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scarred:
With movies or games, I always stick with getting the hard copy, no exceptions. But music is way different. Granted, if I really like the album/artist, I'll buy it. But otherwise, I'm a slut.

est:
For games I don't really care.  I am getting into Steam now that it is more solid and my ISP has unmetered downloads from a local Steam server.  It is cheaper and more convenient for me to buy it, set it to download for an hour or so, then come back to a game that is pretty much ready to play than it is for me to drive/train into the city, buy a game and come back.  Store prices here are pretty expensive, and on Steam I am trying to go by a rule that I never buy anything for over $40 USD unless it is a compilation, so it's been a pretty positive experience so far.

For music it is more complicated.  I download a lot of music, but when there is an album I like I will usually buy it in a store as well.  I should probably get into an online music store to save myself some money, but sometimes there is something about a physical cd that I like.

For books and movies I always buy the physical item.  I dislike reading books on a screen.  I an read forums and websites and articles and such just fine on the screen, but I guess I am conditioned to expect serious novel-like books to be physical.  If the Kindle 2 was out here I would like to pick one up, but not at the price they are asking.  In the future I will probably like some kind of reader device perhaps, but for now books are good.

With movies I never seriously watch them on my pc or laptop anyway so even though I have a fair few rips stored away I far prefer to have the dvd at the moment.  I'll see how I go once I get a decent media player like the WDTV HD or the new Ion-based Acer AspireRevo pc.

Melodic:
I can't stand downloading music, so my entire collection is from CDs I've purchased in-store.

With games, I am pretty much 50/50. I like owning the physical copy, but I've had a lot of positive experiences with Steam and am coming to rely on it more and more for 3rd-party gaming.

Movies, I'm all over the place on. Movies I don't particularly care about get slapped on torrent, and movies I do care about, I rent and rip from the disk. Any physical copies I have lying around are usually gifts or bargain-bin oldies.

ackblom12:
I've honestly moved to nothing but digital in all cases that it's possible. I haven't bought a physical copy of a PC game in god knows how long and I haven't bought a physical CD in years.

I mean, the catch of course is that you have to find a reliable source, but between Steam and Impulse, PC side i'll likely never have to touch a disc again. Especially if MS ever fucking releases Rise of goddamn Nations on one of those platforms.

SirJuggles:
I'll admit lately I've been torrenting some movies that I was interested in but never got a chance to see, but that is petering out with my free time.

While I am all for the idea of Steam, I've been turned off pretty much totally with the EA Download Manager interface that screwed me out of $40. If I ever find myself having a great deal of time and/or money on my hands I would be willing to give the Steam Complete Package (or whatever it's called) a chance, but otherwise I honestly think I'll stick to flash games for now. they fit my schedule better.

Music has been iTunes as of late, with the exception of when I go to shows. I find it funny that I always go to see bands I like and end up buying the opener's music.

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