Why do people like Newzbin so much?

Newzbin is always my first port of call and it's definitely far better than the free sites thanks to reports. And if you don't want reports then it has the same 'raw' searching as the free sites.
 
Ive used newzbin since day one. Its an easy hassle free way of getting what you want. People say they miss things. Not one site has 100% of everything that gets posted. I ran out of credit a few days ago and have for the last few months been trying differnt sites to see of i can mix and match. Ive now got to use 3/4 sites to replace newzbin but there all free to use. Most things on newzbin get posted quickly but i have noticed before things being posted hours even days after they have been posted elsewhere. But im sure the same can be said for other such sites. Newzbin is a great site if you dont have much time to browse other sites.
 
Skizo said:
A few years ago, I would have said OK.

Now there are great binaries search engines like newzleech that eliminate the need for a service like Newzbin. There certainly is no longer any justification in paying for them if your reasoning is that "it's the best". They don't have a single file that I can't get without their service. I can get files faster without it as a matter of fact.

Why do you say it's the best?

As far as I can tell, nothing has changed over there and there are no new features to get in a huff about. If it's still simply just an indexing site, that is.
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I like the format. I like having everything I need in one spot, with older NZBs that are hard to find indexed else where. I love the watchdog option that emails me when something I am looking for becomes available.

If you really wanted to argue it, indexing sites are limited because even the best miss files that you could find searching usenet by hand.
 
And I love the fact that it has RSS :) I can just search for what I want - for example, Heroes Season 3 - and set up an RSS. Anytime something gets posted up with that criteria, I get an update. Call me lazy :happy:
 
Never used Usenet ... I'm paying enough already to my ISP, and I'm not gonna subscribe to a payserver to get things I can get for free elsewhere.

Just my opinion.
 
Can the newzbin RSS feeds be used in SABnzbd+ for automatic downloads? This is the main potential draw for me, as the only good NZB TV RSS feed I've found thus far is TvNZB.com.
 
Ahh Usenet V Torrents thing again.. lol! Sorry to posters but it is funny reading those posting in the NG forum they don't like usenet :wacko:. Why do they come here they should be shackled to the BT threads.

Newzbin is a great resource cost a few squidleys but I only use this site, Merlins portal and binsearch for my NZB work these days. Call me old fashioned I like Forte Agent and downloading headers works for me. Treat newzbin like you would a music/DVD store. Use it for inspiration to download. Just don't pay for it! (unless absolutelly necessary of course :naughty:)
 
OK, so I tried Newzbin for a couple weeks and that was a waste of $2 or whatever it was.

It's pointless to pay for that service IMO.
 
Broken said:
I like the format. I like having everything I need in one spot, with older NZBs that are hard to find indexed else where. I love the watchdog option that emails me when something I am looking for becomes available.
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So it offers more than just indexing then?

That's the sort of information I was after. Anything else?
 
Skizo said:
So it offers more than just indexing then?

That's the sort of information I was after. Anything else?
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Indexing is the main function of the site, it's the selling point of any such site.

There are a few extras like the watchdog thing - but that's secondary. It's simply very well organized, with main categories and subcategories - a very well developed site search that works extremely well do to all the effort put in to the site by the staff tagging each of the entries in several categories to make the search work the way it does. There is just a meticulousness to the organization of all the NZBs that I haven't found elsewhere.

Plus what I've seen of the free sites, including the index on this site, they do not retain NZBs long enough to take advantage of Giganew's outstandingly long 240 day retention. Which I am paying for....


Is it necessary to pay for Newzbin to get the most out of Usenet - No.
It's always possible to search the various groups manually. It's more time consuming, but every indexing site misses some post. In fact, I find the Raw and Condensed views of Usenet available through Newzbin very useful. Sometimes the editor's don't index some of the stuff I am looking for, and I have to take matters into my own hands.

They main thing is, Newzbin is very, very, good at what it does - and it's cheap. It's pocket change. Last Christmas (during the annual half price sell) I paid $20 for an entire year's service.

If you're using Usenet you've already gotten past the entire, "filesharing should be free" thing because of how great Usenet is. Paying a little more change to get the best indexing site for NZBs there is, that's nothing. At some point cheapness is just laughable, and this is that point.
 
Disme said:
I do know what usenet is. I know it has been around much longer and I know a lot of things I look for in my native language is never or hardly released on any private BT-tracker, but is commonly released on usenet.

I have never payed a dime for a seedbox, and I would never do so. I have the misfortune my ISP has very shitty newsgroup-servers and I can't use it. Free servers exist but suck and as I said I believe I pay more than enough /month to my ISP (about
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Skizo said:
OK, so I tried Newzbin for a couple weeks and that was a waste of $2 or whatever it was.

It's pointless to pay for that service IMO.
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Well I'm glad you said that. I have a newzbin account, but I only use it as an alternative search. But recently I've been thinking that I might pay and try it out just to see if there really is something there that's worth paying for.

But it looks like there isn't. Thanks for sharing.
 
You seem very intelligent. ;)

I turns out they aren't and I now know the difference between the 2. I'm even trying out usenet as we speak.
It looks promising indeed :yup:
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Well that's good. I'm glad you're liking it. There once was a very kick ass free server that I was using. It would max out my connection and had excellent retention(for a free server). But recently the speeds have went down to around 40kb/s. And to me that's no longer worth using. And now I don't know of any other really good free servers, so your best option is to use a paid server. But they're very cheap.

If you have any questions, or need any help, then don't hesitate to ask questions. Or even pm me. Things can sometimes get a little confusing when it comes to par2's. But once you get past that, Usenet is a breeze. And is much easier than bittorrent, in my opinion.

Broken said:
Plus what I've seen of the free sites, including the index on this site, they do not retain NZBs long enough to take advantage of Giganew's outstandingly long 240 day retention. Which I am paying for....
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Actually, some of the free sites are now increasing their indexing to match Giganews upcoming 240 day retention. But I do like the idea of that watchdog feature you mentioned.
 
yeah - the watchdog facility can be pretty useful

if you're a Virgin Media customer in the UK, they have free server access - they state up to 7 days, but some people have reported up to 50 - and the speeds are pretty decent (no pr0n though)
 
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