Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Essex
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What does everyone use to download their films/games? years ago I used bittorrent and such but now I mainly use rapidshare/megaupload etc but they are becoming worse.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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I used to use torrents but mainly use newsgroups now. Cant recommend them enough. Always maxes out connection,no uploads, unzips automatically etc. They are great. Plus can use SSL when downloading if worried about fines etc
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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where are these news groups
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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i still use torrents. whats this newsgroups thing all about?
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luciaadr
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Registered: 11th Aug 04
Location: Bexleyheath, Greater London
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Ask John
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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if john knows then surely i can find it on wikijohnpedia?
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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 i do love all these comments about john i keep finding in threads
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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torrents.to > Utorrent
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Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Essex
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I looked at newsgroups before but it looked as confusing as fuck. So I need a client, a server and a nzb site? So far iv downloaded SABnzbd, signed up to newzbin and now I need a server right? but dont know which is any good.
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Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
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Iv given this one a go, seems cheap for ssl and unlimited downloads  http://www.newsdemon.com/
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I can appreciate that newsgroups are good, but the likes of PirateBay do me fine for free. I've always used uTorrent to download with personally.
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Tiesto
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire
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eztv.it > uTorrent
Sometimes use Demonoid, but only download TV shows.
[Edited on 12-10-2010 by Tiesto]
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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SABnzbd is good, repairs and unpacks automatically. Follow the setup guide and away you go.
I use Astraweb - $11/month, no bandwidth caps, SSL and 787 days retention (grows almost everyday).
You can get it a bit cheaper if you get 12 months at a time.
The website I use has closed signups at the minute so I'd recommend using newzbin, http://binsearch.info/, http://www.merlins-portal.net/usenet/nzb.php, http://nzbmatrix.com and finally http://filesharingtalk.com/nzbs/
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Reecemac
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Well that was easier that it sounded. Using SABnzbd, newsdemon and newzbin, just downloading my first file.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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Careful y'all dont dun goofed and get back traced
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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years ago rapidshare, these days it's rubbish.
nowadays piratebay.org & miro
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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quote:
Originally posted by jamied
I used to use torrents but mainly use newsgroups now. Cant recommend them enough. Always maxes out connection,no uploads, unzips automatically etc. They are great. Plus can use SSL when downloading if worried about fines etc
that sounds cool. Only way to get backtraced then would be ISP?
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luciaadr
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Registered: 11th Aug 04
Location: Bexleyheath, Greater London
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by jamied
I used to use torrents but mainly use newsgroups now. Cant recommend them enough. Always maxes out connection,no uploads, unzips automatically etc. They are great. Plus can use SSL when downloading if worried about fines etc
that sounds cool. Only way to get backtraced then would be ISP?
I think the ISP would only know that you were downloading something, they wouldn't know what exactly as it'd be encrypted. Newsgroup provider could roll ever though
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I can appreciate that newsgroups are good, but the likes of PirateBay do me fine for free.
Public sites are a no no.
In particular the pirate bay is heavily monitored by the MPAA and copyright organisations etc.
I believe last month everyone who downloaded a ministry of sound album from TPB was issued with a fine to pay?
Someone here did it and was caught.
Heres the thread.
Personally I use private torrent trackers and a remote seedbox.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Might as well just pay for the stuff you download if you go to the trouble of spending money imo.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
Public sites are a no no.
In particular the pirate bay is heavily monitored by the MPAA and copyright organisations etc.
I believe last month everyone who downloaded a ministry of sound album from TPB was issued with a fine to pay?
Someone here did it and was caught.
Heres the thread.
Personally I use private torrent trackers and a remote seedbox.
I've must've downloaded TB's over the years and never had a single problem. I'll wait for the day.
Like I said, I can appreciate the benefits of newgroups, etc. but I'm not paying. May as well pay for the actual product like John says.
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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I think the <£10 a month subscription out weights the £500 worth of downloaded media.
That being said, ive never paid for it and never will, not whilst I can max out line speed on private torrent sites which are safer etc
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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I use ST.org for most things, and if I need something that's not on there (older stuff) then isohunt.com
Got myself a very good ratio on ST, mainly becuase their servers cocked up and gave me a few TB extra 
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