torrenting advice, now expanded to include requests for DVD-burning advice

[Sarah]

CDs have far lower capacity than DVD-Rs, so you can but you won't get as much on one.

Ah, but my mother's computer doesn't have a DVD drive, you see.  It's good to know that I could stick things only she's interested in on a CD.  If my sister Martha wants to watch 'em, however, I'll need to burn DVDs, since she doesn't have a computer.

Bruce, my screen is small, but I have to sit close to it, anyway, so it doesn't matter.  The thing is, I spend so much time in front of this damn monitor, I'd like the option of watching elsewhere, if only to cut down on the back and shoulder strain.

[Andy]

I play the movies directly from my computer onto my television.  My video card has a s-video out that I just hook up to me tv.

The quality isn't the best ever, but it works. 

[samir]

Andy, since you asked about it, joox.net has there will be blood right now. it may not still be there later.
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[scotttsss]

where do you guys find movies?  I am trying to find some stuff that I don't think came to Oklahoma and all I keep finding are hundreds of fakes.  The movies I'm look for are Assassination of Jesse James and There Will Be Blood.

I have heard that There Will be Blood opens on the 18th of January, Andy.  I've been exasperated by the long time it's been since premiering and being reviewed everywhere, and I was wondering if it was even going to be played anywhere at all other than NY and LA.  The trailer for There Will Be Blood was the shower I needed after seeing the trailers for Juno and the Bucket List last month, but it's been a complete mystery as to when it's actually coming out!  I hate the way the studios or whoever make it so hard to see current movies that aren't total crap if you happen to live outside of a big metropolis. 

[Sarah]

I play the movies directly from my computer onto my television.  My video card has a s-video out that I just hook up to me tv.

The quality isn't the best ever, but it works. 

That luxury will have to wait till I get a new computer and, probably, a new television. 

P.S.  I just logged in to the Box and discovered that I've been promoted to "extreme user."  I'm a little embarrassed.  But I also have five invitations to spare, so if anyone is interested . . .

[Gilly]

So since we're being all out in the open about this...aren't you guys a little worried after what's been going on in the past few months?

[Sarah]

You mean with Oink?  And perhaps other crackdowns of which I haven't heard?  If so, no, I'm not terribly worried.  I'm a very small-time crook, so even if they came after me, I'm guessing it wouldn't be the end of the world.  And if it is the end of the world, well, then it's not a world that's very worthy of preserving.

[Andy]

where do you guys find movies?  I am trying to find some stuff that I don't think came to Oklahoma and all I keep finding are hundreds of fakes.  The movies I'm look for are Assassination of Jesse James and There Will Be Blood.

I have heard that There Will be Blood opens on the 18th of January, Andy.  I've been exasperated by the long time it's been since premiering and being reviewed everywhere, and I was wondering if it was even going to be played anywhere at all other than NY and LA.  The trailer for There Will Be Blood was the shower I needed after seeing the trailers for Juno and the Bucket List last month, but it's been a complete mystery as to when it's actually coming out!  I hate the way the studios or whoever make it so hard to see current movies that aren't total crap if you happen to live outside of a big metropolis. 

You're absolutely right, opening at Quail Springs on the 18th. 

[octopus volcano]

Hi Sarah and everybody.  I prefer to watch stuff on the TV rather than my computer, so I found myself going through the time-consuming and processor-draining activity of converting downloads to DVD.  I bought a multi-region DVD player so I could watch PAL discs, but it also plays just about any torrent download without having to encode it to DVD.  I just save the files as data (using Toast) onto a DVD and they play fine.  This also works for putting huge amounts of audio onto a DVD.  Not to shill here, but I got the Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD player from Amazon for $50, free shipping, it showed up 2 days after I ordered it.  Been working like a charm ever since.   

[Sarah]

I am jealous.  Of course, I'd have to get three of those players--one for me, one for my mother, and one for my sister Martha--so it would be a tad more expensive for me. 

Oh well.

[yesno]

So since we're being all out in the open about this...aren't you guys a little worried after what's been going on in the past few months?

This plugin for Azureus--

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=safepeer

is generally a good idea.

[Gilly]

I really miss having access to rare 60's and 70's stuff and needle drops and such. Is there a site that does that as well as Oink did?

[Gilly]

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