Didn't the Inno & S50 have color displays?

Those are not considered plug-n-play; they are protables that can be docked.

WOW! Great job XM! XM Recievers Rock!

About time. It looks really good.

i like it.

what else i'd like, with a larger color display, would be increased data/graphics for sports...such as balls/strikes, bases occupied, etc for baseball...or down and yardage, clock for college football...or a scrolling leaderboard for Indy or PGA...etc.

i'd love to see data that isn't in traditional text-line format. i think that next-gen recievers could and should be able to provide a more complementary role to the great play-by-play audio broadcast...i think that large screen displays such as this new one could be better utilized to provide meaningful data instead of just pretty colors.

Right, the Sirius S50, Pioneer Inno, Samsung Helix, and Sirius Stiletto all have color displays, but they're technically considered "wearable" receivers - not plug-and-plays.

There's a large number of people that only want to listen to satellite radio in their cars - so the wearable receivers aren't something they're interested in.

The amazing thing is that these colorized handheld versions are actually battery-powered. Whereas the plug-and-plays run off of your car's battery. So a color display on a PnP isn't limited by power, I think it was a cost limitation (since PnP's generally sell for much cheaper than their wearable brethren).

Anyway... if GPS's can be color (and show just fine in bright sun) and cellphones can be color, and let's not forget about that iPod - it's about time that satellite radio receivers go color as well.

cool..... I just figured out the one function I would really like on my XM receiver. I want it to automatically save and store the previous 3-5 minuites on every channel. or allow you to reconfigure the memory to do this function but automaticly re write over the old info... what this would allow is when I flip through the streams and come across a song that I like thats already 1/2 over.... I can rewind to the beginning and hear the whole thing.... and if Innagoddadvida in on... I am out of luck.

Does this use the XM Passport (or mini tuner or whatever they call it)?

They used the wrong Timberlake song for the photo, this thing is bringing Sexy Back. I love it. I can't think of any features it needs. Good job Audiovox/XM.

iband, how is it portable? There is no battery or antenna. It must be docked to be used at all.

Jeff, not going to happen. Essentially you'd need 170 receivers bundled together to make that happen. Maybe one day they'll do a dual tuner receiver for those of use who want to time shift everything, but don't count on it.

Given that most of the market for these are likely to be AUTOS, I think it largely a waste. You can't exactly get much use out of the pretty screen if you are driving...at least you shouldn't be!

Cool looking, but may be too much information for the driver. I like the automatice search for FM station.

That's one pretty receiver. I wan'. Gimme gimme gimme gimme....

I swap my PnP receivers from car to home, so the color screen is a big feature. XM continues to put out great hardware, though Howard, NFL, Premiership and the Undergorund Garage are enough to keep me with Sirius for now.

I like it and would hop all over it but since it's a next generation receiver, I won't go for it since a) the FM modulator will continue to be worthless and b) you can only save 10 songs to it.

I'm for most things Delphi and against all things Audiovox. Based on appearance alone, I'd jump all over it. But for functionality, I'll take a pass.

Opting for this receiver will be like lusting after a hot girl only to find out she's pretty shallow on the inside.

@Brian Smith: I'm not sure if that's a good reason to prevent satellite radios from being on-par with the rest of the consumer electronics industry. Lots of aftermarket auto headunits are in color.

And what about the passenger? Do they need to stare at a boring LCD display?

Yes. It's RADIO, and not VIDEO, but there's something to be said about looking at the world in COLOR. I think this is a long needed update.

(Next stop.... ALBUM ART!)

tell me it uses the mini tuner!!!

Of course it doesn't use the mini-tuner, that's for fixed radios. Imagine having something to plug in and out of a unit designed to itself be plugged and unplugged.

and to think i was about to sell my inno to get a b&w xPressR. looks like i'll be waiting til fall to make the switch!

You can use the Mini Tuner on any PNP. Get the Dock, put it between the antenna and the PNP Dock.

What a cool new unit!! If this thing works with the Delphi in-building repeater, I'm sold...

Correct me if I am wrong but even though the S50 and Inno were both wearable are they not still capable of "Plug-n-Play?"

Great feature but I do not know anyone who is going to buy this receiver because it looks cool. People pay for content and I really do not know anyone who will but a color PnP, install it on their dash, not pay the subscription cost and only power it up because it looks cool. It is all about the content Eight straight quarters of SIRIUS dominance and they still think the hardware drives subscriptions. Good bye Hugh!

How about this... less money on technology and more money on improving the content played on your channels. The ones now with commercials.

Well, There is finally a new XM product that I want.

goldenbear, Why shoot down my thought of "Chache-ing" multiple channels. Who says it has to be 5 minuites on every chanel? Why cant it be cusomizable to split up say 1 hour among any number of chanels? Where I could do 2 chanels at 15 minuites and keep the rewind function for 1/2 an hour for anyhting I am listenting to? Or split it up on to all the "rock chanels" and get 5 minuites each. Or set it up on one chanel only. A customizable memory that re writes over itself. That would be an inovation in radio for me cause I do not like Every single song played on any stream chanel wether it be Terestrial XM or Sirius.

Jeff, the memory isn't the issue. To receive the content you need a receiver. If you're listening to a station, you're using the only receiver available. Think of a Tivo box. Dual tuners allow for recording one station and watching another. If they created a dual tuner receiver you could listen to one and cache a second. To cache 5 min of 10 stations you'd need 10 tuners, one for each station. The cost of manufacturing such a unit would be prohibitive.

To cache 5 min of 10 stations you'd need 10 tuners, one for each station. The cost of manufacturing such a unit would be prohibitive.

not to mention the fact you'd need an XM account for each tuner. that might get expensive too.

The screen looks like its an Illustrator image. No way they could offer a TFT display in a $169 package. It must be a CSTN display, which will not look as crisp as the Illustrator images makes it seem.