Thursday, April 15, 2010

Xm Vs Sirius

The concept of America's largest 2 satellite-radio joining forces has been up in the air for just about 4 years. Though XM had a year's start, Sirius came back on the market, at last with both firms sharing the market in half. Hence what's to choose? XM or Sirius? First thing's first. XM and Sirius are based primarily on the same principle, each one of them providing music, reports, sports, and so on. On their channels, each service has its swings and roundabouts so we are going to try to chat about it in this present article. A careful research shows that XM Satellite Radio offers a total of 136 streams, where 2 are premium channels ( Trustafarian and High Voltage ), twenty-one are traffic and weather based channels and 9 are sport-dedicated ones.

From a different perspective, Sirius offers a total of 119 streams, the premium streams not being available. We'll take another look now on 2 music and stories - of the classes the 2 major satellites are struggling. Music streams comparison the quantity of music streams that both services offer is just about the same : sixty five on Sirius and 68 on XM Satellite Radio but the difference isn't in the number, but in the music genres the radios offer. Music Decades XM is the convincing champ in providing the music by decades as you can hear the 40's music, service unavailable on Sirius. Still, you can hear the 90's hits along with the present hits on Sirius Satellite Radio, which is an engaging feature. Music Country "Ride " em cowboy!". Regardless of if you"re not a cowboy, you can hear country-related songs on both Satellites. Classic country or country hits are going to be heard as well as alternative country or country mixes, the last 2 features being available only on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Relating to the amount of streams that both Satellites offer, XM offers a total of 5 streams and Sirius offers 4, the champ in this class being XM thanks to the quality and the amount of music being played. Music Rock should you be looking for sex, drogs, and rock 'n roll, Sirius and XM Satellite Radios can only offer you rock and roll, on a number of 14 streams on XM and fifteen streams on Sirius. The rock subgenres are going to be found in a big number on the stations, overall each service being extremely robust in this class. Music - Dance and Latin if you would like bop, you can do that on both Satellites, listening to one of the 6 streams provided by Sirius or 4 streams offered by XM.

Be cautious though , as you can become a clubber maniac! And if you"re robust enough, the Latin pop stream, Mexicana and tropical music streams can really drive you silly.

XM Satellite Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio offer 3 streams. Music Other genres Relating to other genres, both satellites really look up to their status, offering hours of hours of music, from Classical to Jazz, even Urban ( Sirius feature ).

Both stations offer top of the range tunes, making it worth all of the money. Stories Streams Comparison Let's skip to another engaging subject, reports. CNN, FOX, CNBC, Bloomberg, MSNBC and lots more stories stations are being offered for listening in different languages. The amount of streams is again near-by, XM offering a bunch of eleven reports streams, not like Sirius, which offers thirteen. Bottom line It's pretty difficult to say which station is better, XM and Sirius being tied musically but in reports and sports, Sirius holding the edge. To make a little joke, if you're keen on Cruel go with Sirius, if you like QA go XM. Anyhow, it's tricky to say which one is better, what am I able to say is that both Satellites are worth stumping up for.