They both suck. I am not going to pay someone to listen to the radio and hear things that I don't really want to hear just like on free radio. CDs and MP3s are the way to go. Then I get to choose what I want to listen to. In my entire time of owning a car I have never listened to the radio in my vehicle, so if I don't listen to free radio then I'm definitely not going to pay for it. I could see the point if you are a sports fan or talk radio fan though. It's kind of like Music Choice at home, I never listen to it. For every one song you hear that you like, you have to listen to ten that you don't know, don't care for, or don't like. It could just be me but I don't like every single song within a specific type of music.

 

The programming is subjective and both services are always adding and removing programming. The following link compares the two services but doesn't focus on programming.

Comparing the Satellite Radio Services

 

for the types of music i listen to, i think sirrius is better, xm seems to have more channels but the sirrius plays better music on the few stations they have (rock & metal) plus sirrius has howard stern now

 

Thanks everyone some real good ideas and things to think about.

 

I mainly listen to talk radio so I love my XM. I'm not partial to XM over Sirius however. I only chose XM because I already invested in a Roady2 with all the accessories a few years ago.

 

I listen to Sirius all day in the shop and have XM on my carputer setup, and at this point they are the same ole **** to me when it comes to music.

Sports, Sirius has the edge. Talk is XM.

IMO :)