English TV series discussion

I can DL big size ones and i have hardware capable of playing them but i don't really need it so why to do it. But yes if i had a big screen here where i live and i would be watching my shows on TV then i would have DLed bigger ones.

Btw we should steer away from DL stuff now since it may be against the rules. We don't want to invite wrath of mods.

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Completed The Office US yesterday, felt sad :(
Absolutely recommended comedy, does not tell you where to laugh (no laughter track which is good, yeah TBBT i am pointing to you).
The episodes which have Micheal Scott are the best, it goes bit downhill for me after that.

Done with 3 episodes of Sunny in Philadelphia S09, 1 last remaining.
 
Episode 5 of True Detective - This show got better even after that awesome ending to E04.
The main story is coming around now (to present times), sadly just 3 more episodes to go :(

So many great lines, wonderful acting, attention to detail, atmospheric, creepy and unrelentingly awesome. Waiting one week for an episode is actually better since you get time to process what you've watched so far.
 
^^ I don't know why Hart's family troubles get so much time on the show though. Hopefully, it will tie into the main storyline in some way because those bits are a drag.
 
chiron said:
^^ I don't know why Hart's family troubles get so much time on the show though. Hopefully, it will tie into the main storyline in some way because those bits are a drag.
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Oh they do .. they really really do .. :) :)

Remember what Hart said (repeatedly) about the detectives curse - "The solution was right under your nose all along" ..
 
vercetti said:
I download 300MB episodes:( with just 2GB downloads per day ....some of us have very very limited choices on the data we download
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I download these huge episodes because I am a hoarder. Many of the series I have already watched when only 300MB files were the option but I downloaded them again in 720p and some of them again in 1080p just to store. I know it is an addiction but until I am in a country where I can stream these with ease I can justify my addiction.
Same goes for movies. Everyone used to download these aXXo rips of 700MB. I remember having nearly 200 DVDs filled with those rips. Then I moved on to 720p, then to 1080p. Nowadays I first watch a movie by downloading those 10-15GB 1080p rips and then if I feel like keeping the movie in my collection I again download the full Blurays.
 
Same goes for me mate.... and u know my collection size:)
but for series only...i stick to SD quality
rdst_1 said:
I download these huge episodes because I am a hoarder. Many of the series I have already watched when only 300MB files were the option but I downloaded them again in 720p and some of them again in 1080p just to store. I know it is an addiction but until I am in a country where I can stream these with ease I can justify my addiction.
Same goes for movies. Everyone used to download these aXXo rips of 700MB. I remember having nearly 200 DVDs filled with those rips. Then I moved on to 720p, then to 1080p. Nowadays I first watch a movie by downloading those 10-15GB 1080p rips and then if I feel like keeping the movie in my collection I again download the full Blurays.
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frankly i dont notice difference b/w 720p and 1080p on my 22 in monitor. im happy with yify 720p rips. furthermore, the movie has to be interesting. i fell asleep watching gijoe in 1080p :p
 
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dafuq!
 
well....still I am watching the 13th episode of house of cards as we speak....that too in SD:(...230MB
Thats how slow my internet connection is and I have no choice
 
How do you arrange all the data on your hard drives? Are all of them connected to a single source from where you can access them, or...?


And...how much of that is porn? :D
 
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Unlike you...we all don't have great internet connection...it takes me 3 hours to download a single episode (350MB) of house of cards, Banshee, etc....
I like to have a collection incase I wanna watch something again or my friends, family need to watch again...

Regarding movies...I am a big fan and there are some movies which I have watched over 30 times at my home

Ethan_Hunt said:
What are you guys stockpiling for anyway? The apocalypse?
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My end goal is to have a XBMC setup where all movies, series, music are properly tagged, with covers, right names and artists subs, and properly organised and at my disposal from any device in my house


regarding Porn -- Unfortunately ...I had to delete 7TB of them around 2 years back (when I got married)....
I have around 15TB of junk data and duplicates which I need to get rid of
 
vercetti said:
Unlike you...we all don't have great internet connection...it takes me 3 hours to download a single episode (350MB) of house of cards, Banshee, etc....
I like to have a collection incase I wanna watch something again or my friends, family need to watch again...

Regarding movies...I am a big fan and there are some movies which I have watched over 30 times at my home
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My post was merely a joke. I suppose the lack of smiley made it blunt. Anyway, I wouldn't exactly call 1Mbit line to be a "great" connection. The amount of data you people are stocking up would probably mount up as a server storage. This is something which I have seen mostly on those European FTP and ODC sharing. You have to admit 34 Terabytes is insanely large storage space, by any regular home usage standards. The amount of data you have on it probably can be passed down to generations, assuming your hard drives even survive that long.

I have nothing against building up a collection. It's an individual choice. The point is, in the end, are you going to watch all (and I mean ALL) the stuff you have collected? Are you collecting for yourself to watch or for someone else? What if the hard drive fails?

These are the questions I asked myself and this is where I put an end to the useless downloading. I don't "stock up" anymore. Just get what you have to over the week, watch it over the weekend and remove it. Simple! Almost all of my hard drives have died out of the blue, every single one of them; I have lost loads of content in the process. I can't even fathom the of loss of a 3TB hard drive, which is filled to the brim.

Another point I took into consideration was filtering the content. By this I mean, get only what you're going to watch or play. There have been times when I had collected endless content back in my DC++ days, which are now rotting in a corner. In retrospect, it feels rather funny to see those DVD stack in the closet.
 
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@ethan ...I know you were merely having fun .... :):) ...no offense taken mate...we go a long way back

regarding the data...we have different ways of watching...I usually watch the stuff late night whereas my wife watches these over time (sometimes even 2 months later)...Having a collection at disposal means I dont have to wait for weeks for a download to happen when I have the urge of watching a movie or a series... Atleast unless we have "Hong Kong" like connections:)

I still indulge in watching some episodes of friends, LOST and some other old series here and again. I have a collection of CSI which I watch whenever I am unable to decide what else to watch. I started watching Spartacus only around 2 months back and only because it was lying in my HDD....
So all these are basically the reason why we like to store...

regarding the data...if u take anough care and upgrade in time... U don't lose any data. I have been collecting since 15 years now and I haven't lost a single dvd as well. it all depends on how u store ur stuff. I have never had a hard drive failure till date mate.
for my DVDS (stopped writing dvds 5 years back)....For each dvd I wrote I used to pack them in a airtight polythene pouch which would stop air flow and avoid oxidation of the dye...till date (some dvds are 8-10 years old) - all my dvds read perfectly - I get a few read errors sometimes (1kb or so which I copy through ignoring the errors) which I am ok with.

But certainly, I would like to have my series collection in 720p or 1080p from the sd quality. 80% my movies are in 1080p with most of the IMDB top 150 in 1080p --10-25gb prints
 
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