DVD/VCD..cheapest place to buy
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Go to:
www.allvcd.com
I bought the Star Wars trilogy, all the Futurama VCDs, Planet of the Apes, and one more I can't remember without going to look.
VCDs are fun and a cheap way (between 7.50 and 9.50 for most) to get movies. They are NOT DVDs, however, and the video quality is about what VHS is.
I was originally a little leary of ordering from Malaysia, but I figured that risking 8 bucks plus shipping would not break my bank if it turned out to be fly-by-night or worse...and this gamble paid off!
I got the SW trilogy right after the PotA arrived and they are fun. VCDs can (if, like me, you are a collector) be copied on any CD burner. So as soon as I got the SW trilogy, I burned copies and put away the cool box and pristine, unscratched discs...now they remain mint, and are a nice addition to the LDs and lone DVD (Ep1) I have!
AllVCD does not have any pirate videos..they seem to be a legit operation.
www.allvcd.com
I bought the Star Wars trilogy, all the Futurama VCDs, Planet of the Apes, and one more I can't remember without going to look.
VCDs are fun and a cheap way (between 7.50 and 9.50 for most) to get movies. They are NOT DVDs, however, and the video quality is about what VHS is.
I was originally a little leary of ordering from Malaysia, but I figured that risking 8 bucks plus shipping would not break my bank if it turned out to be fly-by-night or worse...and this gamble paid off!
I got the SW trilogy right after the PotA arrived and they are fun. VCDs can (if, like me, you are a collector) be copied on any CD burner. So as soon as I got the SW trilogy, I burned copies and put away the cool box and pristine, unscratched discs...now they remain mint, and are a nice addition to the LDs and lone DVD (Ep1) I have!
AllVCD does not have any pirate videos..they seem to be a legit operation.
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A better choice is Kazaa Lite. Basically it's a variant of Kazaa with all the spyware/adware ripped out. Lets you run Kazaa without the hassles, though the Kazaa interface will still pop an ad on you once in a while.
www.kazaalite.com
I highly recommend LavaSoft's Ad-aware. Run it, and it hunts down and removes the spyware/adware junk.
www.lavasoft.de
Finally, most of my browsing nowadays is done from Opera (95%). Most sites render fine in it, though sometimes I do switch back to Internet Explorer. Opera is just lightning fast compared to IE and has some great features for browsing. E.g. if I get a list of new messages, I can ctrl-shift-click on the ones I'm interested in, and it'll pop open a new tab for each message in the background (of the same window). Then I just read each one and close each tab with a ctrl-F4. It's great for "industrial web reading," like reading a bunch of stories from ESPN.
The reason I even mention Opera here is that a lot of spyware/adware can't get into it, unlike IE. One of Opera's best features is "disable pop-ups"! which gets rid of the annoying pop-up and pop-under ads as you visit web sites. There are hacky little tools for IE which try to do it, but Opera has it built-in and it works reliably.
The downside to Opera is that there is a small ad rectangle in the upper-right corner. You have to buy it to remove it, though, frankly, the ad banner is unobtrusive to me, and it's well worth the money.
www.operasoft.com
www.kazaalite.com
I highly recommend LavaSoft's Ad-aware. Run it, and it hunts down and removes the spyware/adware junk.
www.lavasoft.de
Finally, most of my browsing nowadays is done from Opera (95%). Most sites render fine in it, though sometimes I do switch back to Internet Explorer. Opera is just lightning fast compared to IE and has some great features for browsing. E.g. if I get a list of new messages, I can ctrl-shift-click on the ones I'm interested in, and it'll pop open a new tab for each message in the background (of the same window). Then I just read each one and close each tab with a ctrl-F4. It's great for "industrial web reading," like reading a bunch of stories from ESPN.
The reason I even mention Opera here is that a lot of spyware/adware can't get into it, unlike IE. One of Opera's best features is "disable pop-ups"! which gets rid of the annoying pop-up and pop-under ads as you visit web sites. There are hacky little tools for IE which try to do it, but Opera has it built-in and it works reliably.
The downside to Opera is that there is a small ad rectangle in the upper-right corner. You have to buy it to remove it, though, frankly, the ad banner is unobtrusive to me, and it's well worth the money.
www.operasoft.com
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I've been downloading off of imesh for some time now and yes...the popups are annoying, but they don't really bother me enough to not download stuff.
Maik, I know you are trying to help
But your advice is like when you tell the doctor "Hey Doc, it hurts when I laugh.", and the doctor says, "Well then don't laugh."
Quan, I'll try Kazaalite...sounds like it could be better than imesh...lol I'll download it from imesh
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Maik, I know you are trying to help
But your advice is like when you tell the doctor "Hey Doc, it hurts when I laugh.", and the doctor says, "Well then don't laugh." Quan, I'll try Kazaalite...sounds like it could be better than imesh...lol I'll download it from imesh
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If the pop ups dont bother you, then great. I use my PC for several personal financial functions and I am not at all interested in allowing any non secure site in. I hope you realize the information that is made public via these non secure sites. For example, if you have EVER used you PC to purchase anything via a credit card, that credit card number is in your registry just waiting for someone to grab it. For me, at least, this is not worth the cost of a few movies that I can buy or rent and copy. At a minimum, you might want to look into ad-aware.com as a means to help protect your PC.MannyE said:I've been downloading off of imesh for some time now and yes...the popups are annoying, but they don't really bother me enough to not download stuff.
Maik, I know you are trying to help
Quan, I'll try Kazaalite...sounds like it could be better than imesh...lol I'll download it from imesh
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some of you folks are paranoid as hell boo hooing about protecting your PC... the chances that joe q hacker gives 45 flying f's about your specific credit card on your specific computer are extremely minimal... also if by some act of god you actually get hacked, you are not liable for any charges on your card....
i use my comp for everything including financial stuff and i surf some of the most insecure sites imaginable and ive had no issues.... using a firewall, anti-virus, and occasionally cleaning up your computer will leave you harmless...
i use my comp for everything including financial stuff and i surf some of the most insecure sites imaginable and ive had no issues.... using a firewall, anti-virus, and occasionally cleaning up your computer will leave you harmless...
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