So you've found this site, like some of the films that are on here, but have no idea how to download any? Ok, well this guide will talk you through how to get your hands on all those movies you want. So go grab something to eat (pizza), get something to drink (beer) and make sure you're sitting comfortably (cushion)... Ready?
Right, all the films that we index are hosted on Usenet. If you are not sure what Usenet is, think of it like the downloading equivalent to Jessica Alba. Pretty damn awesome. Frankly we're not going to waffle on about what it is and how it works cos that'll bore the shit out of you, but if you really wanna know, check out this overview: Slyck
Ok, so you need to get 2 things sorted before you can begin to download stuff. Firstly, you need to get access to a usenet server. This is the thing which you download the files from. Yes, that's right, no pissing around waiting for 4.7GB to be sent from some guy with 2Kb upload speed. A usenet server should MAX out whatever connection you have. No really, if you have a decent enough connection you can be downloading at well over a Meg a second, easy. There are a load of providers out there, but we recommend Newshosting. Later on in this guide we're going to use Newshosting so if you're unsure about things, probably best to get that. Oh and make sure you get an unlimited download account cos you will need it!
Now for the second thing, you need a news client to download all those files. For this, there's no better client out there than Newsleecher. If you're a pikey then you can try Grabit because it's free, but it's not as good and we wont be using it in this guide.
By now you should have your subscription to Newshosting and have Newsleecher installed. Finish off that can of beer and go get another one. What we need to do now is set up Newsleecher to login to your Newshosting server account. Get your Newshosting login details and open up Newsleecher. Select the Manager tab, and click Add. You should see this screen:

Now fill out the form with your Newshosting login details and depending on the speed of your Internet, choose a number of Connections. 10 should be enough, but if you find that doesn't max out your internet connection, pump it up a little. A filled out form should look like:

OK that, and now open up Options from the menu bar. A couple of things to set up here. In Advanced, make sure "Automatic Data Backups" is ticked:

In the Download section, select a folder to download too and copy the boxes that are ticked here:

In the NZB Files section, make sure NZB files are associated with Newsleecher and that they activate on NZB import. Finally, in the Repair'n'Extract section, have the following options selected:

OK all that and then select the Repair'n'Extract tab and make sure everything is ticked:

What this little application does is check all the files that you download, repairs them if needed, and then extracts the archive for you. Handy eh!
Right, we are now ready to download some stuff. Make sure the big Connect button is selected in Newsleecher and lets find a film... For this example, lets pick Death Sentence on DVD:

There are 2 ways to queue up this film. The first method is to use one of the 4 NZB Search links. The accuracy of the search decreases from left to right, so FILEname is the best and TITLEname is the least accurate. Lets try clicking the FILEname search then. As we dont host the NZB files, we link into Binseach which indexes the contents of Usenet and lets you create an NZB for free. Here we scroll down and can see the result(s):

Excellent, we have a match. You can see there are 2 matches, obviously the one we want is the collection of files which are 4.62GB in size. All you need to do is click that tick box and hit Create NZB. You should get a download pop up:

Select to open the NZB file with Newsleecher, it will catch it and show all the files in the Queue section:

And that's it! Easy eh? Newsleecher will now download all the files and Repair'n'Extract will do the rest. See it's not that hard is it? Think of all that time you wasted on torrents!
Oh before we forget, we did say that there was another way of queueing up the film. If none of the NZB Searches find anything, try clicking the movie title:

This shows you an example usenet filename for the film. This is where the Newsleecher SuperSearch feature comes in handy. Copy part of the filename to use in the search (we dont want to copy all of the filename as we are trying to match all files in the collection, not just the one example file). With this in mind, lets copy "Death.Sentence.UNRATED.R1.NTSC.DVDR-XanaX" and paste that into the SuperSearch search box and click Go:

Success! You can see that we have got a match and it looks like all the files are there. The quickest way to select all these files for download is to right click on one file and select Smart Select. This should highlight all the files, then simply right click again and click Leech. The files will now be transferred to your download queue.
Remember that whatever usenet server you choose, it will offer a "Retention Rate". This is the length of time that they will keep the files on their server for. So if your server has a retention of 70 days, make sure that you dont select any films that have been Added more than 70 days ago cos that'll be about as useful as Britney at a parenting convention.
Right, go get your 3rd can of beer, have a chill, and your chosen film will be ready in 20 minutes. Enjoy, and happy downloading!
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