Just some various things that I see with iTunes 7....

Ok, to start off with, history..
Computer(s)
System one: Home built. (I own my own computer shop)
AMD XP 2800 running @ 2083mhz. 1024 MB of DDR 400MHz Ram. 4 Hard drives totaling 480 GB of storage space. DVD everything drive from Lite-On. 256 MB nVidia 5700LE AGP 8x video. On-board Avance AC97 Audio card using the Digital SPDIF out to a 5.1 Digital Surround system. (this is just an office system, nothing fancy really)
System two: Dell Inspiron 4100 PIII 1.13 GHz, 512mb, 40 GB.
I use iTunes primarily on the AMD system. To date, I have not had that many problems, other than it being a resource hog at times. And especially with the laptop. But that is expected.
Couple things I have a beef with. I have been using this iTunes for around 3 or 4 years now. I recently started downloading TV shows. They have been playing and working fine on both the laptop and desktop, playing good, no stuttering etc.
Now all of a sudden, you upgrade us to 7. We can't purchase new videos unless we upgrade. Fine, I upgrade. Normally I do my big downloads with my laptop, as I do not have high speed where the AMD system is. No biggie.
First off, I noticed some differences. Number one, being the file sizes of the video has changed. For example Battlestar Galacta. Previous seasions before season 2. File sizes averaged 200MB, total bit rate of around 600. Now they are around 500MB per episode, and 1500 bitrate!!
This makes me ask the question...
Does this mean that my previous downloads of lesser quality are a WASTE, since you now have these bigger and better? That kinda irked me off actually. I would like to see that rectified, with the option to be able to re-download any I have previously purchased, so that the quality matched across the board.
Second. This newer quality video, KILLS the video playback capabilities. I mean, now it actually stutters somewhat on playback, even on the AMD machine. Not likeing that. They won't even play on the laptop anymore. Not even the older ones. What in the world did you do to the poor thing???
Third. This is mostly to those with cracking sound. My guess is... System being played from may not be able to keep up with the demands on the CPU of the new version of iTunes. I don't have that problem, but I am playing it via a digital link, not analog. My laptop however sounded normal on playback of music.
More to that fact, I have noticed a serious slow down with response on both machines while using iTunes. Any reason why that is? And can it be fixed?
Finally. Why is the system CPU time in such high demand during a download of a purchased file? It pegs the system at 100 percent the entire time it is downloading, and can take up to 10 minutes to know if I clicked pause on the download screen. THAT is a problem. Again, this was on the laptop, but it was NEVER like that before.
Anyways, this is my thing, so any info would be appreciated. And I hope someone at Apple really takes heed at this. Hope this helps some of you out there!
Ace

Hey DTM, you may want to consider reporting these concerns using the iTunes Feedback page at http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html.
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