How much anime are you hoarding?
| I only save what I find worth saving but something like 1.5 TB atm |
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Take a look at my downloaded folder: |
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JkayW said: I don't download I stream. But if I could download I would. But I just can't find a good site. Let me help you with that: http://www.lovemyanime.net/ or http://www.animerush.tv/ then click the episode, click the mp4 upload (HD is what I prefer, if you're fine with normal quality, you could take that as well), then wait for the vid to be ready and click the download button that appears on the vid itself (the arrow that points downwards), it'll take you to the mp4upload side, there just press the green button. I use those sites mainly for ongoing series as they have good HD versions, yet the files aren't really big compared to the ones you see in torrents. If you want series like Guilty Crown (sorry, this is the 1st not too recent finished anime I think of as I'm watching it atm) or so that don't have HD vids on that site, or you just prefer a 'Batch' (all the episodes with 1 click) to have less clicking work, just search for a torrent (like google: 'Guilty Crown Batch torrent' or smth). If you're new to torrents, be carefull though and make sure you read some info on them beforehand, or just ask in the MAL forums, plenty of guys/girls who do that here! |
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| None because I'd rather not waste time torrenting You forgot to make that a choice in your poll ;) |
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Demi_V said: Plus why would I download a series that I potentially won't like enough to watch repeatedly? That should be the purpose of downloading imo. Well, actually there is a good reason you should download over stream, I'll explain: Both streaming and downloading take up the same amount of your internet usage, as in, if you stream an episode of let's say Naruto, it WILL consume the same amount of your data as if you would download it. Now let's say you would want to watch a series again, would you rather already have to restream it (and obv consuming data again), or would you rather have it on an external HDD and not consume data? |
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Hiroyuuki said: Demi_V said: Plus why would I download a series that I potentially won't like enough to watch repeatedly? That should be the purpose of downloading imo. Well, actually there is a good reason you should download over stream, I'll explain: Both streaming and downloading take up the same amount of your internet usage, as in, if you stream an episode of let's say Naruto, it WILL consume the same amount of your data as if you would download it. Now let's say you would want to watch a series again, would you rather already have to restream it (and obv consuming data again), or would you rather have it on an external HDD and not consume data? Personally even a 0.1% chance that streaming an episode is disturbed by buffering, the internet dying or other similar troubles, is more than enough to avoid that option. Especially with slow-ish internet and since I don't see any advantages of streaming that matter to me. |
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| ~ 150 GB. I doubt I'll watch half of 'em. |
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| Don't download any. Streaming's good enough. I buy those I like well enough to want to own when possible, and when not possible streams will still be good enough for potential rewatches. |
| I have downloaded about 1200 series, OVAs and movies. I put most onto a spare HDD or burn them onto blurays to watch later when I have time. But im actually pretty good at watching them as soon as I get them downloaded. Important thing is not to download to many series that have a tone of episodes each hahahaha |
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| I watch my anime online. If I downloaded it I would have any memory left |
JkayW said: I don't download I stream. But if I could download I would. But I just can't find a good site. Bakabt is a pretty good site, its where I get all my stuff Just be sure to seed though so your account doesn't get suspended |
| I use streaming sites, so none. I don't see the point of downloading anime tbh. |
 NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
-CallMeSenpai- said: I use streaming sites, so none. I don't see the point of downloading anime tbh. You get better picture quality, ability to watch whenever |
| now that I think of it I almost never streamed online I started from bd's which I randomly bought =tsubasa reservoir chronicles because the character looked like sakura kinomoto then got hooked on this anime stuff but stopped buying since college cost a lot . I tried streaming but I hated the low quality :DD and since that day I ended up torrenting every anime that I watch gotta get that 1080p bd from kyoani series. |
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| I stream shows, but download whenever I feel like doing something with them, like making AMVs or trying to make a review. |
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NateMKII said: I know that it has a better quality, but it's not worth it, It just takes too much time.-CallMeSenpai- said: I use streaming sites, so none. I don't see the point of downloading anime tbh. You get better picture quality, ability to watch whenever |
NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
Hiroyuuki said: But if you compare streaming sites vs torrents, this is not true.Demi_V said: Plus why would I download a series that I potentially won't like enough to watch repeatedly? That should be the purpose of downloading imo. Well, actually there is a good reason you should download over stream, I'll explain: Both streaming and downloading take up the same amount of your internet usage, as in, if you stream an episode of let's say Naruto, it WILL consume the same amount of your data as if you would download it. Now let's say you would want to watch a series again, would you rather already have to restream it (and obv consuming data again), or would you rather have it on an external HDD and not consume data? The episode streamed from mp4upload is much smaller than the same episode from the horrible subs rip. (YuruYuri eps 9 mp4 upload (44 mb) vs nyaa torrent (325 mb)) |
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worldeditor11 said: me neitherromagia said: But if you compare streaming sites vs torrents, this is not true. The episode streamed from mp4upload is much smaller than the same episode from the horrible subs rip. (YuruYuri eps 9 mp4 upload (44 mb) vs nyaa torrent (325 mb)) I don't understand the comparison you are trying to make. The former has a significantly lower resolution compared to the latter resulting in a smaller filesize. but it's what i think of when it comes to stream vs download |
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| A bit over 5 TB, 300+ series and movies i would guess. |
| Hardly anything because I'm a DVD/Blu-ray collector and I'd rather use legal means like subscription streaming services for checking out new shows. Also if I DLed it, it's unlicensed, and I usually just delete it after watching instead of storing it. |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| I always download then delete all after watching. Only keep around 20 shows I really like. |
