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not all that different than the original. :(

44 mins of recording is really all not that much compared to the MyFi 5 hours worth.

Did anyone read the Business 2.0 article on XM? good stuff

Dave,
If the Sportster was designed to compete with the Mifi, you would have a valid point! But its not!!! The Sportster was designed to compete with the Skyfi2 that only has a 30 minute buffer.

it can even get busy in a burger king bathroom

That's definitely a step in the right direction - something comparable to the SkyFi2.

Anyone know how much it costs?

I think the price tag will be around $200. No exact word on that yet tho.

this is *your* chance to do the hump!

What an ugly piece of equipment! It doesn't look much better than the original and it doesn't even compare to the SkyFi2. It doesn't look sleek at all; it looks clunky and cheap!

Sirius once again proves it is on the cutting edge of technology. If you forget XM is even exists. How long has the Skyfi2 been out?

I wonder if you can move from song to song, like the XM units? If not, than you are stuck with a 44 minute block. At $200, it better include a car or home kit.

I've seen it listed for $165

Minimum advertised price is $169.99. Maybe it is offered for less but not supposed to be.

Sirius has to produce a product that at least comes close to XM. I think they are headed in the right direction. You got to give them credit for working around the problems they have with their chipset. It makes development more expensive while producing an inferior product - comparitively speaking.

Much better to be on the XM team in this regard.

Nice fish finder..

Let's not even use the MyFi as a basis for comparison. That product was a great idea with poor execution. The IR looks to have just what you need. 44 min buffer is plenty, why would you need more? How often would you need to rewind back 5 hours? If you ask me, I would say you need no more than 30 minutes of buffer. This product is firm next step in their product offering.

I have a MyFi and the reception is horrible. I can not even pick-up any NFL games with it.

I have a MyFi and the reception is horrible. I can not even pick-up any NFL games with it and I heard the reception for Nascar races will soon get a lot worse too.

An absolutely beautiful piece of equipment! Yet another step in the right direction for SIRIUS.

You can buy the Sirius Sportster IR next week for $119 after the $50 mail in rebate. I believe Circuit City will receive the radio first. I notice there are a lot of paraniod and scared XM'ers posting today. A very good sign for Sirius. Someday the respective fans will realize what is good for one is good for the other. The name of the game is Satellite Radio, not my dad can beat up your dad.

No it is not just a big block, you can go back and go through the socks that have been played. -in response to Johnny K's comments

Congrats to Sirius for only taking half a year to clone the SkyFi2.

The skyfi2 has been able to go back over 50 minutes for a year and a half now. Congratulations on finally moving up to the 21'st century sirius.

The only thing cool here is the slim look of the antennea, everything else is old hat. Way to catch up sirius

Oh snap! Jimmy just gave you a grammatical smackdown!

Sorry peeps but remember IT IS about the content no matter whats its playing on.

Sorry XM

Sirius' content is considerably better

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Oppps I spoke to soon....XM wins on content

"Ted Koppel to join XM"

;P

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The sportster looks to be a great peice of equipment. IMHO it looks MUCH better than the SkyFi, who wants a basically white screen? I do believe that the Sportster IR will beat the SkyFi 2 in all aspects. I think a lot of these XMers on here are jealous, so it's late, better late than never! For those who call this old, then they are calling XM equipment old also. Heaven forbid you wouldn't want to do that!

Here's the thing you have to remember: the time-shifting on the Sportster IR is on what you recorded, not what's on now. The SkyFi2 can do live programming on the fly 30 minutes prior to now. This one can do 44 minutes, but you have to have recorded it and switch over to it.

This sirius unit is big enough to anchor a row boat.

I just saw the Marine kit for this unit!!! It's AWESOME!!! It's a 50 foot chain and this is the anchor. I wonder why XM has 3 times as many customers?!

Thank you for releasing this unit!

Gazeu says, " The IR looks to have just what you need. 44 min buffer is plenty, why would you need more?"

Lets see...the last time I checked there are 24 hrs in a day...I sleep for about a third of that...am at work where I can't listen another third. Yes...it's good to be able to set a radio to record a big block. Example: Coast2Coast on XM...it's from about midnight to 5am...I couldn't listen to that on Sirius even if the program was carried there.

---Brian

xm rules in every way. sirius will be broke in a few years. opie and anthony will crush stern!!

wtf? i have a big screen TV that is less clunky than that thing

I don't understand why ppl are calling it clunky. If you are calling the Sportster clunky then you're calling XM's hardware clunky to.

I'm betting on XM O&A has about 50-100k listeners. Millions of people will move to Sirius for Howard..now you tell me who's beating who?

O&A do not have 50-100k listeners. if you listened to them and also had an inside source like i do, you would know that when XM signed O&A, they had about 2.4 Million subs, after 2 months they had a little under 3 Million subs, and now about 8 months after they signed with XM they XM has hit 4 Million subs. Not to mention one of the reasons why Hyundai went with XM in their new cars is because they did a survey and found that the majority of people surveyed, said that they didn't want Stern in their Car (Which i think speaks for itself)...Then again I'm not saying that O&A are the only reason why XM gained so many listeners, they were the major part, but not the only part of it. And I will say this, one of reason why i didn't go with Sirius over XM (I got XM before I found out O&A were going there, luck sided with me i'd say) was because they are not technologically at the top of the game (I'm the type of guy that needs top of the line stuff).

Arf Arf its the dog catcher you better run bitches!

Lets see here Sirius's Sportster IR= 44min playback. XM Myfi= 5 hours Playback. Hmmmmm I wonder who has the best product to sell. O&A PARTY ROCK!!!!!!!!!!

Myfi cost $130 more

I have XM and its the XM people that are being stupid. Stop comparing the Sportster IR to the Myfi it should only be compared to the SkyFi2. I am waiting for a person to say the Roady2 does not have any recording capabilities so it sucks compared to the Sportster IR.

My portable sirius unit hurts the back more than a shitdick

I currently subscribe to XM but will move to Sirius with Stern. But why, for the love of god, must all the Sirius radios be such crap??? XactCommunications is also coming out with a new radio - a 4-hour recording, MP3 playing unit that is as ugly as the day is long.

Can't these jack-offs hire a real hardware designer? Aren't they the least bit interested in being innovative?

http://www.xactcommunication.com/Sirius-Satellite-Radio-7/Rego-84.html