Built using HTML5's Canvas element (for those who are Web-standards au fait), it claims to combine the best of Google's online collaboration features with Microsoft Word's high quality formatting.
The company plans on offering more music in the higher quality format, likening it to the move to High Definition video in the world of film and television.
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You have the option of choosing the default format or you may select a higher quality format from the menu, such as DVD or wide-screen quality.
"Remaster" is a term borrowed from the movie business, where movie studios sometimes clean up and color correct original prints that were previously only available on VHS or DVD and publish them on new, higher quality formats.
It gets to keep all its ad revenue and does not provide video in a high-quality format.
It seems odd to see the public abandon a high-quality format in favor of a lower-quality format.
(One caveat: a DVD of "Space 1999" may sound like fun, but in practice a bad show's flaws are grotesquely magnified when watched in a thrilling high-quality format).
(The price of complete albums from iTunes in the higher-quality format will remain the same).
Full symphonies will generally cost about $5 inMP33 format and $6 in a higher-quality format called FLAC.
Here are a few sites that sell downloads of concert recordings, generally for about $10 for an MP3 version and $13 for a higher-quality format.
