Sirius vs. XM (Score 1)

I've had both. I purchased a Sirius system last summer and then bought a Pontiac Vibe that came with XM. Here is my evaluation. I put the XM advantages first and the Sirius advantages last. Less talk on the XM channels. Sirius self promotes other channels. They claim to be commercial free, but the production quality of their promos is horrendous. Also, they cross promote streams nobody would ever listen to. ADVANTAGE XM XM is a few bucks cheaper. $12.95 vs. 9.95. ADVANTAGE XM XM has a wider variety of contemporary music channels. I'm 41, and I stick with the Smooth Jazz/Watercolors channel. You may disagree, but for me, NO ADVANTAGE. XM includes a few commercials on most of their music channels. It isn't that annoying, and you can easily change the station to something similar. Surprisingly, NO ADVANTAGE. Sirius includes intelligent talk while XM recycles television stations. Television is a visual medium "You're now looking at... does not work on radio. There is a multitude of good talk stations offered on Sirius. XM offers a poor selection of bad stations. ADVANTAGE SIRIUS Sirius offers NPR and PRI (Public Radio International) programming. While contractual reasons preclude them from offering Morning Edition and All Things Considered, the two excellent channels, NPR Now and NPR Talk, entertain me for the longest drives. ADVANTAGE SIRIUS After the holidays I plan of removing XM--I have a three month subscription that came with the car--and put in Sirius. I'm going to keep my old radio and antenna in case Sirius goes out of business. Mike Dowling www.mrdowling.com