[sixothree]

I have Netflix, Amazon Prime, and one of the most expensive DirecTV packages. Yet I still torrent most of my television. Yes the very same television I can get from satellite I download via internet. For some reason I just find the (watching) experience so much cleaner and easier.

[pavel_lishin]

Rewinding/fast forwarding is easier; so are subtitles. It works on the subway, and on airplanes. It works when my neighbors are saturating the local bandwidth.

[Vexs]

It's because it's so damn convenient. No dicking about with ads, settings, codes, authentication, drm, whatever. Just look, download, and go. Usually higher res too.

[ionised]

I've got UK Netflix and have found myself torrenting some movies because the Netflix version was not HD due to some stupid licensing arrangement.

This has happened on maybe 6 or 7 movies in the last year and I'm starting to get annoyed enough to consider cancelling my subscription.

The pickings are not very good anymore and new stuff seems so sparse and infrequent.

I'm spending money each month on something i use maybe one or two nights a month.