are now 1.5 million plus and growing like a 3 year old.
thus the loss last year |
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pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
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join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA
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| reply to technick
Re: This is good....
said by technick  :
IMHO I think this is great, they are going to offer XM Radio Online. Though I wonder, why pull the XM PCR? If it's on a computer, it can be copied a thousand times over, but there's still folks that have dialup that wouldn't be able to enjoy the cd quality streams.
They have a super duper DRM system that is completely unhackable and they decided that they want to use that.
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jose3030
Premium
join:1999-08-17
Manassas, VA | reply to Roundel
Re: Not that great an offer....
a free online service for FREE???
wow.
that's awesome.
i thought a free online service would cost at least $10 a month |
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obviousx
@insidemedia.net | it will be hacked
I don't care how "super" they're DRM is, it will be hacked and you'll see an XM streamripper in less than 3 months.
Then any XM content of relevance (O&A?) will be posted on suprnova anyway.
dumb move
dumb move |
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Count Hogula3
John Forged Kerry
Premium
join:2004-07-10
Corona, CA
| Not for ANOTHER $4
There are too many sources for free web radio to be paying $4 a month for it. For me fidelity doesn't matter since my workstation's PC speakers suck anyway.
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| Dumb...
XM is charging while Sirius offers subscribers unlimited listening to online streams for free! I'm SO glad I chose Sirius...even though they've never offered anything like the PCR.
SC |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| reply to krobar
Re: Get ready...
said by krobar :
had I known about the xm pcr prior to them pulling it I would have been very interested, being able to listen to music while playing a game online and not have it interfere with my speeds OR use up a lot of resources (ala some mp3 players)
If all you want to do is listen to music, it's easy enough to hook a regular XM (or Sirius, or DirecTV...) receiver to a sound card. All you lose is the "seamless" control from the PC.
-SC
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ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
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·VOIPo
| reply to jose3030
Re: Not that great an offer....
said by jose3030 :
a free online service for FREE???
wow.
that's awesome.
i thought a free online service would cost at least $10 a month
If it is anything like unlimited broadband that isn't unlimited it would. |
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arundc
join:2004-08-11
·Comcast
|  so what happens to people who have the XM PCR?
like me. I've had it since day 1 and would hate to loose it. Its great at work since it does not use any bandwidth. I may as well consider a Roady II now?!?!?! If people can still use the radio, is it worth much?  |
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Anon11
@dynamic.cov | reply to roamer1
Re: Dumb...
You are also paying more: $13 a month for Sirius vs. $10 for XM's service. |
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GorbGuy
join:2003-09-23
Middleville, MI
clubs:
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Re: This is good....
I think it probably has more to do with the RIAA.
"It is believed the company decided to discontinue the product based on piracy litigation concerns; recording companies and the Recording Industry Association of America have aggressively pursued vendors who market technologies or services they perceive as violating copyright guidelines."
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