Comments on: Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent (wk29)

By: amy

amy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:05:59 +0000

i agree with the first two. not really checked out the other ones. =p

By: David

David — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:17:53 +0000

Psych is cool.

legal schmegal, the whole dam has bust, don’t you get it?

By: AMontoth

AMontoth — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:17:51 +0000

SYTYCD is #7 and the scene forgets to cap a whole week?

By: DigitalKaizer

DigitalKaizer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:08:37 +0000

YES! GO ATLANTIS!

Chevron 3 Encoded.

By: sko11ie

sko11ie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:20:03 +0000

GO TOP GEAR ;)

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:24:30 +0000

What!? House should definitely be up there.

By: a

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:37:08 +0000

weeds such a good show have every epp :) plus great speeds on demonoid 600kbs i downloaded at

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:27:52 +0000

@TorrrrrentFrrrrreeeak and Ernesto,

NewTeeVee does not think your chart is BS.

We just have a different list is all.

By: zom

zom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:43:31 +0000

and tell a friend.. even if the show sux

and don’t forget to spend all your base

By: toddlorensinclair

toddlorensinclair — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:05:51 +0000

Lots of the shows are available for free viewing online … so in my opinion it shouldn’t matter whether you choose to view them on your tv, hulu, one of the many other internet tv options or on a file from your pc you got from a torrent.

By: MPAA Agent

MPAA Agent — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:38:48 +0000

You all gonna be buttfucked

By: zom

zom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:59:12 +0000

rather than playing follow the leader

By: zom

zom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:57:51 +0000

shouldn’t we be hyping the stuff we like

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:34:53 +0000

Where is Battlestar Galactica?

By: zom

zom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:26:01 +0000

Four of Five Dentists surveyed said “1 outta 10 of these shows grow hair on your pussy.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:22:11 +0000

even so 24 this year wasn’t aired..it would be in the top 3, probalby after topgear.

By: Genetic

Genetic — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:45:55 +0000

Where the hell is lost??

By: pirated

pirated — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:07:38 +0000

@21
Admittedly, I didn’t even know they had that ability to turn it up a bit. Even so the quality still isn’t the same as even the small rips. Although, the quality is at least the same as my actual DVR if not a bit better. I just tested out the newest Burn Notice on there, and I didn’t see any hiccups so I guess it’s either the fact that this is a new show or they were just having problems with whatever it was that I was trying to watch before. I’ll try to watch it using Hulu this Friday, just to see an actual run with it on some new material. But like I said, I just compared the first several minutes extensively and it didn’t come close to the Xvid.

@24 Honestly, while there is a difference it’s still generally from the same source so while it will be better it’s not going to make your eyes bleed to use the xvid. The xvid is still better than what I get out of my cable.

@25 Who said they were in the UK? And that sounds like a terribly arbitrary rule. I wonder how many people actually followed it in the UK when VHS tapes were common. Does that mean you could download and watch as long as you delete in 28 days to do the same thing?

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:31:39 +0000

Great list! I am finding that you don’t even have to go on torrents to watch these, I can watch everyone of these tv show episodes and virtually any tv show online free at Yidio.com – http://www.yidio.com/tv-shows

Enjoy, cheers!

By: Nobiwankenobi

Nobiwankenobi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:49:12 +0000

This list albiet maybe accurtate for the time. It’s not a true definition of the most downloaded torrents, only the most at that particular time. I’m sure as hell that when LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, 24, Family Guy, The Sheild, Nip Tuck, and many other shows are running in primetime, that they are the most downloaded….Again only at that particular time thou.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:48:47 +0000

“It’s the same as sharing VHS taped recordings of a on air show, and that’s deemed as legal. (as long as the files you get are TV-rips, which in some cases are better quality than DVD-rips anyway)”

That’s NOT legal in the UK you’re not allowed to share VHS recordings and you HAVE TO destroy the tape or record over the show within 28 days of recording it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:27:07 +0000

@pirated:
“and it’s much easier to deal with an Xvid”

ew i cant deal with xvid. x264 ftw!

