I bounced by the Napster site due to curiosity about their little deal running with Napster-To-Go and saw that my H320 was compatible with it. Is there a limit on the number of songs you can d\l for the To-Go service? Are all songs available for it, or are there exclusions? How bloated is the Napster client? How easy is it to re-rip the songs?
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Say, how is Napster-To-Go?
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advancegrant
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You have to attach the mp3 player once every 30 days for the files to continue working.
I can't imagine someone who wanted to accumulate a substantial music library ever using this service. Thinking forward; what happens if Napster isn't succesful? What happens if you want to move to another format as technology expands? What if you plan on being away from your USB port for more then a month because you're doing something crazy like travel? It's way too iffy. I'd gladly pay extra for music that I own and can do whatever I please with.
Chipopo said:
Right, it is not for people who want to acculate a substantial music library. And it is difficult see value in the service if you need to own the music. Me, I use the regular napster service, I love having a customizable selection of 1,000,000 songs or so to listen to at home/at work. I never purchased that many CDs in the past. To me, listening to music is a little more like watching a movie, I'll rent a movie once and watch it, and I'll buy the occasional movie I must have. Same with music, I'll purchase the occasional CD/online music I must have, and I rent the music through napster.
Phoenix
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btrboyev said:
I can assume that you have either accepted the FUD you've apparently been told or just never used iTMS.
Case Study: The Diary of Alicia Keys
Soung Count: 15
Cost per song: 0.99
Album Cost: 9.99
Actual Cost Per Song: 0.66
Amazon.com price: 13.49
Walmart Price: 13.38
BestBuy Price: 9.99
Mission Accomplished
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
btrboyev said:
Thats true, assuming you wanted the whole album
Or just order from amazon with cdnow
But, if you just want one song, 99 cents is a good deal
I just wish they used a higher quality bit rate.
Phoenix
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Your original hypothesis was incorrect. I'll deal with this one now.
There are 3 tracks that I want from that album. As such I've only spent 3 bucks as opposed to 10 or 14. If its an entire album that I want I can get it cheaper than the average price (9.99 is the low - not the average) and have it right now and have it burned for my trip into work tomorrow (under which I have a physical copy).
There are 3 tracks that I want from that album. As such I've only spent 3 bucks as opposed to 10 or 14. If its an entire album that I want I can get it cheaper than the average price (9.99 is the low - not the average) and have it right now and have it burned for my trip into work tomorrow (under which I have a physical copy).
I follow the 90/10 rule.
90% of music is disposable trash that I just listen to in the background for a couple days or a week or two, and forget about. Napster rocks for this. I continually get a flow of new tunes, and Napster-To-Go means I can copy as many of those tracks to my portable MP3 player as I want for as long as I'm interested to listen to them.
When I get tired of the album, I toss it. Basically, I think of Napster as XM Radio, but I can listen to it on my MP3 player (ie anywhere and anytime), and I can choose exactly what I want to hear.
Napster makes sense if you normally go through at least 1-2 albums a month like this (which I do).
10% of music is actually good enough that I want to keep it forever. In this case, I'd rather not pay iTunes 99c a track for something that's compressed (AAC) and DRM copy protected. Instead, I'll just pay an extra couple bucks and buy the whole album in a store, and get the artwork, liner notes + lyrics, AND a nice unprotected physical CD (that I can rip and copy as much as I want).
So for the way I like my music, iTunes makes absolutely no sense to me. For other people iTunes is the better option.
Isn't choice grand?
90% of music is disposable trash that I just listen to in the background for a couple days or a week or two, and forget about. Napster rocks for this. I continually get a flow of new tunes, and Napster-To-Go means I can copy as many of those tracks to my portable MP3 player as I want for as long as I'm interested to listen to them.
When I get tired of the album, I toss it. Basically, I think of Napster as XM Radio, but I can listen to it on my MP3 player (ie anywhere and anytime), and I can choose exactly what I want to hear.
Napster makes sense if you normally go through at least 1-2 albums a month like this (which I do).
10% of music is actually good enough that I want to keep it forever. In this case, I'd rather not pay iTunes 99c a track for something that's compressed (AAC) and DRM copy protected. Instead, I'll just pay an extra couple bucks and buy the whole album in a store, and get the artwork, liner notes + lyrics, AND a nice unprotected physical CD (that I can rip and copy as much as I want).
So for the way I like my music, iTunes makes absolutely no sense to me. For other people iTunes is the better option.
Isn't choice grand?
CaptainABAB
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I agree with aaaa0
I use Rhapsody and to me, music is like cable+tivo. I want access to any song at any time and need new stuff all the time (not just new releases, but new artists I haven't discovered yet as well).
It also makes more sense if you spend as much time on a computer working as I do AND you listen to many genres of music.
I use Rhapsody and to me, music is like cable+tivo. I want access to any song at any time and need new stuff all the time (not just new releases, but new artists I haven't discovered yet as well).
It also makes more sense if you spend as much time on a computer working as I do AND you listen to many genres of music.
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