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Jul 24, 2010 9:59 PM

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I guess i think of it completely opposite from those guys that delete after watching.
I downloaded it, and it took hours, days, weeks, and in some titles, MONTHS to download. So it would be nice to have a little archive of what I have "achieved" in terms of wasting time and space for that specific amount of time.

2 1TB HDD's
4 500GB HDD's
400 DVD's full = ~2.9TB

Wasting time, in my opinion, would be downloading something for 4 hours watching it for 4 hours and then erase all trace of you ever having it (except in your mind) would be considered a waste to me.

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Jul 25, 2010 5:30 AM
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I download only if I really like it and I know that it will never be out on DVD. I either watch online or DVD's for the most part.
Jul 25, 2010 6:39 AM

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I have around 400gb of Anime I only really download series I can really see myself watching. I have three hard drives though, a 250gb, 500gb and a 1TB so space for now isn't really an issue for me. I have all my anime on the 1tb hard drive and backed up on the 500gb hard drive.

Jul 25, 2010 7:05 AM

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Ranivus said:
I guess i think of it completely opposite from those guys that delete after watching.
I downloaded it, and it took hours, days, weeks, and in some titles, MONTHS to download. So it would be nice to have a little archive of what I have "achieved" in terms of wasting time and space for that specific amount of time.

2 1TB HDD's
4 500GB HDD's
400 DVD's full = ~2.9TB

Wasting time, in my opinion, would be downloading something for 4 hours watching it for 4 hours and then erase all trace of you ever having it (except in your mind) would be considered a waste to me.


How can you have filled 7TB with anime? Lets say 1 episode is 300mb, thats 23333 episodes and that equals to around 324 days of anime.
Jul 25, 2010 7:13 AM

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because of my shitty internet connection in my place (if lucky, I can get only up to 60kbps dl manager), the answer is " HELL YES".
and I have only 400Gb of anime because of the same reason above
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Jul 25, 2010 7:29 AM

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If it's a regular series that I'm watching, but not all that excided about (Bleach, K-on!, ect) I keep it and seed it to a 2:1 ratio then delete it. If I love it and know I'll rewatch it, I keep it a seed it permanatly. If it's from either of the 2 tracker clubs I belong to, Muteki or BakaBT, I keep it a seed it permanatly. Currently I've got 1.5TB stored. My absolute favorites have also been backed-up on DVD disc.
Jul 25, 2010 7:41 AM

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Onegai said:
How can you have filled 7TB with anime? Lets say 1 episode is 300mb, thats 23333 episodes and that equals to around 324 days of anime.


A fair amount of anime gets released in 720p/1080p these days.

Ranivus said:

Wasting time, in my opinion, would be downloading something for 4 hours watching it for 4 hours and then erase all trace of you ever having it (except in your mind) would be considered a waste to me.


Well that's why we have MAL!

I delete most shows I watch after I finish them. I only keep a few that I'm afraid of them disappearing off of the internet. Mostly this is just because I don't have much HD space though.
Jul 26, 2010 3:02 PM

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I have 1000 gigs and I do not collect anime anymore non on HD or DVD's =)
I collect anime here on MAL and download them when I need within minutes
Jul 26, 2010 3:22 PM

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I try to collect HD Dual Audio Files of series where they exist. In any case I often redownload stuff months/years after finishing just to achieve it with better quality and/or dual audio. I could never delete something I've already seen

So far I've got ~1,5TB of anime and I've seen most of it and the rest is on my PTW list.
I probably regret this post by now.
Jul 26, 2010 3:25 PM

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only keep the ones i rlly liked alot
Jul 26, 2010 3:25 PM

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I've got about 500GB, no more space on my external HD, therefore I'm going ta buy a new one soon, with atleast 1TB.




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Jul 26, 2010 3:31 PM
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I've around 900 GBs right now, I'm pretty much keeping all I'm downloading, and trying to get some of the series I enjoyed before I started to download them.
Jul 26, 2010 4:03 PM

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Store them in HD. Make a DVD copy after watching.
Jul 26, 2010 7:10 PM

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I've almost go over 300GB, but I have tons stored on DVDs, because I only got a HD at the end of last year.
Jul 26, 2010 7:58 PM
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Not really, I only have like 2 GB of random anime episodes on my hard drive.

I like to watch anime online, just in case I ever run into issues with piracy.

I also just buy the DVDs like a true anime fan :P
Jul 26, 2010 8:27 PM
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I used to.. After I realized it was a waste of space, I started using my hard drive for more important stuff.


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I have a little bit over 6TR :P


Could probably distribute a copy if I ever wanted to re-watch something that I can't find anywhere.

Not too many animes have re-watch value anyway, so I wouldn't want it to rot in my folders forever.
Jul 26, 2010 8:33 PM
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HD anime is the only thing I collect

Jul 26, 2010 8:34 PM

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I only keep anime that impressed me enough to warrant a rewatch.

As much I'd love to have a collection of shorts, space on my HDD is becoming very limited.


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Jul 26, 2010 9:47 PM

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Nah, I don't really see the reason too. I only own a few on HD.

I'd rather just watch Anime online, though.
Jul 26, 2010 10:06 PM

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I only keep .avi really, and delete garbage anime, on that note, I should find more .avi anime, there's too much .mkv and my ps3 dislikes it :(
It's a lot better than watching online because usually better quality and it's always there, just in case your net decides to die -.-
Jul 27, 2010 3:39 AM

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I try to keep everything on HDD, even shows I've bought on DVD if I have TV-fansubs downloaded. Sure, you might say "Oh, I can always just re-download it!" But the types of files I collect tend to become rare and unseeded over time, particularly post-licensing. Mainly old DivX3/XviD TV-fansubs, and SD versions of recent anime. Good luck finding Mayu's SD batch of Sands of Destruction, to cite one example.

I don't really care if they're LQ, because (1) most "HD" anime are just shitty broadcast or studio Blu-Ray upscales that offer a placebo effect to people who think that bigger files = better quality, and (2) my monitor/PC aren't quite good enough to play 720p smoothly anyway. (And 1080p is a complete joke for most anime since only some theatrical films and CG content is actually worth that resolution.) Thanks to h264 and ordered chapters, low-res releases can be quite good quality for not a lot of file size, like with Chihiro's K-On!!.

I try to collect HD Dual Audio Files of series where they exist.
Too bad a lot of HD groups like THORA are little bitches when it comes to English audio, even when it's on the Japanese Blu-Rays they're ripping (e.g. Utawarerumono). "Oh yes, we're going to release these huge 1.5 GB per episode files, but a few hundred MB of English audio is just too much disk space."
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Jul 27, 2010 4:52 AM

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No.

I download it, watch it, delete it.

I never rewatch anime.
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