So Sirius just held a little party for its upcoming crop of devices, and besides the
anticipated Stiletto 100 portable receiver we
already knew about, the company also introduced the WiFi-less $249 Stiletto 10 (whose name should indicate its recording capacity) along with four new universal plug-and-play radios in the vein of the
Sportster. Speaking of the Sportster, the first new model happens to be a stripped-down version of the
Sportster4, with the $120 Sportster3 (pictured after the break) "sporting" all the same features as its big brother minus that handy 44-minute Replay functionality. Replay can still be found, however, in the new Starmate4 (pictured above, also $120) -- though not in the "lower-end," $100 Starmate3 -- both of which feature extra-large displays and are obviously new iterations of the original
Starmate. Finally we have the brand new Stratus (anyone else getting overloaded with "S"es here?), which at only $60 is the cheapest of the bunch, and seems to cut corners in the areas of both design and accessories (no remote or vehicle dock, for instance). All the plug-and-play radios are compatible with the new generation of home and car docks and
boomboxes, and the entire family of new products will be released gradually throughout the months of September and October.
Read- Starmates, Sportster, and Stratus
Read- Stilettos [Via
Orbitcast]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hiram @ Aug 20th 2006 9:25PM
Anyways, the real reason to comment. Im waiting for some sort of player for people who like to customize their computers. If you can add a card reader and a bunch of buttons, why not add a Sirius receiver?
CcntMnky @ Aug 20th 2006 10:20PM
In response to #2, why do I think EMI noise from your power supply is gonna kill your reception?
wiskinator @ Aug 20th 2006 10:34PM
The EMI might be a problem, but a remote antenna would solve that. A run of 10' or so would not have too much signal loss, and would get you right out of the range of the interferance.
skew @ Aug 20th 2006 11:40PM
Why do you need a reciever in your PC when you can just stream over the net and not worry about reception? Audio quality isn't *that* different.
JC @ Aug 21st 2006 12:11AM
Bababooey, bababooey, bababooey!
jonah bliss @ Aug 21st 2006 1:35AM
if you subscribe to sirius, you can also listen to it on your computer (through a web stream) for free. So, there's no reason to have their box in your computer.
rokorre @ Aug 21st 2006 2:39AM
pwned
Hiram @ Aug 21st 2006 2:52AM
I know that you could listen to it through their website, but have you heard the quality? there's no bass and high instrumental songs such as rock songs sound terrible.
Hiram @ Aug 21st 2006 2:54AM
plus, its not impossible to have a receiver in your computer, I mean, you could have an LCD with media center on it(which I find unnecessary because you already have monitor....). So, Its not impossible.
Robin @ Aug 21st 2006 9:59AM
You can't listen to all of the channels on your computer anyhow. I don't like that.
I hope they have better antennas than mine does. I have their Sanyo model. The only Sanyo one I've seen. The indoor antenna isn't worth much of anything so I've been using the car antenna everywhere. I had to take the screen off my window and set it on the ledge outside to get better reception since mine doesn't like the window frame or double-paned glass. Even my Cingular phone gets better reception here than the indoor antenna did. Fewest dropped calls my @ss!
Tony @ Aug 21st 2006 4:25PM
So, how come all these satellite reciever displays are so pixelated and look like they are from the 80s?
I'll wait until the display quality catches up.
1337 @ Aug 22nd 2006 12:10PM
Hiram said: "I know that you could listen to it through their website, but have you heard the quality? there's no bass and high instrumental songs such as rock songs sound terrible."
If your quality is bad it is because you have a crappy sound card or shity speakers. I have a $30 card that has optical out. i plug that into my 7.1 home theater and it sounds as good (if not better) then cd's. Even playing on my 2.1 desktop speaker setup it sounds good (yes there is bass, and level are correct).
most sound cards have a software EQ, learn how to use it...
btw the home kit comes with a line out on the dock, you could plug that into your PC.
GETYOID @ Sep 2nd 2006 11:33AM
80s? Dont be complaining about the 80s. It was a far better time than today. People werent nearly as rude or in need of their instant gratification BS.
Weapon of Mass Technology: 600 million connections. @ Jun 15th 2007 2:11AM
SWANsat (engineers behind GPS & Iridium) have a new satellite project in the works: it looks pretty interesting & maybe the endrun for sat-radio. What do you think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWANsat