marcustandy

The link gives me a blank page. Does it still work for others?

Biiiiink

No, and I couldn't find the cache of it on google either...

But how's Pilar?

marcustandy

Aha! Took me a minute

Username comes from a different origin but most people think like you do.

As for Pilar, she was lookin' good last time I saw her!!

lilacheart

Hi, Just wanted to add..

I download from Uknova and had been using rewritable discs, this was fine but a bit time consuming and they did get scratched easily . However have just brought a dvd player from walmart that plays USB's

I drop and drag the programmes over in seconds (no transcoding needed) and can watch them instantly..Very pleased with this purchase as it also plays all + and - DVD's and pal and ntsc.

It was $27 and worth every penny.

Sorry if this is old news to some whizztechs but I am bit of a amateur at all this

marcustandy

Excellent bit of info!

Can you post the make/model of the DVD player you bought?

What 'format' (or file extension) are the downloaded video's in?

lilacheart

It is a Daenyx 3111B

I tried to send a link via the Walmart website but I can't find it listed.

It plays as mp4 and nothing I have downloaded so far has needed converting.

Brownstar

I got a Phillips DVD player from Walmart for $49 that plays DIVX. Much quicker to write the DVD's and you can get 2 or 3 full length movies on one disc. It takes 3 minutes to burn an episode of Top Gear or MOTD. The DVD player is also multi region and up converts to HD

marcustandy

Surely it can't be quicker that 'drag & drop' to a USB stick? As for size, USB sticks are available at much bigger capacity that a DVD nowadays!!

Brownstar

No, using DIVX is much quicker than say Windows DVD Maker. USB's are quite handy, but I prefer to use the DVD's as they are cheaper than a USB. Using DIVX you can fit 6 or 7 hours worth of TV on one DVD

lilacheart

Different things work for different people.

I think it is great for tv programmes that you dont want to keep and it gives me chance to watch films before wasting a disc if they are not great.

I have a 8GB stick and it fits loads of episodes on it. I am curently watching ice truckers 2, top gear, eastenders and Little Britain USA...

great stuff...Happy days, it is like we never left..

marcustandy

So long as the DVD player takes a USB connection, then I've got a Western Digital USB-powered external hard drive that should do the job nicely. It's also quite small and takes almost no space in the laptop case.

Mrs Tandy will probably download/watch her soaps etc and then I'll take the WD 250Gb OTR for my next trip and watch via the laptop.



I understand what you are saying about DivX, speed & size wise - I'll go down the same route but still use either the WD HDD or a USB stick.

Brownstar

I've got an external HDD too that I store everything on

OnlineCB

I download from UK Nova onto my laptop then just plug my laptop into the TV directly with an S Cable and watch on the TV; I don't need DVDs at all. I tried to use the PS3 to download and just couldn't figure it out.

I struggle with keeping a good score on the torrent site despite downloading soaps to try to maintain my numbers. Any other tips?

Thanks
TG

lilacheart

I struggle with uknova as well, my ratio is rarely above 20 although I seed for ages.

I find this site better http://www.thebox.bz/main.php

It can take a while to get registered as they do get full but if you keep checking they do wipe out dormant members frequently. All soaps are "free" but if you seed them back they count for your score so it is easy to stay in credit with them.

Hope this helps

kirstya

i joined UKnova a week ago .. managed to get all but the last episode of top gear before they took off .. but all it took to get my ration up is a couple of episodes of corry ... almost at the magic number of 100 and have downloaded alot of stuff... Just leave my computer on most of the day to give it all back