If he thinks that he can get on FM what sat radio has to offer, then there is no question that he is Rehr's bitch. Having him review a sat radio receiver is like having a PETA member review a steakhouse.

Why would you have Avril Lavigne on your advertisment photo? Does she have a fan base that supports Satellite Radio? Why not put a show that's unique to XM that maybe people would like to listen to..... For example Theme Time Radio hour or Ron & Fez? Maybe that CNET guy is right....

I worked for CNET is a biz capacity, the guys who review stuff generally are high school dropouts who happen to be radio shack geeks.

Want a good review, read the user reviews over anything the cnet folks have to say, only way to get an honest review. Don;t believe me, have a look at all their "Top" lists.

I don't even own one yet and I know it's XM's best to date. I have an ExpressR and it's awesome this one can only be better. The only fault I can find is the name should be Skyfi 3. What I don't get is why XM would send this moron a review unit?

It amazes me the reaction SatRad gets from those who dislike it...I look forward to seeing XM grow in the years to come.

WTH can I 'use' someones CNET account so I can bash the hell out of this dumb fuck? Who the hell has a cnet account annyways, no one like them.

For $200 would you say blah blah blah?

Thanks'
David R.

Now you know why the guys at Engadget and Gizmodo are eating CNET's lunch. I barely go to that site anymore.

What we have here is a failure to communicate... Actually what we have here is stupidity.. Don't bash what you have no clue about.. it took me three months to listen to everything on the XM dial.. THREE MONTHS... And it took me the previous fifteen years of hatred towards regular radio to realize that if anything better ever came along I'd try it and more than likely never look back.. and I have and I won't... what?? did that make sense?? ...

thought i was all set buying XM recievers and now comes this one! Ahhh sh*t..... im gonna have to fork over some more dough.....its the "color screen" and the "time shifting" capabilities that have got me sold!

Obviously this guy has never listened to radio in a small town or as a traveled long distances state to state, with crap regular radio, or in the south, country music hell. How can you not like satellite? This receiver is awesome and so is Satellite Radio.

Obviously this guy has never listened to radio in a small town or never traveled long distances state to state, with crap regular radio, or in the south, country music hell. How can you not like satellite? This receiver is awesome and so is Satellite Radio.

If you read this guy's other reviews, they are universally bad. He writes on a fifth grade level and rarely knows what the hell he's talking about. CNET should be embarrassed, but hey... that seems par for the CNET course these days.

Not to defend a poor review, But any add on device in a car is not wonderful. GPS navigation, Cell phone, Sat Rad, Any of it is clumsy and a pain to operate while driving. Well DUH... thats why XM and Sirius are going after OEM's.

Until its 100% factory install they will need to continue to update the aftermarket receiver line.

As for the new XM unit... Droul

As for the guy reviewing the new receiver... does he complain about the new cell phones that clip in your ear making you look like a first stage Borg? Does he complain about the insane amount of functions on other cell phones? Bet if he went to europe he would complain about them low water fountins in the bathrooms.

Does anyone know what city this guy lives in? I would love to know where you can get up to 70 commercial free radio stations on terestrial. I am preplexed by the comment on how Sat Rad copys terestrial play lists. It seems to me that this guy is of limited intellegence and limited interests. Not a Hockey, Baseball, Nascar, IRL, NFL, NBS fan, Not a stern or O&A fan and not even a music fan.... Top 40 song play lists are fine for him.... Sat rad NEVER went after that sort of person.

I posted a response on cnet to this review. You are welcome to view it at:

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9787519-17.html?tag=blog.1

I suggest that all add 'appropriate' comments to this review. Not just emotional flames but legitimate and articulate responses.

Bob

In the post-Inno world, other than a lower price point, why is this unit even necessary? And, yeah, C-NET is an embarrassment, and this so-called "review" should never have made it past the editor's desk. Good job smacking it down, Orbitcast.

I love the comments now all over that CNET article... y'think they came from Orbitcast readers? haha

XM (or Delphi or whoever the f' makes this unit) needs to send Orbitcast a review unit so that someone with intelligence can actually look it over.

I like how Orbitcats doesnt pull any punches... good job

Because Inno was meant for another audience. Besides, going by your logic ther should never be any progress? I hate the Inno, I mean it's useless for me. I guess in a "post-Inno world" I should not have Xm any more? Your comment is so selfish I can't even comprehend how you felt justified in posting. They made the perfect radio for you. to hell with anyone else who wants something different, I suppose.

Why do you hate the Inno, Mike? I don't understand the necessity of the XpressRC only because I haven't looked at it closely, but you didn't answer my legitimate question. Sorry it was so upsetting to you, though. If you can calm down a bit, give it another shot.

The XpressRC looks to me like it's a price-point driven, updated version of the SkyFi II. But, again, I haven't read up on it.