We know have video on demand here which means I can order Harry Potter and watch it anytime I want for an eight hour period. This sounds much better than waiting to for a huge download and watching the movie on my pc!
Its also a little cheaper... $3.95 for new movies and $1.95 for older ones.
Wow, its amazing how we become delusioned by the feeling that everything on the Internet should be free...
I'm sorry, but I haven't read one post where someone seems to realize that this setup is subsidizing MP3.com's providing you of this service... You are asking a company to provide you a significant amount of space and bandwith (yes, I am aware that there is one collection of mp3's, but you get the idea), and then expect this to be free... Get over it, in this Internet economy, companies just can't afford to do that anymore... I think we will see a lot more of this type of stuff in the near future...
Yes, there are some annoying features, like having to insert cd's at random intervals which I'm not too excited about... But I am glad to have my accesss back, and if you read the press release on MP3.com, you will see that you get to keep all your existing uploaded cd's without them counting against your new addition of 25 for the free (ad supported) service, or 500 for the pay service...
Just my two cents, Josh
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I'm in Kansas City ... Its been available for just over a month now.
I have Time Warner cable:
We know have video on demand here which means I can order Harry Potter and watch it anytime I want for an eight hour period. This sounds much better than waiting to for a huge download and watching the movie on my pc!
Its also a little cheaper... $3.95 for new movies and $1.95 for older ones.
Their press release reffered to "grandfather"ing our current cd's... So I assumed they should still be there...
Josh
Wow, its amazing how we become delusioned by the feeling that everything on the Internet should be free... I'm sorry, but I haven't read one post where someone seems to realize that this setup is subsidizing MP3.com's providing you of this service... You are asking a company to provide you a significant amount of space and bandwith (yes, I am aware that there is one collection of mp3's, but you get the idea), and then expect this to be free... Get over it, in this Internet economy, companies just can't afford to do that anymore... I think we will see a lot more of this type of stuff in the near future... Yes, there are some annoying features, like having to insert cd's at random intervals which I'm not too excited about... But I am glad to have my accesss back, and if you read the press release on MP3.com, you will see that you get to keep all your existing uploaded cd's without them counting against your new addition of 25 for the free (ad supported) service, or 500 for the pay service... Just my two cents, Josh