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#266452 - 30/09/2005 01:04 XM on DirecTV
robricc carpal tunnel Registered: 30/10/2000 Posts: 4931 Loc: New Jersey, USA	I saw this on channel 800. Pretty cool. _________________________ -Rob Riccardelli 80GB 16MB MK2 090000736
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#266453 - 30/09/2005 06:29 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: robricc]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	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.
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#266454 - 30/09/2005 08:44 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: robricc]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	Music Choice is like totally bumbed out right now... _________________________ Brad B.
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#266455 - 30/09/2005 21:15 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
DWallach carpal tunnel Registered: 30/04/2000 Posts: 3810	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...
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#266456 - 03/10/2005 07:39 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: DWallach]
adavidw addict Registered: 10/11/2000 Posts: 497 Loc: Utah, USA	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). _________________________ -Aaron
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#266457 - 03/10/2005 10:51 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: adavidw]
DWallach carpal tunnel Registered: 30/04/2000 Posts: 3810	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.
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#266458 - 03/10/2005 14:41 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: DWallach]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	My DirecTivo didn't let me record music channels either... I wonder if this was a software thing and isn't the case anymore. _________________________ Brad B.
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#266459 - 03/10/2005 15:05 Re: XM on DirecTV [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
DWallach carpal tunnel Registered: 30/04/2000 Posts: 3810	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.
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