Music I buy from iTunes. My first few ebooks was done via iBooks; but found the iPad less than perfect for books. So I bought a Nook, and try to buy from sources like BAM to leave more options open as to what device I use to read the ebooks on.
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Do you guys buy everything from the Apple ecosystem (iTunes and iBooks)?
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I buy real books for stuff that I use as reference material (Photoshop, for instance.) Books for pleasure are generally from iBooks these days. True, Kindle has a bigger selection, but I hate the layout - I always feel like I'm reading unformatted paragraphs off a monitor with the iPad Kindle app. With iBooks, it feels more like I'm actually reading a book.
Thanks to iTunes now keeping a history, and iCloud allowing full re-downloads, I'm more comfortable buying my music online, and not be so reliant on physical discs. I'm slowly starting to repurchase albums that I really want, as well as singles from bands who only have a few songs that I like (remember Cassingles?
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Thanks to iTunes now keeping a history, and iCloud allowing full re-downloads, I'm more comfortable buying my music online, and not be so reliant on physical discs. I'm slowly starting to repurchase albums that I really want, as well as singles from bands who only have a few songs that I like (remember Cassingles?
)How is MOG? I've been trying to decide between a subscription to Rdio, Spotify or MOG.
I mainly buy music, either CDs or downloadable MP3s, from Amazon. They have all sorts of credits and Amazon Prime makes it really convenient.
I also use a Kindle a fair bit but mainly download free books on it so far. There is simply so much free stuff available (especially now with the lending library idea) that it's hard to justify spending any money on books
Music - 95% CDs from Amazon or other online (YesAsia etc.)
5% iTunes (when it's just a single track off an album that I need)
If uncompressed music was available to download I'd switch to that. I buy CDs just to rip - and buy used if I can.
Movies - Pretty much all rented from LoveFilm, but a few times a year rented from iTunes if I spontaneously want to watch something.
DVD/BluRay as a purchased format is dead to me. I don't usually watch movies more than once, so I don't want to waste money owning them.
Books - 25% still buying dead trees
45% - Kindle (read on iPad/iPhone)
25% - O'Reilly bookstore in downloadable pdf
5% - iBooks - for one or two books, because iBook graphics are better than Kindle.
5% iTunes (when it's just a single track off an album that I need)
If uncompressed music was available to download I'd switch to that. I buy CDs just to rip - and buy used if I can.
Movies - Pretty much all rented from LoveFilm, but a few times a year rented from iTunes if I spontaneously want to watch something.
DVD/BluRay as a purchased format is dead to me. I don't usually watch movies more than once, so I don't want to waste money owning them.
Books - 25% still buying dead trees
45% - Kindle (read on iPad/iPhone)
25% - O'Reilly bookstore in downloadable pdf
5% - iBooks - for one or two books, because iBook graphics are better than Kindle.
Books - I've been reading books on electronic devices for about ten years now, starting with my old Treo 90, and generally I prefer to read books on devices--especially now that the technology has matured so much. I got the first Kindle when it came out, and enjoyed it a lot. When the iPad came out, it became my primary reading device, since I could look at all my favorite news and investing-related websites. I was pleased that my Kindle purchases could be read on the iPad. Going forward from there, I tended to prefer iBooks, though. My anecdotal comparison of identical books from both platforms indicates that iBooks books have fewer OCR errors than Kindle. Additionally, I read a lot of non-fiction, and this is an area where Kindle has really dropped the ball, as footnotes on Kindle rarely work as they are supposed to. Now that iCloud is around, it performs much the same function as Kindle's "synchronize your books to all devices feature", so again, I'm coming to rely far more on iBooks.
Music - For someone who owns as many iPods as I do, you'd think I'd have a lot more music--but I don't. When I got my first iPod five or six years back, I primarily used it to listen to podcasts--and that's still my primary audio usage (although of course, many podcasts are video now--and what better way to watch them then on an iPad? Oops, I have a Roku box now also, so maybe I shouldn't be so quick to say that...). With regard to actual music, some of it is purchased from iTunes, although generally that's more for things where I'm trying out a new group of some kind. If I'm really into something, I tend to buy CDs and rip 'em (again, iCloud may start to change my mind on this one). I'm also still very much into some bands that were popular in my youth, but just aren't available on iTunes or Amazon--some of them barely made it to the point of having their original vinyl releases transferred over to CD. So again, those get ripped.
