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ARCHIVED FORUM -- April 2007 to March 2012 READ ONLY FORUM
This is the first Archived Forum which was active between 17th April 2007 and
1st March February 2012
Latest post 06-14-2008 8:32 AM by Tom. 8 replies.
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06-13-2008 2:04 PM
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TripEnglish
- Joined on 10-27-2007
- America
- Posts 1,595
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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
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Flappo The Grate
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Posts 703
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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 :)
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JoC
- Joined on 08-20-2007
- Northern Ireland
- Posts 121
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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 ) 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. 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...
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mor
- Joined on 04-18-2007
- Cologne
- Posts 104
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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.
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- Joined on 04-01-2007
- UK
- Posts 970
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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.
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Russ
- Joined on 05-07-2007
- Washington, DC USA
- Posts 641
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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. Russ
We kid because we love.
Bang & Olufsen Tysons Galleria
McLean, VA USA
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Christian
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Posts 626
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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 BeoPort, BS9000, Pentas.
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.... ;)
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Tom
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Luxembourg
- Posts 3,175
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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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