I have to disagree on the movie/shows part here. IMHO Usenet is way cheaper than this horrible file hosters. And one needs more than one file hoster too. There are also plenty of German private torrent trackers out there. File hosters lack automation, it's just horrible annoying to download everything by hand and solve Captchas all day AND EVEN PAY FOR THIS EXPERIENCE.

[–] easeKItMAn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree on the horrible experience. However h264 rips in Usenet lack in quality from my perspective. Data rates for 1080 are often too low and close to 720 rips. For me rips 8-12GB in size deliver the best ratio for my screen solution, and are efficient for storing.
H265 would be better but my hardware lacks in decoding capability (raspberry 3).
Everyone has different requirements driven by storage, hardware etc. One click Hoster costs 50 EUR/year for 170GB per day. Usenet indexer 5Eur/Month + 25EUR for 150GB

Glad if you can advice on cheaper solutions. And good private trackers!

[–] max2078@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

However h264 rips in Usenet lack in quality from my perspective.

How so, its basically the same content (same releases).

Glad if you can advice on cheaper solutions.

You are right the prices of usenet providers went up everywhere, but you still can get Frugal for $40 a year. That's an unlimited subscription of course, unlike file hosters.

And good private trackers!

See here to start

[–] easeKItMAn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Utmost appreciated! Thanks