By: bayan

bayan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:10:04 +0000

PSYCH FTW!!!

By: Bard

Bard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:01:14 +0000

How is downloading from bittorrent any different from recording it on my PVR?

I already PAY to see the shows – I just find bittorrent a lot more convenient.

By: MacBeth

MacBeth — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:13:39 +0000

@18
You must have a terrible connection. I use the one at my work which is a public wireless network and I get a pretty bad signal and it works out fine for me. The quality may not be that great but most of the new episodes they have on there can be turned up to 480p which may not be full HD but its better than waiting a week or two or more for the really high quality HD. When I do watch Hulu at home I have no trouble using my TV its just as good as any xvid.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:55:30 +0000

Who cares? The only one I’d download would be SA if there wasn’t so many episodes

By: TorrrrrentFrrrrreeeak

TorrrrrentFrrrrreeeak — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:08 +0000

Hey Ernesto,

These guys here think that your chart is BS…

http://newteevee.com/2008/07/19/top-bittorrented-tv-downloads-this-week-3/

I think their chart is BS.. doesnt make any sense to me.. thought I would let you know.

Cheers…

By: pirated

pirated — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:37:57 +0000

@14 You porch monkey

@13 It’s the same as sharing VHS taped recordings of a on air show, and that’s deemed as legal. (as long as the files you get are TV-rips, which in some cases are better quality than DVD-rips anyway)

@16 While that’s true, and I think that they finally have the right idea, the quality still isn’t the same. Not only that, but I don’t have to deal with streaming cause the internet connection speeds aren’t really there either. I use a computer with Linux (Ubuntu) on it to watch such files on the TV, and it’s much easier to deal with an Xvid.

By: zom

zom — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:55:24 +0000

Seeing “So You Think You Can Dance” on any top 10 list makes me sad.

By: MacBeth

MacBeth — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:02 +0000

If you live in the states you don’t have to pirate Psych or Burn Notice, just go to Hulu.com you can watch it for free. It is usually up the next morning, like American Gladiators which was on last night has been up since 9 am and I’m going to watch it later today.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:47:15 +0000

Topgear over Stargate Atlantis? Strange, the seeds on all of the private trackers I am on, lets see 3 to 4 times more SGA snatches then Topgear.

Just my 2ct

By: Killer Tree

Killer Tree — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:54:18 +0000

@ 10
“Pirated” is ok, we’re taking it back! ;-)

By: @ Digg

@ Digg — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:45:32 +0000

Although I agree, its called pirated because theres no adverts, all commercials are taken out, also its not controlled like on your DVR, they dont know how many times you watch it or when you watch it ect ect.

Its all about control, and we tell them to go ‘stick the law up ur bum!’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLZpxVI7Pa8

By: bubbles

bubbles — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:59 +0000

It would be cool if you could give a rough estimate of downloads per show too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:44:46 +0000

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By: Digg

Digg — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:35:53 +0000

Why call it ‘pirated’?
It’s not piracy, not anymore than watching a show on my DVR.

By: Kos

Kos — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:24:38 +0000

You have to see Generation Kill. If you loved Band of Brothers, you have to see it.

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:20:25 +0000

No surprise with Top Gear!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:07:07 +0000

Hurray for Top Gear!

By: Binsy

Binsy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:04:00 +0000

Topgear is awesome.

By: nick

nick — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:37:17 +0000

haha at lolman
Ernesto is always watching >.>

By: lolman

lolman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:12:55 +0000

wow you reply quick! thanks

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:10:47 +0000

@1 “The data is collected by TorrentFreak from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites”

By: lolman

lolman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:09:57 +0000

first!!!! anyways… where are these stats gotten from

By: www.eZee.se

www.eZee.se — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:03:17 +0000

Hmmm, i think i’ll check out “Psych”, never heard of it before