Comment Darn. I did it the hardway.. and liked it. (Score 1) 189
There are currently a few options, and up until recently they were all do it yourself options.
A friend and I didn't want to pay the $$ for the PCR's on ebay so we bought Skyfi's, hacked the home kit to add a serial connection to it then added a TOS optical link to the Skyfi. This then worked with PCR software like it was a PCR.
Now there are "commercial" options. Timetrax themselves seem to have a very good bundle going if that is your purpose(99.99). Along with the Direct PC (xmfanstore.com 159.99) and the other cable made by the car pc enthusiasts(49.99).
Unless you want to listen to XM on your computer there is no real need for any of this. Even with Time trax you don't get good songs that are perfect for burning.
Most songs will have some over blead from the previous song on it. Also it is very common to get some of the XM talk. It is good for time shifting, but you are not going to amass the best MP3 collection known to man that you can share with the world from it.
Plus they add your XM id into the ID3 tag *wink* *wink*.
I still say it was more fun to make it, rather than buy it.