Beckles
join:2000-10-14
Charlotte, NC | reply to iflyvfr9
Re: Where's the connection? This is exactly right ... when I read this article on Wired last week I emailed the author immediately and told him the whole premise of his article was flawed. Satellite radio's main selling points are 1) 100 stations; 2) Nationwide availability of those same 100 stations (which is why it's apparently very popular with long-haul truckers); and 3) Less commercials than commercial radio (note I'm not trying to claim there are no commercials, and unfortunately on some of the stations, in particular the news and sports stations, there are gaps between the content that have to be filled, usually with info-tidbits instead of commercials). The digital quality is a distant fourth in selling points behind those three, and digital radio does nothing to diminish satellite radios big three selling points.
As for the cost of equipment, this is much less of an issue now that it is becoming more common on new cars where it is less expensive and a cleaner installation than the previous option of having it added. |
