Go To Latest Video Reviews7digital DRM-Free Sales Skyrocket Comments
| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 7th Jul 2008 |
Comments for 7digital DRM-Free Sales Skyrocket
Simon Dyson said on 8th July 2008
Andy said on 8th July 2008
Therein lies the problem with all these services. Digital distribution is pretty moot if it doesn't provide the flexbility a digital medium is supposed to. It's very annoying.
Gordon said on 8th July 2008
depends what bitrate you want Simon - 7digital does offer far higher bitrates than iTunes.
Simon Dyson said on 8th July 2008
I don't necessarily want higher - I want selection. Everybody's needs are different. For example I may want smaller bitrates to fit more onto an MP3 player.
Digital distribution cuts out a lot of costs including manufacturing, transport and retail so the saving for the consumer (who is essentially receiving an inferior product) should be greater than £1.46.
McDave said on 22nd July 2008
Wake up Gordon, iTunes Plus offers the same higher bitrate but with the later codec (2 generations & 14 years later) giving it the equivalent of 384kbps of MPEG1/MP3 and practically all modern players play MPEG4/AAC.
Why is the general public being fooled into buying the digital audio equivalent of the Video CD (MPEG1) when they should be investing in the equivalent of Blu-ray (MPEG4) just incase they might want to trade their iPod in for that other oh-so-popular music player?
McD
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7digital should be applauded for this move but I don't find their prices competitive enough compared to the CD market. The latest Coldplay album is £7.49. I can get the physical CD and rip the MP3s myself for £8.95 (inc. postage) from Play. To me the £1.46 saving is not worthwhile when I can get the higher quality CD and then rip it to what ever digital formats and bitrates I please.