Movies - Not that big of a consumer of them in rental form. I don't need to see a movie as soon as it's released for purchase or rental streaming. I do still have HBO, Showtime, etc; if I missed it in the theatre, that generally means I can wait another few weeks and see it for "free" as part of my satellite package--and I can DVR it, so I don't have to worry about watching it in 24 hours, before it self-destructs. If I really like a movie, and it's something I'm likely to watch multiple times, it's physical--DVD or blu-ray. It's kinda hard to bring your Roku box or Apple TV over to a friend's house just to have a movie night. And I like special features and the like--which sometimes aren't there when you buy a movie from the cloud.
TV - I'm a big consumer of TV. Mostly though, I just DVR stuff, and then watch it eventually (although storage is a problem, and sometimes I'm forced to dump whole seasons of shows unwatched, necessitating buying the DVD of the show a few months after the season is over, or calling up my friend Bob T. Orrent to help out a bit). HBO has the right idea here, with its HBOGo service--I hope more content providers start following this model.
btw, only sorta off-topic: Is there any real advantage to having an ATV in addition to a Roku? The only way I can see it being a benefit to me is if an ATV has the same depth of retention of "back-catalog" of podcasts. The podcast "channels" on Roku seem to only retain the last dozen or so episodes. Is there anything else that an ATV can do that a Roku can't? fwiw, I'm an Amazon Prime member, so I have much the same access to movies and TV shows (many of which are free, such as all Star Trek and all of the spinoff series, Buffy, Angel, and many older sitcoms).
Thanks.
Music - For someone who owns as many iPods as I do, you'd think I'd have a lot more music--but I don't. When I got my first iPod five or six years back, I primarily used it to listen to podcasts--and that's still my primary audio usage (although of course, many podcasts are video now--and what better way to watch them then on an iPad? Oops, I have a Roku box now also, so maybe I shouldn't be so quick to say that...). With regard to actual music, some of it is purchased from iTunes, although generally that's more for things where I'm trying out a new group of some kind. If I'm really into something, I tend to buy CDs and rip 'em (again, iCloud may start to change my mind on this one). I'm also still very much into some bands that were popular in my youth, but just aren't available on iTunes or Amazon--some of them barely made it to the point of having their original vinyl releases transferred over to CD. So again, those get ripped.
Movies - Not that big of a consumer of them in rental form. I don't need to see a movie as soon as it's released for purchase or rental streaming. I do still have HBO, Showtime, etc; if I missed it in the theatre, that generally means I can wait another few weeks and see it for "free" as part of my satellite package--and I can DVR it, so I don't have to worry about watching it in 24 hours, before it self-destructs. If I really like a movie, and it's something I'm likely to watch multiple times, it's physical--DVD or blu-ray. It's kinda hard to bring your Roku box or Apple TV over to a friend's house just to have a movie night. And I like special features and the like--which sometimes aren't there when you buy a movie from the cloud.
TV - I'm a big consumer of TV. Mostly though, I just DVR stuff, and then watch it eventually (although storage is a problem, and sometimes I'm forced to dump whole seasons of shows unwatched, necessitating buying the DVD of the show a few months after the season is over, or calling up my friend Bob T. Orrent to help out a bit). HBO has the right idea here, with its HBOGo service--I hope more content providers start following this model.
btw, only sorta off-topic: Is there any real advantage to having an ATV in addition to a Roku? The only way I can see it being a benefit to me is if an ATV has the same depth of retention of "back-catalog" of podcasts. The podcast "channels" on Roku seem to only retain the last dozen or so episodes. Is there anything else that an ATV can do that a Roku can't? fwiw, I'm an Amazon Prime member, so I have much the same access to movies and TV shows (many of which are free, such as all Star Trek and all of the spinoff series, Buffy, Angel, and many older sitcoms).
Thanks.
I usually listen to most music on Spotify, and buy the stuff I really like on iTunes. I have rented a couple of films from iTunes, but other than that I don't really want films. If I read a book (which isn't much anymore) I go to the library and borrow one.
I'm like you.
