I have Sirius and love it. Football, Springsteen, BBC, they just added some music stations from Canada that are really cool.

The clerk might have been talking about hardware. The Los Angeles Times had an article a month or 2 ago. They compared XM and Sirius and said how at least in the beginning XM focused on hardware while Sirius focused on their programming content.

>>I am geting a satellite radio for Christmas and wondering which one. Specifically I am interested in making sure I get all the NHL games. I have been to both sites - http://www.xmradio.com and http://www.sirius.com. Sirius claims to have exclusive rights to broadcast all NHL games live, but I "think" I also see all the games with XM (they only post the schedules and channels for the upcoming month through January in this case). I do like the added bonus of all the NFL and NBA games with Sirius. I could care less about XM having MLB and Sirius not having it since the Texas Rangers always $uck and the only other "little" guy who wins is the Marlins once every 5 years or so after a major rebuilding.
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>>Of course Sirius also has the 24/7 Elvis Presley station going for it.
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>>Any thoughts? Comments on experience with the actual hardware involved/needed appreciated as well.
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>>TIA!
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>A clerk at Myer Emco told me that XM was cheaper and more flexible than Sirius, but I didn't get around to asking whether he referred to the hardware or the service, or what the difference actually was. He mainly said that if I didn't need Howard Stern or any other particular thing Sirius had that XM didn't, then XM was the better deal.
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>I don't have it yet, but I'm considering a MyFi portable XM receiver, since I might use it at home, in the car, or elsewhere. Myer Emco sells it for $200 and offers a $50 rebate.
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>I think that such a device ought to play MP3s as well, but the MyFi doesn't.
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>Myer Emco had only the MyFi portable, and a car unit that can be controlled by a "satellite-ready" car stereo, but can't be used away from the car. The MyFi can connect to any home stereo and some car stereos through a stereo mini-plug wire. It also transmits low power FM at 87.9 or something to connect wirelessly with conventional radios.