Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 21 April 2008 08:18 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 14:21 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> ____/ Homer on Wednesday 16 April 2008 23:53 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tesco breaks free of WMA chains
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>> | TESCO DIGITAL will soon be launched in the UK. The partly DRM-free
>>>>>>> | music download concern will now offer 1.6 million Ipod-friendly MP3
>>>>>>> | files alongside the current roster 1.7-million Windows-hamstringed
>>>>>>> | tunes.
>>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/tesco-breaks-free-wma-chains
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Finally. Choice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cool. I've been with Tesco (groceries) online for years, so I won't even
>>>>>> have to sign up, I can just start downloading.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm still waiting for Amazon's UK MP3 service (slated for this year).
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody ought to set up an Ogg service too. There's a niche market to
>>>>> address there. To tell you the truth, I think streaming is the future.
>>>>> Even for mobile devices, the prospects of meshes with Google and Android
>>>>> involved are not so far fetched.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I used the Waitrose/Occado online service for years, excellent website,
>>>> easy to use and they were very reliable. Until the final two deliveries,
>>>> where the driver lied about where he was, turned up an hour early and
>>>> had dropped some food.
>>>>
>>>> Used Sainsbury a couple of times, but now on riverford for organic
>>>> vegetables, eggs and meat; wine warehouse for beer (2 cases usually come
>>>> in at < £1 per pint, good beer, too) and sainsbury for other stuff.
>>>> I'm looking at sourcing fish & cheese away from supermarkets, too,
>>>> as I seem to get both a better price and a better quality that way.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, none of the above do MP3s that I'm aware of...
>>>
>>> I've done that with Sainsbury's since 2003, but they only sell CDs. They are
>>> very reliable in general, overall.
>>>
>>
>> My personal view is that if you want an MP3, buying the CD and then
>> ripping the MP3 is the best bet...
>
> ...More expensive though, unless you want an entire album with tracks from the
> same artist/s (which nowadays means getting a 'single', maybe a couple, and
> some drumbeat 'space fillers').
>
To be frank, something between little and nothing of the current "BPI"
output interests me, but perhaps I'm not the target market...
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