@Ben Mautner
You're unimpressed, but then again you can pay what you think 160kbps MP3s are worth. Pay nothing for it, and if you really need that higher fidelity, buy the discbox release with the enhanced CDs. Or, pay for a download and then fetch a torrent of FLACs from somebody that did buy the discs. Fact is, Radiohead kept it simple, and will greatly satisfy 99.9% of the peeps that grab the mp3s; the trainspotting 0.1% can pay a premium for their fidelity bragging rights. (Make sure to pipe it through some Pear Anjou cables.)

Me, I'm unimpressed that they didn't release this as pay-what-you-wish, in 6 channel surround, encoded in an open source, lossless codec, with uncompressed 1200 dpi CMYK album art files, all crytographically signed by each member of the band and delivered with a commitment to purchase carbon offsets for the production and download energy usage. Frankly, anything less is beneath both me and Radiohead. =\

I did have trouble with the online store, but just waited for the initial wave of Digg/Reddit/bb/\/. "can I really pay $0?!?!" traffic to crest and it worked just fine.

More importantly, I downloaded it about 2 minutes after the release tonight, and the transfer cruised at the full rate of my DSL line, no hitches whatsoever.

I happily paid $10 for my copy. 8 tracks in, and it's clearly well worth it. I hope they release some stats on what people paid and perhaps also a comparison to what they'd have made from the label. Think I'll burn a copy for my girl now...