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| guinness6 |
Will the signal get any stronger? Will it change at all?
I live in a moderately sized city and have a hard time getting consistent reception. |
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| STLSteve |
| For the short term, I can't think of any reason why it would. If they come out with a dual reciever (one that picks up the XM signal and the Sirius signal) that may improve the overall reception because you have more satellites and terrestrial repeaters to pick up the signal from. But you still wouldn't be able to pick up either signal in places that you can't pick up either signal today. |
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| guinness6 |
| hm. good point. |
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| LongShoreman |
| The merger isnt going to happen, so dont worry about it. |
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| Fa-Fa-Fo-Ha |
Quote: Originally posted by STLSteve
For the short term, I can't think of any reason why it would. If they come out with a dual reciever (one that picks up the XM signal and the Sirius signal) that may improve the overall reception because you have more satellites and terrestrial repeaters to pick up the signal from. But you still wouldn't be able to pick up either signal in places that you can't pick up either signal today. |
I completely agree. :) |
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| VacateTheWord |
This seems like the most probematic part of the merger in the first few years.
I'm sure they could roll out a receiver that picks up both receptions (and thus takes advantage of the satellites that both companies have), but they have millions of receivers in customer's possession that are only able to pick up the reception from one company. The only solution would be to alter the satellite, and they can't do that without scrapping them and firing up a slew of new ones (way too expensive).
So for many years after the merger they will have to make programming from the other company available on their dedicated system. The biggest reason for this is not only the fact that forcing current customers to buy new receivers would sink the merger, but both have units built into automobiles. So they are stuck in that regard because if they wanted to have units that pick up from both satellites they would have to issue a recall for all the Fords, Toyotas, etc. and swap out the old unit for a new one (again, way too expensive). Mel gave a rough time period for this - I don't remember exactly what it was, but it was something close to 10 years.
In the end, your current receiver will work and you'll be able to get XM content if so desired. The reception will remain the same - I did read that Sirius has another satellite they are going to launch in 2008. |
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| albumen |
| Couldn't they Simulcast? The broadcast of the same program simultaneously over two or more different systems or channels. So basically send XM signal to Sirius, Sirius to XM and viola! Each service receives each other's content. |
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