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NRen2k5 · 05-09-2005

My thoughts:

Buy CD's.

If you really insist on going the "crippled content subscription" route, then get a good soundcard that has an optical output (such as a Chaintech AV-710), and a minidisc recorder.

Okay, MiniDisc has a DRM scheme of its own, but at least it doesn't include some kind of expiry date. Your MiniDisc recordings will play forever.

A nice thing about MiniDisc is that the discs themselves are very robust; they cannot get scratched and will stand up to at least a decade of ordinary use. Your hard drive and CD-R's won't last that long.

05-09-2005	#2 (permalink)
NRen2k5 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 460	Re: Another way around DRM? My thoughts: Buy CD's. If you really insist on going the "crippled content subscription" route, then get a good soundcard that has an optical output (such as a Chaintech AV-710), and a minidisc recorder. Okay, MiniDisc has a DRM scheme of its own, but at least it doesn't include some kind of expiry date. Your MiniDisc recordings will play forever. A nice thing about MiniDisc is that the discs themselves are very robust; they cannot get scratched and will stand up to at least a decade of ordinary use. Your hard drive and CD-R's won't last that long.