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Latest post 06-14-2008 8:32 AM by Tom. 8 replies.
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  • 06-13-2008 2:04 PM

    Where does your digital media come from?

    Wondering where everyone obtains their digital audio and video from.

    I obtain over 99% of my music from ripping CDs (to control quality & eliminate pesky DRM)

    As for digital video, I rip a few movies here and there, I've bought a few TV episodes off iTunes, but for the most part I use bit torrent to capture movies & television shows. 

    There is scarcely anything in this world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey. - John Ruskin

  • 06-13-2008 2:15 PM In reply to

    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    isn't bit torrent vaguely illegal ? oh crikey !

    i buy all my music from itunes and all my videos / blurays from amazon

     games , i get from blockbusters or d/l from the psn store

    apart from my dvd fuzz-o-vision™ copy of iron man

    which i picked up from a nice chinese lady in my local pub

     

    :) 

    popgear is grate™

  • 06-13-2008 2:18 PM In reply to

    • Beolab1
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    I'm old fashioned, I still buy CD's, either on internet or in the shop.
  • 06-13-2008 3:18 PM In reply to

    • JoC
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    All the music is bought on CD, then ripped, and the CD is stored for safe keeping.

    TV shows & Blu-Ray rips are got from Usenet, bit torrent and the rest of the P2P software is too time consuming, and now usually blocked/throttled by the ISP. A typical TV show (eg the season finale of Battlestar Galactica tonight Smile) from usenet will only take 5+ or so minutes to download (tomorrow). Blu-Rays take a tad longer, but then 1080p rips usually start at 8+gb in size, 720p at about 4+gb.

    All stored on a 4TB Raid5 NAS (with another 1.5TB on misc other drives), and all streaming to the BV7 via a PS3, sweet. Wink

    I've started to buy more & more DVD's now, well since Tesco etall have started selling them from £3+, maybe I'll buy more Blu-Rays, but at £25+ for a movie, I think I'll wait a bit... 

  • 06-13-2008 3:38 PM In reply to

    • mor
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    Audio 

    50% iTunes Store, 50% ripping CDs, both accessed through Mac->Beoport->Beocenter2

    Video

    Actually still buying DVDs, very few shows from AppleTV and the vast majority is simply timeshifted TV from Sky+ or free-to-air HDR1. 

  • 06-13-2008 3:39 PM In reply to

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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    98% ripped from CD's,

    2% iTunes Music Store

    I want to own a physical item not just a computer file. No DRM & no format incompatibility, thank you. 

  • 06-13-2008 8:02 PM In reply to

    • Russ
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    The last 2-3 years all of my music has been purchased on line.  Now that Amazon is selling non-DRM material, and iTunes is gradually making more high bit-rate, non DRM material available, I've been very happy with the results.

    I don't buy movies as a rule, I rent, if I can't find it on iTunes, I will break down and drive to Blockbuster Video.

    If Sci-Fi were back on iTunes, and BBC had its Mac viewer done, my life would be complete. 

    G5 iMac, Apple-TV, Avant/US, BeoSound 9000 and BeoLab 6000's.

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  • 06-14-2008 7:29 AM In reply to

    • Christian
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    All my digital media has been downloaded from TDC Play, my cable company, which provides MP3 at no charge for their customers.

    If I have downloaded an Album, and I think it is good, a buy the CD, either on the Internet (80 %) on in stores (20 %). When the CD arrives I delete the MP3s.

    Christian

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    Living room: BV7-40 mkIV + V8000, BL5, BL3, BM1 and BS9000. Bedroom: MX3000 and BL4500 on MCL2-AV. Around: PentaIII, CX100 and MCX35 on ML/MCL + MCL2-A, BeoPort and BL4 on ML, BS3300 + M75 as stand alone, BC6000 + BC600 and BT1100, LC1, LC2, Beo4, Beo5 and BL1000, BS2 and A8, EarSet2, Apron, Coffee mugs, Enamel Bagdes, Bath towel, Keyring, Books, Lots of miniature and the Bottle opener. Office: BC2300 + BL2500 and BS3. Summer house: BS Century.

    Addicted? Oh no.... ;)

  • 06-14-2008 8:32 AM In reply to

    • Tom
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    Re: Where does your digital media come from?

    I rip every CD I buy and have my whole discothèque on my HD. 

    Most of the music I buy is still on CDs. For classical and jazz, I only buy CDs, for pop and everything else, it depends. If I really like a band or an album, I will buy the disc, for all the rest, I buy it on iTunes or download it with Limewire.

    I have never downloaded of copied a  movie. All my movies are on DVD.

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

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