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Originally Posted by nialli
I've been watching Boardwalk Empire through "alternative means"; it's not something I do out of choice, it's something that I have been driven to as it's a series I really wanted to try and HBO/Sky won't make it available to me (I can't have a dish and there's no release date for DVDs or iTunes release). I would rather watch it legitimately, but that is not available to me, and I can honestly say it is the first time I've ever used Bit Torrent.
Surprised how easy and fast it was to do. Like I say, not something I would have considered if not for the channel being a "Sky exclusive". When will the content providers realise that the world is changing and if they don't provide the programmes for those of us who want to legitimately purchase them their days are truly numbered?
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Totally agree with you mate, i really want to watch boardwalk empire, and with most tv's, dvd/blu-ray players and game consoles able to play xvid, or how quick it is to use convertx to make dvd's out of them, how long before entire workplaces, community's, schools are passing round memory sticks or selling dvd's with the episodes on.. "I tried watching that boardwalk empire on Sky last night thats been advertised, but we don't get that atlantic on virgin" - "Neither do we, tommy downloads em, i'll get him do you a copy, or if you've got a pen drive he'll just stick em on for you" "oh right, thanks coz i wasnt messing about changing to sky just for a couple of programs, harry says we can only get about 6meg broadband from sky coz of the copper wire and local loopy or something"... Thats what happens, thats whats going to happen, people will watch it in masses without switching to sky, it isn't legal but people have become savvy, if they can't get it at a cheap and cheerful price without any messing, they will get it somwhere else, surely somebody at sky must understand that its better to get some money, increased viewing figures and as such increased advertising than being an all exclusive members club. You wouldn't run your own company like this, you wouldn't say, oh we could make money of them, but we won't just so we can thumb our nose at them.