Are torrents still the way?

[mgftp]

Are they? Is utorrent still the best program? And what are the best sites for finding torrents? Thanks computer brahs.

[Heracles26]

isohunt . com

[RipRearHole]

yeah utorrent is solid bro, the best place imo is torrentz . com

[DartBoard]

I still think so.

[Tamorlane]

Are they? Is utorrent still the best program? And what are the best sites for finding torrents? Thanks computer brahs.

People claim Usenet groups are the best. The downside is you must pay a small monthly fee, but apparently you get access to anything and everything, and it isn't tracked or shared p2p (I think it's a direct download).

I've always used bittorrent as the client, and download from either isohunt.com or thepiratebay.org

[MFUM]

Are they? Is utorrent still the best program? And what are the best sites for finding torrents? Thanks computer brahs.

Fenopy . com

[illriginalized]

Yes.

I personally use utorrent for windows and transmission for linux.

Just be smart about it... use a proxy while you seed.

[Shoester]

Big fan of demonoid.

[Vagitarian]

I always find everything I need with trusty ole ThePirateBay.org

[ComAtMePhaggot]

yea, just be careful of movies, tv shows, games. everything else is fine

[Th3KaNgSt3R]

Demonoid, isohunt, and the piratebay.
Pm me if you want a demonoid invite, they have really good torrents.

[samarrand]

lol at the demonoid comments. That place has sucked for some time now.

iptorrents is the place to go...

[illriginalized]

Demonoid, isohunt, and the piratebay.
Pm me if you want a demonoid invite, they have really good torrents.

I dunno their HD 720p~1080p quality movies and shows are lacking a lot.

[FuzzeWuzze]

People claim Usenet groups are the best. The downside is you must pay a small monthly fee, but apparently you get access to anything and everything, and it isn't tracked or shared p2p (I think it's a direct download).

I've always used bittorrent as the client, and download from either isohunt.com or thepiratebay.org

Newsgroups are...

Just an example

Nzbmatrix

Number of x264(720p & 1080p) Videos indexed: 17341
Numbe of Blu Ray Dumps(full disk image): 4000
Number of DVD Images: 34000
Number of DIVX/Xvid: 35000

And thats just for movies...all 100% downloadable, no seeding, no rules, all leeching, cap your connection the instant you press connect.

Seems worth it for 8 dollars a month. Brb never renting a movie, or even having cable Television because its all so easily available.

if you have ****ty internet < 10mb Torrents are good, but if you have faster your really missing out.

Brb downloading some obscure TV show from 15 years ago, and not having to cry on the comments that nobodies seeding.

Go look at Nzbmatrix's index, its free to look at i think without an account.

[illriginalized]

Newsgroups are...

Just an example

Nzbmatrix

Number of x264(720p & 1080p) Videos indexed: 17341
Numbe of Blu Ray Dumps(full disk image): 4000
Number of DVD Images: 34000
Number of DIVX/Xvid: 35000

And thats just for movies...all 100% downloadable, no seeding, no rules, all leeching, cap your connection the instant you press connect.

Seems worth it for 8 dollars a month. Brb never renting a movie, or even having cable Television because its all so easily available.

if you have ****ty internet < 10mb Torrents are good, but if you have faster your really missing out.

Word. XBMC + torrents = No more satellite T.V. and especially no more re-runs (unless I feel like watching it) and no more commercials.

[FuzzeWuzze]

Word. XBMC + torrents = No more satellite T.V. and especially no more re-runs (unless I feel like watching it) and no more commercials.

I know theres Sickbeard for Torrents now i think too..you may want to look into it...i use it heavily for TV shows and im assuming you do as well if your using XBMC, if your not...look at it.

DVR basically, tell it what shows you want and it auto downloads them, extracts them where you want in your proper directory structure, and you can set it up to remotely message your XBMC box(assuming its a seperate PC) to update its library upon download completion.

Not only that but i end up getting shows usually 2 hours before air because most are ripped on East coast, and dont air for me until 3 hours later.

[Th3KaNgSt3R]

I dunno their HD 720p~1080p quality movies and shows are lacking a lot.

True, but I don't notice that, cuz I rarely get movies. But I usually search like 2 other sites to cross check the number of seeders and the quality.

