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Old Jun 24th 2011 | 8:13 am
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
I use torrents for all for my House and Desp H'wives etc.....and normally don't go for the 720p HD as they are over a gig...I go for the 350 meg epy, but regardless of speed.....my ISP wont let me download at anything faster than 600 k's per sec and I normally get that speed from torrents for all....
Who is your ISP? 600kb/s is what Shaw set the limits of their free newservers to and limits us to 250gigabytes per month which is way more than I will ever need even for HD stuff.

I use an online server for older and faster downloads.
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by iaink
Im hoping then that you only watch a fraction of the "hundreds of hours" you download...
I do download more than I watch, yes especially in the summer.....but store it all on my external hard drive....cos one day when I am old and in an old peoples home I will have something to watch....some people like to buy tonnes of DVD's and have a huge library of DVD's...I just like to download it all and keep decent shows, I normally catch up on some on the plane....will prolly catch up on some watching on our up coming road trip!!
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
Who is your ISP? 600kb/s is what Shaw set the limits of their free newservers to and limits us to 250gigabytes per month which is way more than I will ever need even for HD stuff.

I use an online server for older and faster downloads.
I use MNSI....and use about 120 gig per month of bandwidth!!
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
I use MNSI....and use about 120 gig per month of bandwidth!!
I currently use about 80-100 Gig per month.

My computer is networked to a WD Live Player which is hooked up to the TV.
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 9:35 am
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we've gone from an MVP which we bought back in 2004..... to hooking up the TV to my desktop...to using a DVD with a usb so we can play the files from a memory stick to the Sony Streaming Player which is wifi....

sp are u watching Scott and Bailey???
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
sp are u watching Scott and Bailey???
Yes, we like.

Just finished watching Case Histories, Luther started last week and New Tricks starts again on July 4th.

Did you watch Vera and if so what did you think?
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
Yes, we like.

Just finished watching Case Histories, Luther started last week and New Tricks starts again on July 4th.

Did you watch Vera and if so what did you think?

I haven't started watching Case Histories yet, but have it to watch...and Luthor is 2nd series...which I want to watch the first series first....i'm just finishing up with Vera and just watched The Shadowline....which was amazing.....so many good dramas and not enough hours to watch!!
 
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Did you watch Vera and if so what did you think?
ooooops just saw this......


I like Brenda Blethyn ....but not sure I enjoyed Vera so much!!!!

did u see Mad Dogs and then Thorne series which were also brilliant???
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 10:17 am
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
ooooops just saw this......


I like Brenda Blethyn ....but not sure I enjoyed Vera so much!!!!

did u see Mad Dogs and then Thorne series which were also brilliant???
We found Vera quite different to start with but warmed up to the character as we watched more. A lot of people didn't like the series.

We really enjoyed Garrow's Law a while back and also liked Coast for the first couple of seasons but it's getting a bit old now.

Didn't see either Mad Dogs or Thorne...of to do a search.
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P

Didn't see either Mad Dogs or Thorne...of to do a search.
Mad Dogs had Philip Glenister, John Simm and Max Beasley in it (u get to see Max Beasleys willy te he) .....and Thorne was a drama...there were 2 x 3 parters...sleepy head and scardy cat!!!
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
I use torrents for all for my House and Desp H'wives etc.....and normally don't go for the 720p HD as they are over a gig...I go for the 350 meg epy, but regardless of speed.....my ISP wont let me download at anything faster than 600 k's per sec and I normally get that speed from torrents for all....
And this is "very very simple"?

I'm sure mine aren't the only pair of eyes glazing over.
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
And this is "very very simple"?

I'm sure mine aren't the only pair of eyes glazing over.
yes its very very simple.....u just need a patient person to sit with u and explain and show u...then u will understand....just go to you tube and search how to download a torrent...there are plenty of tutorials explaining wot to do!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
yes its very very simple.....u just need a patient person to sit with u and explain and show u...then u will understand....just go to you tube and search how to download a torrent...there are plenty of tutorials explaining wot to do!!!
And then BristolUK can spend every night watching desperate housewives, house, csi whatever until he turns into a zombie unable to do anything except find two-for-one coupons on brains.
 
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
And then BristolUK can spend every night watching desperate housewives, house, csi whatever until he turns into a zombie unable to do anything except find two-for-one coupons on brains.
or they could just research if they so wish...learn how to do it...and then be really pleased with themselves for learning how to do it!!!
 
Old Jun 24th 2011 | 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada
Mad Dogs had Philip Glenister, John Simm and Max Beasley in it (u get to see Max Beasleys willy te he) .....and Thorne was a drama...there were 2 x 3 parters...sleepy head and scardy cat!!!
Just watched the first episode of Thorne. Excellent thanks for that.
 


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