Comments on: EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads A Site About Everything and Nothing Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3444 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:17:51 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3444 Craig thanks for the technical info. I think this move by EMI will start the ball rolling properly. When you pay for music it should be in a format that can be played or transferred anywhere. I expect all the record labels will have to go down this route and should do so sooner rather than later. The longer they leave it the more established illegal downloads will become. I do have AUX sockets, great idea, I'll look into it Enjoy the weekend Regards Rod Craig
thanks for the technical info. I think this move by EMI will start the ball rolling properly. When you pay for music it should be in a format that can be played or transferred anywhere.
I expect all the record labels will have to go down this route and should do so sooner rather than later. The longer they leave it the more established illegal downloads will become.

I do have AUX sockets, great idea, I’ll look into it
Enjoy the weekend
Regards
Rod

]]> Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Craig http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3443 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:59:43 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3443 The protected songs currently on iTunes are 128Kbps, the new EMI unprotected ones will be 256Kbps. This also makes the newer songs file size larger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 Hopefully this move by EMI will give the other content protection schemes the much needed kick up the rear, so that they realise that when we buy media, we want it to play on whatever system we own, not the ones they say we should. Rod, does your stereo have an AUX input/output? If so buy a cheap DVD player and plug that in. Quite a few will play MP3s straight from CD. The protected songs currently on iTunes are 128Kbps, the new EMI unprotected ones will be 256Kbps. This also makes the newer songs file size larger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

Hopefully this move by EMI will give the other content protection schemes the much needed kick up the rear, so that they realise that when we buy media, we want it to play on whatever system we own, not the ones they say we should.

Rod, does your stereo have an AUX input/output? If so buy a cheap DVD player and plug that in. Quite a few will play MP3s straight from CD.

]]> Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3433 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:58:18 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3433 WoE It's what's lost in transmission would be my presumption. Every time you transfer something there is data or quality loss, much depending on resistance. Hence the use of gold terminals etc in higher end gear. The length of cable can be a factor in many cases with hifi etc, imagine the loss over the internet. Another factor will be the quality of your CD burner I imagine <i>we want ours made of the black box stuff aircraft have!</i> Reminds of a line I once heard: If the black box always survives an air crash why don't they make the plane out of the same material :) WoE
It’s what’s lost in transmission would be my presumption. Every time you transfer something there is data or quality loss, much depending on resistance.
Hence the use of gold terminals etc in higher end gear.
The length of cable can be a factor in many cases with hifi etc, imagine the loss over the internet.

Another factor will be the quality of your CD burner I imagine

we want ours made of the black box stuff aircraft have!

Reminds of a line I once heard:
If the black box always survives an air crash why don’t they make the plane out of the same material :)

]]> Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3432 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:53:21 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3432 FF exactly what the guy who sold me a small fortune's worth of equipment said, to quote "go to Asdas and get something for £40, it'll play everything" As to LPs, there is a collectors record shop in Hull and schools run field trips there so kids can see what a record is :( Supermarkets are all OK, same as with books, providing you want only the latest releases or Elvis' Greatest Hits as sung by Matt Munro (?spelling) you'll be OK. Not much chance of Metallica - looks like Blubster Rules OK from now on ! Cheers RC FF
exactly what the guy who sold me a small fortune’s worth of equipment said, to quote “go to Asdas and get something for £40, it’ll play everything”

As to LPs, there is a collectors record shop in Hull and schools run field trips there so kids can see what a record is :(

Supermarkets are all OK, same as with books, providing you want only the latest releases or Elvis’ Greatest Hits as sung by Matt Munro (?spelling) you’ll be OK.
Not much chance of Metallica - looks like Blubster Rules OK from now on !

Cheers
RC

]]> Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Witches of Eastwick http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3427 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:49:09 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3427 Rod, Why should the quality be 'near CD'? Is this a marketing ploy to keep both methods afloat and inevitably charge more for the best sound quality. Some of the ipods we've seen look very fragile and easily broken .... should the Witches invest in one, we want ours made of the black box stuff aircraft have! WoE Rod,

Why should the quality be ‘near CD’? Is this a marketing ploy to keep both methods afloat and inevitably charge more for the best sound quality. Some of the ipods we’ve seen look very fragile and easily broken …. should the Witches invest in one, we want ours made of the black box stuff aircraft have!

WoE

]]> Comment on EMI Shakes Up Music Downloads by: Femme Fatale http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3426 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:01:15 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/emi-shakes-up-music-downloads#comment-3426 Rod, What you need is a cheap hi-fi, they play anything, especially songs illegally downloaded!!!! I believe that we will soon see the demise of high street chains like HMV etc, which will not be so bad as they charge astronomical prices anyway, supermarkets are much cheaper. What is the world coming to? I say,"bring back the LP", there is no better sound than that of a needle scratching on your favourite tune!!!!!! Love FF xx Rod,
What you need is a cheap hi-fi, they play anything, especially songs illegally downloaded!!!!
I believe that we will soon see the demise of high street chains like HMV etc, which will not be so bad as they charge astronomical prices anyway, supermarkets are much cheaper.
What is the world coming to?
I say,”bring back the LP”, there is no better sound than that of a needle scratching on your favourite tune!!!!!!
Love
FF
xx

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