Comments on: Out With The Old, In With The New http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/ All your digital media goodness. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-77729 Josh Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:32:32 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/#comment-77729 I've been happy with the Amazon store the few times I've used it. I’ve been happy with the Amazon store the few times I’ve used it.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-77727 Glenn Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:00:50 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/#comment-77727 Yeah, that Mini looks positively gigantic! I can see why she was unhappy with it. :-) (shhh... she just wanted the new thing) I won't stomach DRM-laden music anymore. When forced to buy tunes from iTunes (because I can't find it elsewhere), I just use TuneBite to immediately convert it to an MP3. And although TuneBite makes this relatively painless, its still an extra step, and means you are getting even lower quality of course. The Amazon store is still missing lots of artists and albums, but when you find what you are looking for it works VERY well, and the integration with iTunes is entirely adequate. The downloader works well, and doesn't have to be loaded at startup. Highly recommended. Obviously the store itself needs lots of work. There is often little information, the GUI is kinda half-baked (like the Unbox video downloads), and so on, but it'll do until they redo it. Yeah, that Mini looks positively gigantic! I can see why she was unhappy with it. :-) (shhh… she just wanted the new thing)

I won’t stomach DRM-laden music anymore. When forced to buy tunes from iTunes (because I can’t find it elsewhere), I just use TuneBite to immediately convert it to an MP3. And although TuneBite makes this relatively painless, its still an extra step, and means you are getting even lower quality of course.

The Amazon store is still missing lots of artists and albums, but when you find what you are looking for it works VERY well, and the integration with iTunes is entirely adequate. The downloader works well, and doesn’t have to be loaded at startup. Highly recommended.

Obviously the store itself needs lots of work. There is often little information, the GUI is kinda half-baked (like the Unbox video downloads), and so on, but it’ll do until they redo it.

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