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<blockquote data-quote="arkay" data-source="post: 86559" data-attributes="member: 21543">Yes except I think the idea of it being integrated into the guide just like you actually can tune into a particular given station adds more appeal.&nbsp; There might be a lot more shows on that I'd like to see which I could discover through the guide rather than checking out the torrent sites to find new series and having to go off and find out if it's a show I'd actually be interested in or not.The whole point for me of being able to record at will whether I'm there or not and view (and skip ads) at a time of my choosing is exactly what appeals to me about HTPC's.&nbsp; In that respect I'm not concerned if it takes a day to get the torrent in question but I admit that if you don't know exactly what it is that you're downloading you can waste a considerable amount of bandwidth on rubbish.If everyone followed the principle of adding preview clips into their torrents you could essentially get what you want re the left to right downloads.&nbsp; Unfortunately I think it would require a specialised app that assembled video torrents in the same uniform fashion and then everyone would need to be using it for it to work.It wouldn't be an easy standard to implement.Cheers,Arkay.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arkay, post: 86559, member: 21543"] Yes except I think the idea of it being integrated into the guide just like you actually can tune into a particular given station adds more appeal. There might be a lot more shows on that I'd like to see which I could discover through the guide rather than checking out the torrent sites to find new series and having to go off and find out if it's a show I'd actually be interested in or not. The whole point for me of being able to record at will whether I'm there or not and view (and skip ads) at a time of my choosing is exactly what appeals to me about HTPC's. In that respect I'm not concerned if it takes a day to get the torrent in question but I admit that if you don't know exactly what it is that you're downloading you can waste a considerable amount of bandwidth on rubbish. If everyone followed the principle of adding preview clips into their torrents you could essentially get what you want re the left to right downloads. Unfortunately I think it would require a specialised app that assembled video torrents in the same uniform fashion and then everyone would need to be using it for it to work. It wouldn't be an easy standard to implement. Cheers, Arkay. [/QUOTE]

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