Rhapsody is an evolution from an online jukebox service to an all-inclusive, one-stop digital music store and service. Now you can buy downloads, or rent them for use on your computer—or, if you pay extra, on a compatible music player using the "Rhapsody To-Go" subscription option. Before, you were limited to streaming music or burning tracks to CD - not anymore.

Gone are the days when you had to save your money and buy a tape (remember those?) or CD. Now you can get the music of your choice off the net at very affordable prices. The quality is great and rendition is crystal clear.

What's more, the Rhapsody software can now double as music jukebox software, allowing you to manage digital music files obtained from other sources, such as files ripped from CDs.

Rhapsody also adds a killer new feature to let you keep your Janus-compatible MP3 player stuffed with tunes for a monthly fee equivalent to the price of a single CD.

With Rhapsody you get unlimited access to over 1,500,000+songs, complete music jukebox software to manage your entire collection, and over 80 ad-free radio stations. They also allow you to create and share your playlists (a standard feature among most online music services.) You can even watch music videos and see pictures of the artists from your favorite band.

Rhapsody not only has one of the most complete catalogs of music among legal music services (more than one million tracks), it also has one of the best query interfaces for finding the music you want. When you enter a search, you get albums in one column, which you can sort by release date, popularity, or name. You also can readily see how a group is filed under Rhapsody's genre tree, which is more deeply layered than any other service.

Rhapsody includes a free 14-day trial of Rhapsody Unlimited. If you don't own a credit card, they have a service they call Rhapsody - FREE where you can listen to hours of free music every month. Besides these subscription type services, you can also purchase music downloads from their RealPlayer Music Store. They have over 1,000,000 songs that are ready for purchase.

Overall this is a service whose time has come.  You can now pay a very small fee and never have to buy a CD again.  Amazing when you really think about the fact that you can stuff unlimited songs onto your mp3 player and just go crazy if you like.