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7Digital Review
- 7Digital is only in the UK so the prices quoted here are in British pounds
- 7Digital is a pay per download service offering content at the following prices
- Individual songs - £0.79
- Albums - vary depending on title (start at £2)
- Videos - vary widely according to title, but expect to pay about £1.79 for a music video
- Largest MP3 collection in the UK
- Pay for tracks via SMS in the UK
- 7digital Locker feature to recover tracks you lose
- Free download manager software
- Compatible with PC and Mac
- Multiple formats at no extra cost
- Music from bands on major labels
- Standard MP3 downloads at 192 kbps
- High quality downloads at 256 or 320 kbps
- Download tracks DRM free
- Burn to an unlimited number of CDs
- Copy to an unlimited number of portable devices
- Browse albums by price
- Download albums for as little as £2
- Watch interviews with top artists
- Lots of tracks free to download
- Download Audio books and comedy shows
- Only available in the UK
- Extra indiestore mini-site for independent artists
7Digital is a strong competitor in the music download market in the UK, but has not yet launched a U.S version. It offers a huge selection of downloads and has recently finished completely converting to DRM free MP3 format. If you live in the UK and are interested in 7Digital read on for the details.
The 7Digital web site is easy on the eye, well laid out and a breeze to navigate. We particularly liked the featured categories section with interesting categories such as 'music from TV adds' for when you desperately want to know the name of the tune in the latest mobile phone advert!
One of the best things about 7Digital is that it is offering a large number of tracks in 320kbps encoding. That's higher than even iTunes is offering at the moment. To be honest most of us probably wouldn't notice the difference, but it's definitely something to note for all you audiophiles out there.
The final thing worthy of mention about 7Digital is that they have a mini-site incorporated into the main site which is dedicated to independent artists. Here, you will find masses of new music by up and coming bands and all for very reasonable prices. They even let artists sign up to sell and manage their own music through the site. This is something we haven't seen on other sites and we think it is a great thing for the music industry.
Regarding Digital Rights Management (DRM):
all of 7Digital's music collection is now offered as MP3 files at varying qualities. The lowest is 192 kbps, but most tracks can be found at 256 or 320 kbps. Since they are MP3 files they are completely DRM free. This means you can copy them to any number of portable players, including the iPod, and also burn to any number of CDs.
What about value for money?
Any individual song can be downloaded for £0.79 and albums vary depending on the number of songs on it and the artist it's by. In general you can expect to pay around £7.99 for a new release album though. Video downloads again vary, due to there being many different types of video to choose from. Music video downloads though, are generally around about £1.79.
7Digital is a great service for anyone based in the UK, and those the other side of the Atlantic should keep their eyes peeled for its arrival. The standout feature is the high quality of the tracks on offer, so we would recommend this to anyone who has a real expensive hi-fi system with which to appreciate the tracks.
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