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| Just 2 movies, Madoka movie 3 and 5 cm/s because I wanted to stream them to my 58" TV and not have to worry about buffering. I'm a streaming pleb all the way. |
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Get on my folder icon level  Not enough characters so I guess I'll answer OPs question as well :\ ...I have 1.4TB worth of chinese cartoons. I actually used to delete everything as soon as I was finished with it but these days disk space is so cheap I just cbf to delete anything ever. If I ever actually run low on space then I'll do something about it. |
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| So basically, people who stream either: 1. Don't have the space to download and store, and can't afford to buy HDDs. 2. Can't tell the difference between streaming quality and a good encode. 3. Don't care for uncensored BD/DVD versions. 4. Have poor internet. Good to know. |
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| I stream because why would I download when I don't have to |
romagia said: Hiroyuuki said: But if you compare streaming sites vs torrents, this is not true.Well, actually there is a good reason you should download over stream, I'll explain: Both streaming and downloading take up the same amount of your internet usage, as in, if you stream an episode of let's say Naruto, it WILL consume the same amount of your data as if you would download it. Now let's say you would want to watch a series again, would you rather already have to restream it (and obv consuming data again), or would you rather have it on an external HDD and not consume data? The episode streamed from mp4upload is much smaller than the same episode from the horrible subs rip. (YuruYuri eps 9 mp4 upload (44 mb) vs nyaa torrent (325 mb)) I did mention earlier that torrent files have usually 'bigger' files, however, I also said that DOWNLOADING (not torrents, just downloading) is the same file size, as it's even the same file you are streaming/downloading, which will have absolutely no differense in file size, not even a single byte. Oh and btw that 44 mb file is extremely misleading, it's not HD, which you compared to a HD torrent file.. A normal episode in HD takes about 100-200 when downloading without torrents (as earlier mentioned, on the sites I download the HD mp4uploads from). Usually torrents for 1 ep range from 100-300, so yes, it's still a bit higher, but still, downloading from a mp4upload vid surely isn't, since it's the same file. |
HiroyuukiJan 25, 2016 9:13 AM
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Hiroyuuki said: who downloads those 40 mbit mp4s thoromagia said: But if you compare streaming sites vs torrents, this is not true. The episode streamed from mp4upload is much smaller than the same episode from the horrible subs rip. (YuruYuri eps 9 mp4 upload (44 mb) vs nyaa torrent (325 mb)) I did mention earlier that torrent files have usually 'bigger' files, however, I also said that DOWNLOADING (not torrents, just downloading) is the same file size, as it's even the same file you are streaming/downloading, which will have absolutely no differense in file size, not even a single byte. |
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| Few episodes of Hi Speed Jecy, random seasonal single episodes and thats it |
| I buy and stream all my shit. Gaming is too much of a passion to bother with Anime taking up space on a hard drive. |
| Sometimes I stream & sometimes I don't. The volume in every streaming site is too low & I want my watching experience to be loud & clear & no buffering or stuff like that. I always download interesting Anime or those that I like. |
| I have over 3000 episodes downloaded .I've watched more but I haven't always downloaded and I've also lost some . So that should be around 250 series ? |
| Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
| At around 10-15 TB atm. Have burned over 500 Blu-ray discs filled with Anime. Some of them have Visual Novels on as well though. (Around 3-4 discs from that).... So yea.... In 20 years when no-one is interested in some obscure anime from now then I'll probably have it..... =( |
JkayW said: I don't download I stream. But if I could download I would. But I just can't find a good site. Dunno about sites but I use a cracked version of IDM (Internet Download Manager) . Any video on any site is easily downloadable .Anime sites included of course . |
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| I almost always download on principle, so I've downloaded almost my entire anime list, including some on my PTW, On Hold and Dropped lists. So about 100 series excluding shorts, and ~800-900 GB. I was strapped for space having to live with a measly 1TB external drive, but when HDD prices finally came down after the floods in Thailand I nabbed a 3TBer and bam, my anime folder got out of control. |
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| ~450 GB atm. I don't have too many a series, but most of my vids are blu-ray rips, so as you can imagine, that takes up some space. |
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| Over my lifetime I've downloaded more than 1k - problem is, I've lost terabytes worth of anime multiple times (like recently I lost all the anime I had downloaded and saved to my 2TB external harddrive when it got knocked off my desk) I currently have 3.369 TB on my computer alone not counting the hundreds of Data CDs I still have as well. I'll be honest, I download less since I can watch a lot on Hulu. |
| All of the shows I have seen, which is around 2.5TB. I haven't downloaded anything I don't watch, nor have I deleted anything I have watched. |
| If you generalize, you're wrong. |
| Around 50 of my highest rated series and just as many movies. Used to have a lot more but the external hard disk where I stored everything kinda died and I didn't have the motivation to download everything again. Nowadays I prefer to stream or just get the episode and delete it again after finishing. Saves a lot of headaches for me. |
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| I got nothing. I don't really have a purpose to download shows in the first place as I don't plan on re-watching half the stuff I watch so there's no point in keeping stuff you won't touch ever again. And idc too much about the quality, streams are usually good enough for me. |
| I had ~2TBs worth of anime. But then that HDD fried (RIP my friend, you will not be forgotten T_T), so I just gave up. I only have my DVD's now (which I am VERY careful with) and Kissanime. |
Seiya0890 said: But its still disgusting from my point of view, and from the word's point of view, therefore its disgusting. Wise words. |
| I always download my anime. My anime folder is 1,24 TB. I haven't seen all of them though. 129 anime |
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| None. I just stream, it's just more convenient for me. |
| The poll is pretty biased. OT: None. I have better things to download & store on my hard drives instead of lame ass cartoons that I am only going to watch once. |
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