Bittorrent quicker than Newsgroups?

The reason why some scene releases aren't on usenet is because they are simply not requested in the IRC channels. Those are the main source of scene stuff on usenet, so if you can't find a release that you are looking for just request it. TV goes in either #alt.binaries.tvseries or #alt.binaries.multimedia on EFnet.
 
Some of the bittorrent private sites in fact do get a lot scene releases up quicker than usenet, but on usenet you don't have to worry about ratios and you have more privacy. Other than that, if you have the right sites and know where to search you'll find that they're very alike and could get all you need out of just one. Though to be honest, i prefer using both in conjunction ;)
 
JPaul said:
Even if it were true and I'm not convinced it is, the one thing Usenet has over torrents is the lack of ratio concerns.

Oh and I always (or as near it as makes no difference) max my download on Usenet, its 10Mb. I'm pleased if I get half that on BT.

So that's two things really.
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I agree:naughty: Speed is my favorite advantage that the usenet has over BT, I have a 10Mb pipe and I downlaoded 15Gigs yesterday, for that reason alone I will take the usenet anyday, newshosting maxes my connection out with no problem.
 
I prefer usenet since you can find so many dvd images of shows which are not available anywhere and to mention the speed over bittorent and you dont have to worry about share ratio.
 
Are THere any guiled or forums that help you learn IRC channels and how to use them to find scene releases. I here about this, but don't understand how to do it. THanks
 
visionaryone said:
Why does FTD suck? Is it coz you cant get the ftd program running? :D
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Well the program itself is slow and unstable but thats not the main problem. A lot of ftd uploaders either post their things in the wrong group, without supplying info about their posts or in a dumb way in general.
 
thedude0 said:
Well the program itself is slow and unstable but thats not the main problem. A lot of ftd uploaders either post their things in the wrong group, without supplying info about their posts or in a dumb way in general.
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Although I'm not really interested in a "why FTD sucks" thread. I do wonder about the impact FTD has on usenet. Indeed, there are a lot of uploaders on FTD that post bad releases in wrong groups, with little or no info (let alone .nfo) files.

My biggest problem with FTD is that it makes it possible for computer illiterates to download LOTS of stuff. RIAA/MPAA will have to do something about usenet. Sooner or later.

Although some claim that the latest releases appear on usenet fast, they certainly do not on the indexing sites that I use. (FTD for example). There are lots of quality TVrips that I miss because I cannot find it, even though I see the release in the predb. For those releases I fall back to BT.
 
malirender said:
I prefer usenet since you can find so many dvd images of shows which are not available anywhere and to mention the speed over bittorent and you dont have to worry about share ratio.
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I second that I love the fact that I can download a new tv episode in 5 to 10min off the usenet, bittorrent is just to slow and you could never see that kind of speed.
 
and there are stuff that cannot be found anywhere else, just on usenet. for me thats its greatest appeal (maybe because i only have a 3MBit line: i can easily max it out downloading torrents).
 
Well, I guess both newsgroups and bittorrent are pretty low in the release food-chain.

But yes, it seems even the public bittorrent sites get releases before it gets posted in the newsgroups nowadays...

It all depends on the releases... The big US TV shows just show up in all places just hours after they air. The rest of the stuff seems to be on bittorrent first if you ask me.
 
I do find torrent sites are a lot quicker with releases

Example : Casino Royale TC both xvid and dvdr have been up for a few hours now on private sites but can't find them on newsgroups.
 
I use premium NZB indexing sites like nzbsrus and newzbin and I almost always find what Im looking for, another big factor is that I use a good NSP like newshosting because they have great retention and speed, I have almost completely given up using BT because its slow and if there is something rare Im looking for I usually dont have any luck finding it there either. Like right now I have been looking everwhere for a classic 90's scifi show called the MANTIS and I have had no luck :wacko:
 
Sometimes some shows or movies do show up quicker on BT sites than they do on the usenet, I think largely because of the fact that most people either dont know about the usenet or don't know how to use it, I personally love the usenet because it is so much faster than BT and you dont have to worry about getting caught sharing files...more and more people are getting sued everyday by the mpa* or the ri** Anyone who uses BT now and wants to learn how to use the usenet should check this link out, found it on the slyck forums

http://www.mantup.com
 
usenet will and can never be faster than torrents. With usenet you allways have a delay when usenet providers exchange(mirror) files. Besides that usenet has a higher rate of damaged files and indexing/downloading headers takes time 2.
 
thedude0 said:
Well the program itself is slow and unstable but thats not the main problem. A lot of ftd uploaders either post their things in the wrong group, without supplying info about their posts or in a dumb way in general.
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there will soon be a new version of FTD ;)

It's true that a lot of members from FTD upload stuff without adding proper NFO's or use weird filenames.
 
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