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I had one year of free satellite radio when I bought my car at the end of 2015. Traveling throughout the US, the satellite radio was a godsend. I listened to comedy shows/channel, cable news, music, etc. It was great
This thread is all over the place. Some people are simply cheapskates that don't like listening to the radio!
I have a relative that loves Camrys (which are as exciting as appliances to me). He hates the radio, literally drives around in silence. I think he can't do more than one thing at a time. So he would be in the camp: Satellite radio is a waste of money.
To me, if you spend a lot of time in your car then it is a great option! I bought the lifetime subscription when Howard Stern moved to satellite. It was $500 for the lifetime deal. I looked at it like if the local cable company asked if I wanted "lifetime cable tv for $500" I would definitely do that so why not with radio. So Jan 2006 to now is 13 years, 157 months so it has cost me $3.18 cents a month.
The WORST part of the subscription is the 1-800 call INDIA. If you complain online you might get the NY customer care people to respond.
If you don’t want to pay for it than don’t get it, it’s just that simple people are always wanting something for nothing, satellite radio has nothing to do with the automakers all they do is off the radio and a free trial period. But many think it should be a forever freebie.
If you don’t want to pay for it than don’t get it, it’s just that simple people are always wanting something for nothing, satellite radio has nothing to do with the automakers all they do is off the radio and a free trial period. But many think it should be a forever freebie.
Yeah, I have to say I'm surprised the length some folks will go to just for a few bucks.
To me, if you spend a lot of time in your car then it is a great option! I bought the lifetime subscription when Howard Stern moved to satellite. It was $500 for the lifetime deal. I looked at it like if the local cable company asked if I wanted "lifetime cable tv for $500" I would definitely do that so why not with radio. So Jan 2006 to now is 13 years, 157 months so it has cost me $3.18 cents a month.
That's the plan I got also in 2007. Never thought I would still have it but it was a one time payment for lifetime so thought it was a good deal. Also with this deal, you can listen online as well. So, you can listen streaming at home, work, play, wherever you are as long as you have internet access.
The good part of satellite is no commercials and they have music, talk, comedy, sports, weather, and so on. So whatever your mood, you can tune in, especially when driving. Bad part, as others have mentioned already, they do tend to repeat the playlist if you listen to it for hours at a time, especially on long drives.
Low quality, for sure. It used to be better. I am not talking about clarity of reception but stereo separation. With satellite radio, there is very little difference between stereo and mono. At first, I thought I had inadvertently pushed the Mono button on my amp, but NO. When I do that with CDs, cassettes I made from either CDs or vinyl, or FM there is a clear contrast between stereo and mono. Not so with satellite radio. Big thumbs-down for the terrible depth of sound. They must compress the bejeebers out of their music files.
I’ve never received stereo separation, and I was a Sirius subscriber starting in 2006. I think the highest bandwidth any channel uses is 128kbps.
You DO get stereo separation and much higher quality via the app/internet player.
I like listening to a couple of Boston FM radio stations even when I am not in range, but I just bring the station's website up on my iPhone and plug the cable into the car's USB port and select iPhone for source (the process in my 2013 Accord), and presto, I can hear 92.5 The River or WBUR on my car stereo the entire way, even when I am on a trip.
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