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Title: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: lagin on January 06, 2007, 09:54:52 PM

I live too far out of town to go rent a video, and I don't want to wait all day for one to download, either.  Do you guys know a good place to download movies that is computer friendly, eg. no spyware ect.  I don't mind paying for the download.  Doesn't Shaw have a thing where you can rent a movie and they send it to your computer?  Anyone?

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: emmdoubleew on January 06, 2007, 10:46:52 PM

Well I won't suggest anything illegal,

but if you're a fan of movies in general, use Netflix. You'll have to wait a couple days for each movie, but since you can have three at a time at home you can cycle them so that you always have a new one to watch anyways.

Services to pay-and download are in their birth stage right now, so I wouldn't recommend using them just yet.

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: nightingale11 on January 06, 2007, 10:49:36 PM

DC++

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: ganymed on January 06, 2007, 11:48:58 PM

bittorrent !!

a very good client is utorrent

just google for the torrentsites e.g www.isohunt.com is helpful too

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: quantum on January 07, 2007, 04:54:25 AM

Quote from: ganymed on January 06, 2007, 11:48:58 PM

bittorrent !!

a very good client is utorrent

just google for the torrentsites e.g www.isohunt.com is helpful too

These are wise words.  Use them wisely  ;)

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: mike_lang on January 07, 2007, 08:55:33 AM

What about the iTunes music store?

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: mycrabface on January 09, 2007, 08:33:19 AM

Quote from: ganymed on January 06, 2007, 11:48:58 PM

bittorrent !!

a very good client is utorrent

just google for the torrentsites e.g www.isohunt.com is helpful too

I know! I know! But ok I've tried transferring them and they can't start downloading.. How do I work it? Someone I know reccommended this to me, but I'm no computer expert. Please teach me how to work this thing.

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: quantum on January 09, 2007, 10:04:46 PM

Probably your router is bocking a necessary port.

Might also need to change to different ports as some ISP's reportedly block common sharing ports. 

Try UPnP, if your router supports it.  It supposed to do that port management for you.

There are some good wiki guides out there to do your config.  Google.

But, what do I know - I is only a pianizt.   :-\

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: jre58591 on January 09, 2007, 10:11:16 PM

www.torrentspy.com

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: 00range on January 10, 2007, 11:09:51 PM

Amazon Unbox works decently, if you don't mind paying.

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: mycrabface on January 12, 2007, 08:47:55 AM

Quote from: quantum on January 09, 2007, 10:04:46 PM

Probably your router is bocking a necessary port.

Might also need to change to different ports as some ISP's reportedly block common sharing ports. 

Try UPnP, if your router supports it.  It supposed to do that port management for you.

There are some good wiki guides out there to do your config.  Google.

But, what do I know - I is only a pianizt.   :-\

No I don't think anything's blocking anything.. Are there any other reasons why it doesn't wanna download? I pressed force start download (sth like that) and it started at 0/hour

Title: Re: Best place to download a movie?
Post by: prometheus on January 12, 2007, 09:01:18 AM

Are there people sharing, or seeding, the torrent?


Look at the S for seeding number.