[DexterGT]

yep, however demonoid, piratebay and isohunt are awful, the way to go is private trackers, Iptorrents, torrentleech, revolutionTT and a good public one is Torrentday.com but they will become private in a few days

[Th3KaNgSt3R]

yep, however demonoid, piratebay and isohunt are awful, the way to go is private trackers, Iptorrents, torrentleech, revolutionTT and a good public one is Torrentday.com but they will become private in a few days

Thanks for telling me about Torrentday, I just signed up.
Also can anyone give me an invite to any private torrent sites?

[DexterGT]

Thanks for telling me about Torrentday, I just signed up.
Also can anyone give me an invite to any private torrent sites?

Pm me your email, u must keep a good ratio on private trackers or they ban you so keep that in mind, try to keep 1.0 at least.

[KeepOnShruggin]

In what way are torrents better for music when you can just find a mediafire link or something and DL directly with no/little wait?

[illriginalized]

In what way are torrents better for music when you can just find a mediafire link or something and DL directly with no/little wait?

Maybe having a better chance of finding rare tunes? Other than that.. I prefer direct link vs torrent for music.

[AppleCat]

For movies/tv shows, I'm going to be downloading in my office at school because of speed/not eating up my own network when wanting to game/misc/etc. Is it better to download directly to an external HDD or to just copy over after they've downloaded? I think I've asked this before but forgot what people said - I think someone mentioned downloading to computer first is good because of temp files that need to be created but idunnolol. Also, I know it will likely depend on the computer/external HD, but what would normal time be to transfer say, 2 GB worth of movies (if I were to download to computer and then copy).

Thanks and will try to rep.

[GodzSource]

yes they still are the popular choice

[ChristmasFnatic]

Vuze is still the way to go.

[Th3KaNgSt3R]

Vuze is still the way to go.

I think uTorrent is better.

[illriginalized]

For movies/tv shows, I'm going to be downloading in my office at school because of speed/not eating up my own network when wanting to game/misc/etc. Is it better to download directly to an external HDD or to just copy over after they've downloaded? I think I've asked this before but forgot what people said - I think someone mentioned downloading to computer first is good because of temp files that need to be created but idunnolol. Also, I know it will likely depend on the computer/external HD, but what would normal time be to transfer say, 2 GB worth of movies (if I were to download to computer and then copy).

Thanks and will try to rep.

Maybe if it's a 3.0 USB external drive.. otherwise.. directly to PC then cut/paste into external HDD.

[AppleCat]

Maybe if it's a 3.0 USB external drive.. otherwise.. directly to PC then cut/paste into external HDD.

Thanks - also a little excited on another note. Bought a new tv when I moved last month and forgot that it has the LAN port on back. I was assuming there was a way to play my music/movies over the network. I just remembered tonight and am downloading some PC share manager (from samsung) that should allow me to do. Should be a nice little way to work (I can also plug in directly with USB too). idunnolol


edit: I think I could have already been doing this easily with my 360 (media center?) but don't like the idea of running it more than I need to (which is also the reason I stream netflix though my roku - though I think I would have been better off going the WD way)

[Veldy]

For movies/tv shows, I'm going to be downloading in my office at school because of speed/not eating up my own network when wanting to game/misc/etc. Is it better to download directly to an external HDD or to just copy over after they've downloaded? I think I've asked this before but forgot what people said - I think someone mentioned downloading to computer first is good because of temp files that need to be created but idunnolol. Also, I know it will likely depend on the computer/external HD, but what would normal time be to transfer say, 2 GB worth of movies (if I were to download to computer and then copy).

Thanks and will try to rep.

My computer is running slow as **** lately (wrong AC adapter, it broke..)

I transfered about 25GB of files from one external to another today in like 10-15 min
I know that that isn't even that fast.. So you don't really need to worry about that.


I also agree with direct downloads for music (mediafire, etc)

I recently jumped on the newsgroup train. Absolutely loving it so far.
We'll see what school says in the fall about me downloading **** tons of files through an SSL connection.
--Already got caught once downloading some stupid cd with torrents one time.. Don't care to do that again

[jawnzer]

I think uTorrent is better.

It doesn't detect PS3 though. Only reason why I have vuze.