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Originally Posted by MikeSmoke
i got sirius because of the NFL hometown broadcasts, but found that
1. they don't synch the radio broadcasts to the TV broadcasts (which isn't a hard thing to do) so you can't listen to your hometown radio broadcast while you watch the network/directTV feed...real bummer because that's the reason for having it there in the first place
2. they have a real issue with the terrestrial feed, i can't get it most places in my house, so i have to drag the antenna (running the extension cord through the hallways) all around the house and adjust it periodically in order to get the satellite signal.
i like it, but once the tech issues are resolved i'll like it a lot more...
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1. Impossible to do. Think about it, you're beaming a signal to a bird 20,000 miles away in a geo-stationary orbit, then beaming it back down, 40,000 round trip miles. Even at the speed of light, it would take a fraction of a second to accomplish, and this data is nowhere close to that speed level. Sat radio will never be able to "sync" with real time events.
2. Definitely. Hence their request for 1,200 more ground-based radio repeaters to the FCC for 2006. It will help greatly, as XM already has installed that same system and signal dropouts fell dramatically.