[BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio

[Bernie Courtney]

ahh, the XM-PCR-- I have one, and it works great!  I use it to record the
Mix shows on the dance stations on friday and saturday nights (when i'm
usually out at a club myself) then just load them onto my ipod to listen to
during the week at the gym.

I'm told that things are slightly different now, but somebody also came up
with a mod for the unit, which I also use, that lets it output SPDIF audio
and bypass the crappy D>A converter in the unit itself, so when people were
recording these songs off XM they were really getting the best quality
possible.  This apparently really ticked off some people at the RIAA as you
said.  I got mine for PC connection years ago for $49.99, if i knew they
were going to be a 'collectors item' i would have bought them by the
caseload.  The units modded for SPDIF output are worth their weight in gold
on XM underground sites and ebay.

bern

On 1/25/06, DANA PUOPOLO <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>
> At one point, XM sold a sat radio that plugged into your computer via USB.
> Someone came up with a program that allowed users to pull off music and
> title
> info. Start this program for a few hours and when you come back every song
> they played was on your HD with title and artist info. Apparently this
> violated XM's contract with the RIAA and they stopped selling the radio
> about
> 18 months ago. Originally they sold for 50 dollars and now go for 300- 400
> bucks on ebay - if you can find one there at all.
>
> -D
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:21:49 AM PST
> From: Ron Cole <rondcole at gmail.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio
>
> I like my MP3 Players a lot but its work to keep the iPod updated and
> fresh.
>
> I like my XM Satellite radio because I can find music I like that's fresh
> and new and without the jock chatter & commercials trying to sell me
> things
> I don't need or want.
>
> But then I'm not radios primary target, probably never was?.
> Ron Cole
>
> On 1/25/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >>> But I don't think it's satellites that broadcasters needs to worry
> > >>> about- it's ipods- where people play just what they want to hear
> > >>> - whenever they want it- with no yack at all.
> > >>>
> > >>>    -Nat
> > >>>
> > >
> > >> You could have said the same thing about cassettes and CDs.
> > >
> > >     Oddly, back in the '50s one of the non-technical reasons that
> > > 45 r.p.m. record players were not more popular in cars was the
> > > 'lack of yack'; at least this was my experience growing up in San
> > > Jose, CA, as part of a team that installed these Skip-A-Groove(r)
> > > fiascos under many a dashboard.  Of course that was back when
> > > San Francisco (50 miles distant!) air talent demonstrated some
> > > personality.  Even local jocks were sought-after for sock-hops,
> > > supermarket openings, etc.  Still boils down to content, I guess.
> > >
> > > Jim Wood
> > > Brea, CA
> >
> >
> > While we have a pile of CDs and other music sources, we still end up
> > listening to the radio (KPIG/KPYG). They discover the music we like so
> we
> > don't have to go searching or listen to the same CDs over and over.
> Their
> > on air people are also very interesting. So, while iPod is big, it SEEMS
> > to me that these listeners will eventually get tired of their "favorite
> > songs" and want to hear something different (maybe find a new favorite
> > song). The "pod cast," however, seems interesting. For those programs
> that
> > are broadcast when the listener cannot listen to the radio, it allow
> > portable time shifting. We could, of course, get the same effect with a
> > portable "walk person" radio that included a timed digital recorder to
> > capture those programs off air instead of downloading them.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> >
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