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O.P. MSN Music vs iTunes
I thought it might be nice to have a discussion about the online music stores available. In particular MSN Music which was opened only a few weeks ago
What do you think is better MSN Music or iTunes ? They are both very good stores and some people like me and Apple fans have probably already made their minds up but the other people might want to discuss it.
Here are some facts:
MSN Music
encodes at 160kb WMA
has over 1 million tracks
has the "five big labels" plus 2000 independant labels
$.99 for tracks, $9.99 for albums
compatible with over 70 devices
Read a review at MSN Music Review
iTunes
encodes at 128kb AAC
has over 1 million tracks
has the "four big labels" plus 600 independant labels
$.99 for tracks, $9.99 for albums
compatible with very few devices

PS: DRM is the same for both services at unlimited burn to CD or portable devices and music can be played on 5 different PC's or macs
Also, the big five labels are BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal, and Warner

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RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
well -_- By your statistics its easy to see that Msn Music is better -_- But i dont buy my music -_- but if i did id go with Msn Music..
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RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
I don't buy music online, but I wouldn't go with the MSN music store because they use WMA files. I really don't like the format.
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RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
You should add info like "Is there DRM?" "How many CDs can you burn your song on?" etc. This isn't comparing with all the facts.

I don't buy music online, but I would go with Apple if I did.

edit: Oh, and who are the "big labels"?

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RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
:O SEARCH!

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=33900
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Originally posted by bach_m
:O SEARCH!

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=33900


I didn't see any info about DRM, amount of CDs you can burn, et cetera. I know he said MSN has 5 big labels, and iTunes has 4. I'm asking who these labels are.. And ofcourse I could search for that, but I'm waaaay too lazy, since I'm not going to spend money on music anyway! There are enough free (internet) radio stations available!
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O.P. RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
Top post has been updates to include DRM and big 5 labels
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I personally would never use either, but If I had to, would probably use MSN Music, because it just looks more reliable and cheaper. But there are many more ways to get music now other than these to, think about Sony Music/Napster/SuperNova for instance, more widely used than these two put together probably!!
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iTunes is the same price as MSN Music :s

I would go with iTunes because the "independant lables" carry a lot of good music, and the "big labels" tend to carry the over-rated off-the-shelf bands.
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O.P. RE: MSN Music vs iTunes
um saralk did you actually read my stats!!! iTunes only has 600 independant while MSN Music has 2000 so MSN Music will, according to your theory, have more good music
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