February 7, 2005
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Napster Do the Math Commercial |
Did you see the
Napster Superbowl commercial? In the Napster commercial they show the cost of 10,000 songs via Napster vs. buying 10,000 songs via iTunes. Since iTunes charges $1 per song for $10,000 total and Napster charges a flat-rate unlimited monthly subscription fee, it's easy to see who "supposedly" wins this Superbowl battle... ITunes fans/iPod fans are in an uproar over this commercial. Anyway, this reminded me of a Napster problem with Windows Media Center Edition 2005. Actually it's a problem with Napster used with a Linksys Media Center Extender - a wireless multimedia extender which I reviewed
here. In the comments of my
Linksys MCX review, you'll notice that someone posted an issue with Napster and the Linksys MCX, which I pasted below:
Looks like there are Napster issues with Linksys Media Center Extender. Nap Anybody have a problem logging into Napster through the extender? Using the remote, I input my user name and password, and click sign-in. It then tells me the "server has timed out, try again". I am able to get into Napster via Media Center on the PC, but not with the extender. Called both napster and linksys, no help.
I too tried getting Napster to work with the Linksys MCX but with no success. I emailed Linksys and they said they'd look into it, but it's been 3 weeks and counting. Not holding my breath...