First a quick discussion about something I came up against.
I have the Pioneer AirWare portable XM receiver (looks like an overly large cell phone).
I thought about upgrading today when I saw the special on www.Woot.com for the newer version of the portable reciever by Pioneer the Inno1, much smaller, in color & better antenna...
BUT, it didn't come with a car kit (which is an additional $40 through www.MyRadioStore.com, which had I known that this morning, I might have bought it; I could only find the kit for $60.) The car kit is the ONLY way to enable the FM modulator, which is what I need since I have a CD player in my car & not a cassette deck. So I found something cheaper (not as convenient, but still cheaper) for less than $43, I found an external clip-on antenna for my AirWare and bought an armband for it as well. (It actually cost less than $30, but I 2nd day air-ed it :P) As I have mentioned before I am running in a half-marathon at the begging of next year, & I'd like to my XM radio along for the ride.
So back to the oginal topic of the PC version vs regular version - with my subscription (or anyones) you pay monthly to receive reception for you radio ($5-$13 or possibly cheaper with promo code). Also you have the ability to use the online player and play the music through their online player. So I am wonder why anyone would pay $65 for the PC kit, when you can buy a portable radio for less (or free) and still use the internet online player for the PC (it's what I do, since I don't get reception from where the only window in my apt. is.) I presume for people that have slow internet connection you might do this, but I'd save the money from the subscription & go with fater internet service & stream free internet radio through WMP or iTunes.
I have the Pioneer AirWare portable XM receiver (looks like an overly large cell phone).
I thought about upgrading today when I saw the special on www.Woot.com for the newer version of the portable reciever by Pioneer the Inno1, much smaller, in color & better antenna...
BUT, it didn't come with a car kit (which is an additional $40 through www.MyRadioStore.com, which had I known that this morning, I might have bought it; I could only find the kit for $60.) The car kit is the ONLY way to enable the FM modulator, which is what I need since I have a CD player in my car & not a cassette deck. So I found something cheaper (not as convenient, but still cheaper) for less than $43, I found an external clip-on antenna for my AirWare and bought an armband for it as well. (It actually cost less than $30, but I 2nd day air-ed it :P) As I have mentioned before I am running in a half-marathon at the begging of next year, & I'd like to my XM radio along for the ride.
So back to the oginal topic of the PC version vs regular version - with my subscription (or anyones) you pay monthly to receive reception for you radio ($5-$13 or possibly cheaper with promo code). Also you have the ability to use the online player and play the music through their online player. So I am wonder why anyone would pay $65 for the PC kit, when you can buy a portable radio for less (or free) and still use the internet online player for the PC (it's what I do, since I don't get reception from where the only window in my apt. is.) I presume for people that have slow internet connection you might do this, but I'd save the money from the subscription & go with fater internet service & stream free internet radio through WMP or iTunes.
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