Digital Home Thoughts: More Music Than You Can Shake a Stick At

Product Category: Audio
Manufacturer: Delphi
Service Provider: XM Radio
Where to Buy: Amazon.com
Price: $99.86 USD for the SkyFi, $69.95 for car kit, $9.95 activation fee, and $9.95/month for service
System Requirements: An additional home or car kit (or both), and subscription to XM satellite radio service

Pros:

• 122 channels of commercial-free radio;
  
• Multi-line display makes it easy to scroll through the long list of stations;
  
• Most buttons are easy to use while driving.

Cons:

• Screen can be hard to see in direct sunlight;
  
• Useful radio functions like seek and power-on with the car are missing;
  
• It’s really big in the cradle.

Summary:
Seattle has no shortage of radio stations (there are more than 20 FM stations alone), but after listening to the same songs over and over again on my five favourite channels I figured it was time for a change. Last month I made the jump to satellite radio with the Delphi SkyFi XM satellite radio receiver. Want to know if the XM service is worth the monthly fee? Curious about whether the SkyFi unit works well in the car? Read on to find out!