XM on DirecTV

Posted by: robricc

XM on DirecTV - 30/09/2005 01:04

I saw this on channel 800. Pretty cool.
Posted by: drakino

Re: XM on DirecTV - 30/09/2005 06:29

I guess thats their response to Dish Having Sirrus for a while now. I suppose for most people it could be nice, but I find I tune to a lot of internet radio stations when at home.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: XM on DirecTV - 30/09/2005 08:44

Music Choice is like totally bumbed out right now...
Posted by: DWallach

Re: XM on DirecTV - 30/09/2005 21:15

Music Choice is weak. XM will be a big improvement. I've got XM in the car now, and there are times that I want XM at home. Even better, this means that I can program the TiVo to grab some of XM's radio shows (e.g., "Stand Up Sit Down" where they interview comedians). Now if only I could painlessly extract those shows to MP3 files...
Posted by: adavidw

Re: XM on DirecTV - 03/10/2005 07:39

Quote:
Even better, this means that I can program the TiVo to grab some of XM's radio shows...


If you have a standalone TiVo, of course. The DirecTiVo is prevented from recording audio channels (well, without some hacking, anyway. On the plus side, if you did hack it to be able to record the audio channels, setting it up to automate the export to MP3 wouldn't be that difficult).
Posted by: DWallach

Re: XM on DirecTV - 03/10/2005 10:51

My DirecTiVo used to have a "wishlist" to record "jazz" and ended up recording tons of MusicChoice jazz (which is pretty poor, but it did work). Unless they said they're changing it for XM, I'd expect the same behavior to continue.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: XM on DirecTV - 03/10/2005 14:41

My DirecTivo didn't let me record music channels either... I wonder if this was a software thing and isn't the case anymore.
Posted by: DWallach

Re: XM on DirecTV - 03/10/2005 15:05

Maybe it was because mine was a Series 1? I haven't tried on my new HD-TiVo.

Meanwhile, if you go to channel 800, there's a scrolling message that tells you which XM channels are coming to DirecTV. The decisions are somewhat arbitrary. Total Choice gets some nice music channels, like Real Jazz, which is fantastic. Other good channels like Fred (alternate 80's music) only show up in Total Choice Plus. Annoyingly, Comedy XL doesn't show up at all.