There are two ways to watch TV using torrents.
The easiest is to download an entire season in one go, the other is to download episodes individually as they air in the U.S.
Downloading a season is perfect for shows you’re way behind on, or missed completely. However, what invariably happens is that you end up overtaking your local TV network, leaving you with a choice – either wait for another season to finish or download the individual shows as they are broadcast in the U.S.
The show-by-show method of using torrents is substantially more hassle since you have to be keeping track of the shows which are currently airing and checking for those torrents. This is where ted comes in.
Once you install it you choose the shows from the predefined list that you want to watch (there are about 150 of the top shows listed, and you can add custom ones). It then automatically monitors for new episodes, and loads them into your Bittorrent client which downloads them for you. This is incredibly useful if you have numerous shows to keep up with since you don’t have to either check for new torrents for each one every week, or even keep track of when the new season of a show is due to start. It’s all done for you.
Click the thumbnail at the top for a typical configuration. Yes, it’s mine. Cease & Desist me, I dare you. Anyway, you’ll notice that 24 has episode 25 selected – this is not a ’secret’ episode, it’s just the way of telling it to start downloading when a new season begins. You can download ted here.
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