Posted by Michelle Steiner on 01/01/06 18:51

In article <1h8hzvz.oxonjikfvznN%jim@magrathea.plus.com>,
jim@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:

> You're moving the goalposts. As I said, most devices can't play the
> files you get from the iTMS _directly_.

You didn't say "directly."

> Yes, you can transcode them or whatever but you'd be better off just
> buying the CD from $LOCAL_SHOP and encoding it yourself.

Not necessarily. Quite often, buying the CD costs more than downloading
the CD. And if it's a trip just to buy the CD, there's the cost of
transportation as well as the time taken for transportation. (And
there's the chance that the store may not have it in stock.) And what
if you don't want the entire CD, but only a few tracks?

Of course, if you download it, there's the time involved for the
downloading and disk burning, as well as the cost of the blank media.
Also, the iTunes Music Store may not have it available.

But overall, downloading seems to me to be cheaper and easier.

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