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10-18-2004, 02:31 PM
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10-18-2004, 02:49 PM
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Here's a way to look at using bittorrent. I can pick up the station that shows Lost but the reception is bad so recording it to see later is not fun. However, I can download it and watch it in clarity. Either way, I was going to watch a recording. I started using bittorrent last year when I could not watch Enterprise due to the rainy season killing the reception on the TV that was hooked up to the antenna. I discovered that the little 13 inch TV with a boosted rabbit ears antenna could actually pick up Enterprise well enough to allow me to barely watch the shows. So for a few weeks, I actually dragged the TV out of storage, put it on the kitchen table-angled the rabbit ears to that one exact spot and sat in a wooden kitchen chair to watch it. Now, I download the show, play it back on the computer whenever I want to with headphones on so that I don't interfere with what my wife is watching on the TV. I have 20 feet of cable so I can even louge in a comfy chair with the headphones on. Life is so much better with bittorrent.  Illegal usage: Downloading movies that are obviously not available on the TV. I personally just don't download movies of any kind. Period. Software that is not free to use. | |
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10-18-2004, 02:58 PM
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| pointreyes - I download Enterprise also but I do it from UseNet. Ultra fast because it is on commercial servers. I wish there was a Lost UseNet group. Plus I download the HDTV version.  __________________ Chat with the ABXBuds at the #ABxZone channel on EFnet Internet Relay Chat  If you don't have it then download mIRC from www.mIRC.com |
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10-18-2004, 03:05 PM
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| The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001
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| I download the HDTV version as well.  |
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10-18-2004, 03:13 PM
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| But somehow I have the feeling that any p2p system is slow because it's hosted on a non-commercial computer. __________________ Chat with the ABXBuds at the #ABxZone channel on EFnet Internet Relay Chat If you don't have it then download mIRC from www.mIRC.com |
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10-18-2004, 03:21 PM
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| The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001
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| On a 640/256 DSL connection I get a 350Meg download in under 4 hours (sometimes I get the download completed in about 2 hours) while browsing on the net at the same time. A lot depends on the speed of the torrents though. Some of the older ones take a very long time. However, the newer ones are normally relatively quick. |
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10-18-2004, 04:43 PM
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| In this case I'm happier talking about it.  I used BT to download 24 for one of my friends that she asked to video tape it. I always forgot about it so I had to find an alternative. A plus is it's much clearer in the HDTV version. A drawback is I can't get the subtitle. I'm not a native English speaker so I have problem with some of the dialogs. Fortunately, LOST is not that hard to understand, unlike 24 and ER. Oh BTW, LOST torrents are quick to download too due to a gigantic number of leechers/seeders. |
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10-20-2004, 09:04 PM
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| Shoot !!!!!!! I forgot to set the PVR !!!!!!!  Did anyone tape it? Can anyone send me the file?  |
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10-20-2004, 09:16 PM
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10-20-2004, 09:18 PM
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10-20-2004, 09:28 PM
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Not really. I download Smallville and Star Trek Enterprise all the time in HDTV format. __________________ Chat with the ABXBuds at the #ABxZone channel on EFnet Internet Relay Chat If you don't have it then download mIRC from www.mIRC.com | |
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10-20-2004, 09:29 PM
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A big thanks for the info. I'll check it out. __________________ Chat with the ABXBuds at the #ABxZone channel on EFnet Internet Relay Chat If you don't have it then download mIRC from www.mIRC.com | |
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10-20-2004, 09:46 PM
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| Hmmmmmmmm. Checked it out. Guide+ says a Disney movie from 8 to 10. TV Guide says Lost from 8 to 10. I hope TV Guide is right! __________________ Chat with the ABXBuds at the #ABxZone channel on EFnet Internet Relay Chat If you don't have it then download mIRC from www.mIRC.com |
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10-21-2004, 08:49 AM
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| They advertised it last night that they will be reshowing the episode. I think the fat kid is going to be around for a long time... The coffin thing is getting pretty weird!
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10-21-2004, 02:23 PM
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Should be a fast download at this time. | |
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