What's better - torrents or DDLs?
- Thread starter Ruyzan
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It depends on your ISP, if your ISP throttles P2P activities and you are bandwidth capped then I would recommend DDLs. The ISP your with doesn't throttles P2P activities and you get unlimited bandwidth, I say go torrents.
- Sep 11, 2011
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I often use torrents =_=
It just happen to get annoying when you have to stop whatever you are doing at the moment because there could be some storm coming out there, so if you are not a premium member at the DDL host, whatever that was downloading is lost.
At least torrents could continue upon next startup...
Still prefer DDL for certain files not larger than 4GB though~ fufu
It just happen to get annoying when you have to stop whatever you are doing at the moment because there could be some storm coming out there, so if you are not a premium member at the DDL host, whatever that was downloading is lost.
At least torrents could continue upon next startup...
Still prefer DDL for certain files not larger than 4GB though~ fufu
DDL is fast to download, I always use. For torrent was very danger because sometime can got virus inside & very slow to download one file.
Sometime I download torrent will got some corrupt file so I need to download again, very sad.
Sometime I download torrent will got some corrupt file so I need to download again, very sad.
- Sep 6, 2011
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well i don't mean any offense but...
If you get an infected or corrupted torrent, its your own fault; For experienced or just street smart people its quite easy to detect fraudulent or infectious torrents. The main way is the comments section which any respectable torrent site will have: The comments section usually has people telling you its bad OR if 50+ people say its excellent and pure and 100% virus free its usually also fake. The second is the seed/peer ratio: A torrent fishing for people to download it will have a rigged seed:leech ratio to attract leech's if you know the torrent isn't supposed to be very popular or is popular but not worth 3000+ seeds than you know its fake, hands down. There are other telltale signs but those are the two most common ways for detecting a good torrent. And while some may consider the need to scan a torrent before using it is a downside... A lot more direct download sights have fishing lists filled with worms somewhere near the bottom, and while no-one is dumb enough to fall for the 60 odd files saying the same damn thing, they still exist.
If you get an infected or corrupted torrent, its your own fault; For experienced or just street smart people its quite easy to detect fraudulent or infectious torrents. The main way is the comments section which any respectable torrent site will have: The comments section usually has people telling you its bad OR if 50+ people say its excellent and pure and 100% virus free its usually also fake. The second is the seed/peer ratio: A torrent fishing for people to download it will have a rigged seed:leech ratio to attract leech's if you know the torrent isn't supposed to be very popular or is popular but not worth 3000+ seeds than you know its fake, hands down. There are other telltale signs but those are the two most common ways for detecting a good torrent. And while some may consider the need to scan a torrent before using it is a downside... A lot more direct download sights have fishing lists filled with worms somewhere near the bottom, and while no-one is dumb enough to fall for the 60 odd files saying the same damn thing, they still exist.
- Sep 20, 2011
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heres a tip for torrents uploaders Always put a pass on your file by rar then set pass and comment this is password protected dont bother downloading on the torrent site you be surprised of how many leaches you can limit as for the pass share it on the forums .
- Nov 29, 2010
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I did the same thing too, whenever I wanna DL some torrent files.
I usually check the comments and the amount of seeders.
Also based on the popularity of the torrent file.
- Sep 17, 2011
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I never use torrent because of posibility to become dead instantly. Premium DDL services are so much cheap and they cause no problem unlike torrent. I'm using premium services for 2 or more years and I filled up 10 TBs of files without problem. DDLs are using all available bandwith for download, but on the other hand torrents are just leeching the seeder's and peer's provided bandwith.
- Oct 8, 2011
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It really depends. For people with slow internet connections, DDLs are fine. For those with fast internet connections (without premium filesharing site accounts), torrents are usually faster. The problem with torrents is there are occasions on which the peer/seed ratio is way too high, and download speeds grind to a halt, or there simply aren't any seeds. DDLs have their fair share of issues too, such as the host purging the files.
For torrents, the best time to use them is 24 hours after they have been posted, otherwise you'll find yourself with 1 or 2 seeds, and up to 1000 peers. This means that the speed at which the complete files are spread around is incredibly slow. DDLs, however, don't have that time period of uselessness.
All in all, it's simply a matter of preference.
For torrents, the best time to use them is 24 hours after they have been posted, otherwise you'll find yourself with 1 or 2 seeds, and up to 1000 peers. This means that the speed at which the complete files are spread around is incredibly slow. DDLs, however, don't have that time period of uselessness.
All in all, it's simply a matter of preference.
- Sep 16, 2011
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I prefer torrents...very good speed and far less annoyance, as i don't own a premium account for dlls. So trying to download several files between 1-5 GB size that are divided into lots of parts, is extremely time consuming, which is a big NO for me, as i come to the pc to relax, not to spend on it clicking over 50 parts with waiting time in between them and input annoying check sentences. All i have to do is click on the torrent files and let the client do its work, while i enjoy myself.
I only use ddl if there's no torrent source for it, like an old game for example.Certainly useful to get individual files, but no good for mass downloading, for me.
I only use ddl if there's no torrent source for it, like an old game for example.Certainly useful to get individual files, but no good for mass downloading, for me.
Free DDL and torrents are about even, torrents can be annoying since they then to die fairly quickly and speeds are usually not great, if you have the patience or the tools you can download from multiple free DDL sites at the same time (split the episodes/rar parts between them) and get very nice speeds.
Paid DDL is nicest of all, pipe saturating speeds no matter what, but you're paying for it, it's a case of "you get what you pay for".
Paid DDL is nicest of all, pipe saturating speeds no matter what, but you're paying for it, it's a case of "you get what you pay for".
- Nov 3, 2011
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The tie will hold a bit longer...since incidentally I haven't voted either, and I'm more for DDLs. :P
I hate finding a torrent for something rare only find it dead or stuck just short of completion; whenever possible I prioritize DDLs (especially Fileserve links since I paid for that), with torrents as an absolute last resort. Yes, DDL links can die out just as frequently, but at least they don't tease you with 99.9% completion. :@
I hate finding a torrent for something rare only find it dead or stuck just short of completion; whenever possible I prioritize DDLs (especially Fileserve links since I paid for that), with torrents as an absolute last resort. Yes, DDL links can die out just as frequently, but at least they don't tease you with 99.9% completion. :@
- Feb 1, 2011
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hmm.. for unstable connections like me. i prefer torrent ~
and i don't have a fast super mega hyper speed net so i prefer what i said above
and i don't have a fast super mega hyper speed net so i prefer what i said above
I prefer torrent over DDL, mainly because OST are available through torrent on the sites I go to =x
DDL isn't that bad though =)
DDL isn't that bad though =)
- Sep 13, 2011
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Usually I Would Say Both Torrent And DDL Are Great In Their Own Ways,But If I Have To Pick One It Would Have To Be DDL,Because Torrents Will Die When There Are No Seeders Anymore^-^
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