[Alpine TSi]

"The only bad part I have heard is that you lose the signal when the weather gets bad, basically like Dish TV."

Wrong. Either system relies on two types of signals, straight from the satellite or from a series of ground repeaters that rebroadcast the signal across the surface of the planet. It allows nearly flawless reception, I can get XM in the Lowry tunnel in Mpls, during rush hour while I sit in the middle.

I have XM and have had Sirius. I personally like the selection on XM and they have a killer comedy channel(uncensored). They also will be carrying MLB next season and they currently have just about every college sports game too. All their music is commercial free. They run 9.95/month. I don't have any of the premium channels(Playboy or Opie and Anthony).

Sirius also offers commercial free music, but they have the NFL and NHL(if they ever start a season). Not many college games. They cost 12.95/month but will match XM's rate if one were to pay a year in advance. They also let you listen to the music channels online for free as a subscriber, XM will be soon charging for that service. Sirius also plans on within a year or so to launch a video service. They anticipate having an introductory lineup of 4 channels, a couple being music videos and then movies.

Both have Traffic and Weather stations dedicated to every major metropolitan area. Either service has hardware that enables the service to be heard ANYWHERE, you ca take it from your car to your home to your office and even to the beach with a boombox style unit. XM even has a completely portable Walkman style unit that is great. All in all it is a great service, digital quality sound, commercial free music, coast to coast reception(no need to change channels every state), and a choice of professional sports without any blackout concerns. The prices have really come down since it came out about 2 1/2 years ago, it is really cheap to get into it.

I sell and install both services at the Circuit City Roadshop I run, if you, or anyone, have any questions or want prices on hardware, just let me know.

But like I said the general Sattelite Radio service is just awesome, I don't even listen to FM because of the commercials and shitty quality. Just ask JDM, he seemed to like it a lot when he was in my car.