asingh said:
How good is the content on NGs vs. PTs..?
you cant compare Newsgroups with Private Trackers
as their focus are completely different with some overlaps
in the case of newsgroups, if you opt for a premium(paid) service you can get access to virtually everything which has been released in the past 3&1/2 years
there is no Ratio to be maintained, no seeders to be nagged, nothing
if it is scene, its available on a newsgroup collection but you have to know how to search for them
as the process involved is a bit more complex than torrenting which is simple point and click and start
but this complexity has its advantages too
Exclusive releases like that of Ebp, CtrlHD, CHD, NPW, Cinephilia which are bound to specific trackers are available quite freely in newsgroups
so you don't have to be L33T torrenter to make L33T downloads available to you
you can use Mysterbin.com and Binsearch.info
they are the TPB of Newsgroups
just use the following parameters in the filter
Advanced Search
Query:ebp
Maximum Age of Post:365 Days
Size Between: 3000MB<10000MB
Only show Collections
Only show Collections that have an .nfo
here ebp is an exclusive uploader for HDBits
you can change it to CtrlHD, NPW etc etc
But i will still say nothing beats Torrents in matters of convenience and ease of use and availability of content
i will use newsgroups only to Complement my torrenting not to replace it by entirety
or that is till we get HTTPS in torrenting or ISPs start sending seize and desist letters