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user-inactivated  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cord Cutters of Hubski; How do you do it?

Laptop. Bittorent. Peerblock. 1TB portable external HD each for: televisions, movies. No organization, just one folder for each movie or tv show, sorted alphabetically. No fancy catalog, no fancy system, just transfer via usb what I want to watch off the external HD to my laptop (I don't watch video files on the hard drive so as to reduce wear and tear), open it in VLC Media Player, maximize to fullscreen, sit back, and there you go, theater at your fingertips.





judohippo  ·  3495 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I did the same thing for a while but I was constantly missing episodes. It also didn't work well for mobile. My wife likes to watch things on her tablet when on the deck. Plex allows us to stream to every device with a screen in the house.