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Pirate bay is that backup option, at least for me. To use your example of the X-Files, you can currently download a 75 GB torrent with every season + extras and

Pirate bay is that backup option, at least for me. To use your example of the X-Files, you can currently download a 75 GB torrent with every season + extras and it will only take a few hours. I think people continue seeding torrents for longer than DVDs reliably last.

pointlessone 4y ago
Someone has to have it on DVD/BD first for it to get on the Pirate Bay.
- malermeister 4y ago
  That's not true, as the entire categories of releases titled WEB-DL and WEBRip demonstrate.
andrewstuart 4y ago
I've never understood the appeal of downloading pirate movies. Feels dodgy, always a hassle trying to fight your way through all the scams and malware and porn and when you get the movie it's of questionable quality. If I buy a DVD then I get perfect quality in a nice case in a day or two without having to visit the seedy red light district of the Internet only to get dud contraband.
- rakoo 4y ago
  The only reason you see scams, malware and porn is because you don't have an adblocker. Install uBlock Origin. It's mandatory not just for pirating, but even for normal browsing. It does take a but of time to spot fakes, and you need to give the community time to aggregate good content and weed out the fakes, but it's definitely not the experience you describe. It sounds like you last tried a decade or two ago.
- moralestapia 4y ago
  >I've never understood the appeal of downloading pirate movies. Oh, that's easy! You want to see <movie>, so you search for "<movie> 1080p" (or better) and after a few minutes you have it on your PC and can watch it 1,000 of times if you want; even when offline (!). It's also free. This is why people like pirate movies. >in a day or two ... LOL
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  Or you live outside of USA and there is no store that has X files dvds. Also no streaming service offers that here. Also due to copyright and region locking, I cannot import them from USA. But somehow if I pirate that, i cause them 'damage'. Luckily on most sites, pirated videos have keywords in filename (720p, 1080p, 4k,... x264, x265,... ) so you can see the quality and choose what filetype you want/need.
- denkmoon 4y ago
  None of those apply if you put a modicum of effort into it, and then you get access to almost all media in human history unencumbered by the copyright "people". Without having shelves filled with plastic crap.
- driverdan 4y ago
  Literally none of these things are true.
- swexbe 4y ago
  Private trackers solve all of those problems.
- LarryMullins 4y ago
  > Feels dodgy, always a hassle trying to fight your way through all the scams and malware and porn and when you get the movie it's of questionable quality. Its actually really easy, it only takes seconds to get the right torrent going. I've never accidentally torrented anything I didn't intend to.
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- j1elo 4y ago
  I'm not sure of what are you exactly picturing in your mind about how the experience is of downloading a pirated movie. But opening up the qBittorrent application in your PC or Mac, clicking on the "search" tab, and writing "Pirates of the Caribbean", doesn't feel at all as interesting and creepy as walking at night through the red lights district of amsterdam. That'd be awesome!
- HollywoodZero 4y ago
  they do a great job at compressing and encoding. I'll buy the bluray/dvd, then download the torrent for the movie to put into Plex. Like a backup, but MUCH better and easier on the size than I would be able to do myself.
- malermeister 4y ago
  Get a seedbox, set up sonarr [0] and radarr [1]. Use Plex, or even better, Jellyfin [2] for streaming. Takes about 1.5 hours to set up - you now have a Netflix-like UI with an easy option of requesting TV Shows and Movies from a nice UX. You can get any media in any quality you want, without ever stepping into any red light district. [0] https://sonarr.tv/ https://sonarr.tv/ [1] https://radarr.video/ https://radarr.video/ [2] https://jellyfin.org/ https://jellyfin.org/

pointlessone 4y ago

Someone has to have it on DVD/BD first for it to get on the Pirate Bay.

malermeister 4y ago
That's not true, as the entire categories of releases titled WEB-DL and WEBRip demonstrate.

andrewstuart 4y ago

I've never understood the appeal of downloading pirate movies. Feels dodgy, always a hassle trying to fight your way through all the scams and malware and porn and when you get the movie it's of questionable quality. If I buy a DVD then I get perfect quality in a nice case in a day or two without having to visit the seedy red light district of the Internet only to get dud contraband.

rakoo 4y ago
The only reason you see scams, malware and porn is because you don't have an adblocker. Install uBlock Origin. It's mandatory not just for pirating, but even for normal browsing. It does take a but of time to spot fakes, and you need to give the community time to aggregate good content and weed out the fakes, but it's definitely not the experience you describe. It sounds like you last tried a decade or two ago.
moralestapia 4y ago
>I've never understood the appeal of downloading pirate movies. Oh, that's easy! You want to see <movie>, so you search for "<movie> 1080p" (or better) and after a few minutes you have it on your PC and can watch it 1,000 of times if you want; even when offline (!). It's also free. This is why people like pirate movies. >in a day or two ... LOL
ajsnigrutin 4y ago
Or you live outside of USA and there is no store that has X files dvds. Also no streaming service offers that here. Also due to copyright and region locking, I cannot import them from USA. But somehow if I pirate that, i cause them 'damage'. Luckily on most sites, pirated videos have keywords in filename (720p, 1080p, 4k,... x264, x265,... ) so you can see the quality and choose what filetype you want/need.
denkmoon 4y ago
None of those apply if you put a modicum of effort into it, and then you get access to almost all media in human history unencumbered by the copyright "people". Without having shelves filled with plastic crap.
driverdan 4y ago
Literally none of these things are true.
swexbe 4y ago
Private trackers solve all of those problems.
LarryMullins 4y ago
> Feels dodgy, always a hassle trying to fight your way through all the scams and malware and porn and when you get the movie it's of questionable quality. Its actually really easy, it only takes seconds to get the right torrent going. I've never accidentally torrented anything I didn't intend to.
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j1elo 4y ago
I'm not sure of what are you exactly picturing in your mind about how the experience is of downloading a pirated movie. But opening up the qBittorrent application in your PC or Mac, clicking on the "search" tab, and writing "Pirates of the Caribbean", doesn't feel at all as interesting and creepy as walking at night through the red lights district of amsterdam. That'd be awesome!
HollywoodZero 4y ago
they do a great job at compressing and encoding. I'll buy the bluray/dvd, then download the torrent for the movie to put into Plex. Like a backup, but MUCH better and easier on the size than I would be able to do myself.
malermeister 4y ago
Get a seedbox, set up sonarr [0] and radarr [1]. Use Plex, or even better, Jellyfin [2] for streaming. Takes about 1.5 hours to set up - you now have a Netflix-like UI with an easy option of requesting TV Shows and Movies from a nice UX. You can get any media in any quality you want, without ever stepping into any red light district. [0] https://sonarr.tv/ https://sonarr.tv/ [1] https://radarr.video/ https://radarr.video/ [2] https://jellyfin.org/ https://jellyfin.org/