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mr_doles:
You should absolutely be able to try before you buy. Ever go to a car dealership and buy a car without test driving it. I can't count the number of tapes that I have bought as a kid because I heard 1 song on the radio and found the real reason there was only 1 song on the radio. With that being said most stores like Walmart and Amazon will let you listen to samples of each song before you buy it.
Well that's just my 2 cents anyway, which would not even buy 2 seconds of 1 song. ???
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on December 07, 2008, 11:25:14 pm --- When I was starting to buy music on a regular basis as a teen... I started to see the prices climb higher and higher. $10-$12 wasnt too bad... but when titles were $15-$20.. that was the last time Id buy regularly.
Today, you can get a DVD for $7 with a decent movie... yet you cant get a decent CD
for that! How pathetic is that overpricing? A DVD holds 10x the data, and is much more
entertaining.
--- End quote ---
I agree. Heck, you can't even get a CD for TWICE that sometimes. It's pathetic. Artists need to be compensated for their work; record companies don't. Radiohead and Trent Reznor are pioneers in that area and I hope people support them as much as possible for that.
From buying cassette tapes to CDs and now DVDs, the record industry hasn't come to terms with technology that appeals to various groups of people.
Stop and look at the fact that NBC offers webisodes of shows online like The Office. Not just the show you forgot to DVR the other night. Rather, they have new material that's available only online. No fee, no bs. Sure they may show an ad, but who cares. That's why we have tabbed browsing. They understand how to offer a quality product that meets a need (or creates a need). The RIAA can suck it.
Hoopz:
Oh yeah, took the survey! ;D
saint:
Took the survey. I won't buy anything with DRM unless I know it's removable. Once I buy music, I want to be able to play it on my ipod, my computer at home, my computer at work, my Blackberry, and the widget I haven't purchased yet. Restrict my legitimate use, lose my business.
(+_+):
I feel the same way about overpricing Xiaou2.
I have a Blueray player and have only bought one blueray disk in 6 months. I find most of the media prices rediculously expensive. The ones that are cheaper (but still expensive IMO) are either crappy movies or are already a part of my DVD collection. I would rather never, every buy a BR disk and have my player rot and take the loss than give in to their flagrant prices.
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