Infrequently do I purchase from iTunes. I prefer having the CD, DVD, and bok in my possession. Right now, I prefer purchasing my books, used online. Eventually when I make the leap to an electronic book reader, most likely an iPad, I will evaluate if Apple, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble is the best option.
Almost all of my downloaded music is through iTunes. For books I have a Kindle, and purchasing is usually through Amazon. I also get a lot of free books (no longer under copyright) from a buddy, which get transferred to the Kindle via Calibre. I don't typically buy movies, but when I do, I'll go grab a Blu-ray. Otherwise they're streamed or delivered via Netflix or Hulu+. Cable TV w/DVR for shows - I still haven't been fully able to cut the cord there yet.
Content gets streamed to an ATV, or otherwise directly to the TV via Samsung's interface.
Content gets streamed to an ATV, or otherwise directly to the TV via Samsung's interface.
Me too! That program is a swiss army knife - it's definitely one of my favorites.
I chose MOG based solely on wifi bitrates to iOS devices since I want to stream via Airplay when I am at home. However, here are a couple articles that might help you.
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2011/07/19/streaming-deathmatch-spotify-premium-vs-mog
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/MOG-v-Spotify-Part-II
I don't know much about Rdio.
Books - I rarely buy dead-tree books as the advantages of reading on an e-reader are enormous for me. I buy from iBooks or Amazon Kindle Store, whichever is cheaper. If I buy the Kindle version, I remove the DRM and import it into iTunes for reading in iBooks.
Movies - I've never bought a download. I only buy DVDs and Blu-rays.
Music - 99.9% of the music I buy is on CD or vinyl. I rip the CDs in iTunes and do most of my listening on my iPod or iPhone. Of course I listen to my records on my turntable. I love my local record store too much to download music, legally or illegally.
Movies - I've never bought a download. I only buy DVDs and Blu-rays.
Music - 99.9% of the music I buy is on CD or vinyl. I rip the CDs in iTunes and do most of my listening on my iPod or iPhone. Of course I listen to my records on my turntable. I love my local record store too much to download music, legally or illegally.
I buy music from iTunes but not books.
Although I like the idea of e-books, and they are useful, the stuff I buy is usually reference type books so its easier to have the hard copy.
Although I like the idea of e-books, and they are useful, the stuff I buy is usually reference type books so its easier to have the hard copy.
I buy CDs, DVDs, and blu-rays, wanting to get into vinyl. I also buy books. Within the past few years I have been buying much the said media on Amazon, though I am going to start buying from stores again, bookstore are closing and music stores are closing, I do not want to see them become extinct. The two story Barnes&Noble across the street from Michigan State University is closing, hate to see it go, I like the atmosphere of bookstores. I've rented 2 movies and purchased one album and about 10 other songs from iTunes, mostly singles.
I don't buy DRM'ed media and for music, I'd rather have a hard copy somewhere. I'm not much into spending money on 0s and 1s. I still cling to plastic.
Pretty much this, with the exception of Bands who don't have an album at the moment like Computers want me dead.
If I am adding an album to my own library, I would much rather have it in lossless formats that I can get from CD. This the main reason I don't buy iTunes and Amazon digital music files. The same can be said for buying movies...I would rather have BD if I am purchasing it for my own library.
I settle for less when I want to rent.
Yeah it bothers me Spotify doesn't stream to iOS devices at 320kbps like the desktop app does. I want to like MOG, but there are just some things that bother me.
MOG's Mac App is pretty nice though, with the built-in airplay button.
My only issue with MOG is the 64kbps streaming over 3G (you can still listen to previously downloaded files in 320kbps). If they could up that to at least 128kbps, I would be happier with the service. However, the 320kbps over wifi was a much more important feature for me.
Also, while the 64kbps streaming is a downside of using it in my car, the upside is that it has an interface that makes it work on my car's nav screen. Spotify does not have the interface, so it is just another reason I would choose MOG.
I also like the ability to setup an "Artist only" radio station or use the slider to just add a few or a lot more other artists. Last time I checked, no one else had this flexibility.
The 64kbps AAC+ actually sounds quite good for such a low bitrate. I do think they should let you choose though -- at least somewhere in the middle for mobile streaming.
I am eagerly awaiting an iPad app from either Spotify or MOG... whoever wins the race may win me over.