I don't listen to full albums, but I never really listened to full albums in the first place. I can only think of maybe 1-2 albums where I'd want to listen to every track, and not just skip straight through to my favorites.
Legal digital downloads are straight-up awful, at this point. Same price as physical media, less quality.
I don't pay for music anymore unless I am at a show. I tried to do the buy on iTunes thing, but that wasn't working out for a number of reasons. Sometimes I buy classical music. Classical got me to purchase CDs for the first time in years. Once you buy classical and see how cheap most of it is, you feel bad for the poor saps that are still buying overpriced pop recordings.
I honestly could never tell the difference between 128kbs and 256kbs?
I don't pay for music anymore unless I am at a show. I tried to do the buy on iTunes thing, but that wasn't working out for a number of reasons. Sometimes I buy classical music. Classical got me to purchase CDs for the first time in years. Once you buy classical and see how cheap most of it is, you feel bad for the poor saps that are still buying overpriced pop recordings.
I did iTunes for a bit. I'm tired of their DRM, though. Amazon has non-DRM'ed songs at 256kbs for those who care.
I don't pay for music anymore unless I am at a show. I tried to do the buy on iTunes thing, but that wasn't working out for a number of reasons. Sometimes I buy classical music. Classical got me to purchase CDs for the first time in years. Once you buy classical and see how cheap most of it is, you feel bad for the poor saps that are still buying overpriced pop recordings.
I did iTunes for a bit. I'm tired of their DRM, though. Amazon has non-DRM'ed songs at 256kbs for those who care.
Same here. I can remove the DRM. . .but why bother? Amazon has a similar selection of mp3s, at higher quality, the same price, and no DRM.
iTunes was great when it started, but it's been murdered on most fronts by this point.
I don't pay for music anymore unless I am at a show. I tried to do the buy on iTunes thing, but that wasn't working out for a number of reasons. Sometimes I buy classical music. Classical got me to purchase CDs for the first time in years. Once you buy classical and see how cheap most of it is, you feel bad for the poor saps that are still buying overpriced pop recordings.
I did iTunes for a bit. I'm tired of their DRM, though. Amazon has non-DRM'ed songs at 256kbs for those who care.
Same here. I can remove the DRM. . .but why bother? Amazon has a similar selection of mp3s, at higher quality, the same price, and no DRM.
iTunes was great when it started, but it's been murdered on most fronts by this point.
The only problem is that the ITMS has a much better interface and is more intuitive for most than Amazon's website. I know people who still use the ITMS for that reason alone.
I don't pay for music anymore unless I am at a show. I tried to do the buy on iTunes thing, but that wasn't working out for a number of reasons. Sometimes I buy classical music. Classical got me to purchase CDs for the first time in years. Once you buy classical and see how cheap most of it is, you feel bad for the poor saps that are still buying overpriced pop recordings.
I did iTunes for a bit. I'm tired of their DRM, though. Amazon has non-DRM'ed songs at 256kbs for those who care.
Same here. I can remove the DRM. . .but why bother? Amazon has a similar selection of mp3s, at higher quality, the same price, and no DRM.
iTunes was great when it started, but it's been murdered on most fronts by this point.
The only problem is that the ITMS has a much better interface and is more intuitive for most than Amazon's website. I know people who still use the ITMS for that reason alone.
I'm willing to deal with Amazon's webpage if it means I get DRM-less mp3s at twice the quality of iTunes at the same price.
and with the built in itunes store on the iphone and ipods, amazon will continue to be insignificant. people tend to value convenience more than anything.
I think that unless Apple ups their game, the media will turn on them this year. NBC and Fox, with Hulu, are showing that the iTunes TV model isn't the best it can be, and several digital music retailers are also offering things significantly better than iTunes. It's only a matter of time before people and the media start to notice.
Apple created the industry and set the trends, but they are behind the times, now. Those of us on the vanguard of nerdery can plainly see this, and our common sense will trickle down to the internet dirties eventually. Unless Apple changes the game.
I think that unless Apple ups their game, the media will turn on them this year. NBC and Fox, with Hulu, are showing that the iTunes TV model isn't the best it can be, and several digital music retailers are also offering things significantly better than iTunes. It's only a matter of time before people and the media start to notice.
Apple created the industry and set the trends, but they are behind the times, now. Those of us on the vanguard of nerdery can plainly see this, and our common sense will trickle down to the internet dirties eventually. Unless Apple changes the game.
i wholeheartedly agree. but i can't help but feel that this won't happen soon enough.
What's impressing you about Hulu.com? I've only been on it a couple weeks but it doesn't seem too hot. The quality is better than YouTube, but on my system a lot of the videos seem to have framerate/smoothness problems after they've been running for a few minutes. Granted my system is a few years old, but a P4 2.53 Ghz system shouldn't be choking on Flash videos.
Hmmmmmm what is better -- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S3 or 30 Rock S2?
hulu is very impressive though as stated previously the quality isn't the greatest, but it doesn't really need to be for me.
So is Hulu currently running on Silverlight or Flash? I'm assuming Flash, since I don't remember installing a Silverlight plugin.
Have you been subjected to that stupid Royal Carribbean Cruise ad? Apparently the edited version of "Lust for Life" was still too jarring and offensive, so now they're using some corny muzak version without Iggy Pop's vocals.
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Also, Comcast just launched Fancast ( http://www.fancast.com/full_episodes) the other day which is offering shows from CBS, NBC, and Fox, though it doesn't have the full selection of Hulu shit, and the quality appears a bit worse. Anyone can use that though.
I didn't really mess around with Fancast yet. That just launched a day or two ago.
I didn't really mess around with Fancast yet. That just launched a day or two ago.
it was also cobranded with hulu so i'm guessing it's the same source but the front end locks the quality of the video? the viewing window (which you can't seem to expand) is set to 16:9 (roughly).
Whiteman buy Wagner's Faust Overture on amazon and upload it to your server so I can listen to it!
I can't download it anywhere and amazon's download service hates Canadians :'(
I hope all this leads to some classic TV being available again. I want to see every existing episode of The Jack Benny Show, Burns and Allen, and a lot of other 1950s shows which are never shown on cable anymore
Why pay for a shitty third season of Heroes when they can bring back Rollergames with BETTER RATINGS. And it would be cheaper, too.
The Bach composed on some electronic gismo thing? Yes I did.
I didn't like it though. Sorry.
Fuck that garbage. You can watch AIRWOLF on Hulu.
The Bach composed on some electronic gismo thing? Yes I did.
I didn't like it though. Sorry.
No no, that was a Wendy Carlos song. I uploaded an album of his string compositions and the "hidden chorales." Lemme find a link.
http://indarktrees.com/pics/books/Bach_Morimur/
I don't even download anymore. I have all the music I want.. and now, for new stuff, I just log into Youtube and listen to it there.
Wendy Carlos doing Bach :bow