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I just searched for a few of my favourite Metal bands and didn't find them on iTunes! :( A quick Google is telling me iTunes doesn't support buying lossless cod

by shocks 14y ago

I just searched for a few of my favourite Metal bands and didn't find them on iTunes! :( A quick Google is telling me iTunes doesn't support buying lossless codecs. One thing I have been trying to do recently is sending messages to bands I like asking to buy a CD from them that is signed. I get to show my support for a band I really like, and I also get something more than just the CD. As for TV, I have a TV license in England which allows me to stream TV and 4OD is pretty good. I tried NetFlicks but I was unimpressed by the selection available. The problem is that streaming real HD movies/TV is not particularly easy, and no service I have come across lets me download them. I could rent BluRay's from a place like LoveFilm, but I don't have a BluRay player... I would willingly pay £30-40 a month for a legitimate service that lets me download full movies/tv shows in 1080p .mkv format and keep them to watch again at another time. edit: I'd like to point out I want REAL HD. iTunes/Android/YouTube/etc offer horribly compressed 720p videos with lossy audio. <--- Quality freak here.

DanBC 14y ago
> As for TV, I have a TV license in England which allows me to stream TV and 4OD is pretty good. The licence lets you watch tv as it's broadcast. You don't need a licence for catch-up style services.
- shocks 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure you need a licence to watch BBC iPlayer. 4OD perhaps not, but 4OD is covered in adverts. edit: > http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/... I stand corrected! :)
  - pbhjpbhj 14y ago
    If you watch iPlayer "live" you do. Why they don't have an "enter your license number" facility that then drops all programmes that you're not allowed to see, or indeed a paywall, I don't know.
  - WickyNilliams 14y ago
    The GP is correct, you only need a licence for watching TV live. I have had the TV licence people round my house and I explained to them that I watch TV exclusively via the internet and never live. There was no problem with this, I've not heard from them since. Love, Someone who hasn't had a TV licence for years
JonnieCache 14y ago
There's your startup idea then. A high quality independent retailer for underground rock music. Boomkat for guitars. Two problems: 1) Rock music is much more controlled by the big four labels. I checked the latest album from Lamb of God, the most fucked up metal band I could remember off the top of my head: they're on sony. On the other hand, Sunn O))) are on an independent label and they're pretty well known. Maybe lamb of god are more mainstream than I remember. 2) Rock music lacks electronic music's mainly nerd-based audience. While there are undoubtedly a lot of nerds in the metal scene, they lack the raver's inherent kinship with machines. Also, there isn't the same DJ culture, which is perhaps the most common reason why buyers of electronic music demand quality.
- shocks 14y ago
  I think #2 is the biggest issue. I'm not sure how the metal community would react to a "beatport for metal". Regarding #1, that's definitely an issue but there are still some pretty large subsections of metal on "non-mainstream" labels, esp. folk metal, black metal, etc. The sort of bands you'll see at Wacken Open Air. Metal used to be a much bigger thing, it's died down in recent years, but still has devout fanbase. I'm sure there is a market, but I'm not quite sure how big it is... And Lamb of God are awesome too! \m/ Saw them live in London. :D

by shocks 14y ago

DanBC 14y ago

> As for TV, I have a TV license in England which allows me to stream TV and 4OD is pretty good. The licence lets you watch tv as it's broadcast. You don't need a licence for catch-up style services.

shocks 14y ago
I'm pretty sure you need a licence to watch BBC iPlayer. 4OD perhaps not, but 4OD is covered in adverts. edit: > http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/... I stand corrected! :)
- pbhjpbhj 14y ago
  If you watch iPlayer "live" you do. Why they don't have an "enter your license number" facility that then drops all programmes that you're not allowed to see, or indeed a paywall, I don't know.
- WickyNilliams 14y ago
  The GP is correct, you only need a licence for watching TV live. I have had the TV licence people round my house and I explained to them that I watch TV exclusively via the internet and never live. There was no problem with this, I've not heard from them since. Love, Someone who hasn't had a TV licence for years

JonnieCache 14y ago

There's your startup idea then. A high quality independent retailer for underground rock music. Boomkat for guitars. Two problems: 1) Rock music is much more controlled by the big four labels. I checked the latest album from Lamb of God, the most fucked up metal band I could remember off the top of my head: they're on sony. On the other hand, Sunn O))) are on an independent label and they're pretty well known. Maybe lamb of god are more mainstream than I remember. 2) Rock music lacks electronic music's mainly nerd-based audience. While there are undoubtedly a lot of nerds in the metal scene, they lack the raver's inherent kinship with machines. Also, there isn't the same DJ culture, which is perhaps the most common reason why buyers of electronic music demand quality.

shocks 14y ago
I think #2 is the biggest issue. I'm not sure how the metal community would react to a "beatport for metal". Regarding #1, that's definitely an issue but there are still some pretty large subsections of metal on "non-mainstream" labels, esp. folk metal, black metal, etc. The sort of bands you'll see at Wacken Open Air. Metal used to be a much bigger thing, it's died down in recent years, but still has devout fanbase. I'm sure there is a market, but I'm not quite sure how big it is... And Lamb of God are awesome too! \m/ Saw them live in London. :D