Comments on: BitTorrent Entertainment Network hands-on: 10 pros and cons [updated]

The new BitTorrent online store has been on the Web for a few hours. Here are our first impressions.

[peterbutler]

Fast speeds?

I tried to download the Dreamfall demo and never got more than 30K a second.

Perhaps the *paid* downloads are guaranteed to be fast, but the game demos I tested were pretty slow, though I only tried a few.

[peterbutler]

Fast speeds?

I tried to download the Dreamfall demo and never got more than 30K a second.

Perhaps the *paid* downloads are guaranteed to be fast, but the game demos I tested were pretty slow, though I only tried a few.

[brian.nystrom]

Are you KIDDING ME???

In their music section, you have the "privilege" of renting and album for $3.99 for a whopping 24 hours! And I thought $15-$20 to buy a CD was a ripoff...

I don't know who they're trying to kid, but this strikes me as nothing more than a way to try to appease the entertainment industry.

[brian.nystrom]

Are you KIDDING ME???

In their music section, you have the "privilege" of renting and album for $3.99 for a whopping 24 hours! And I thought $15-$20 to buy a CD was a ripoff...

I don't know who they're trying to kid, but this strikes me as nothing more than a way to try to appease the entertainment industry.

[Vengier]

Have you tried uninstalling it yet.

When you download the bit torrent client from their website, it installs flawlessly, works as advertised, but if you try to uninstall it, maybe your anti-virus will catch the trojans in it. Maybe Not! After uninstalling using add/remove, the program still launched on restart. My opinion, Use with caution...

[Vengier]

Have you tried uninstalling it yet.

When you download the bit torrent client from their website, it installs flawlessly, works as advertised, but if you try to uninstall it, maybe your anti-virus will catch the trojans in it. Maybe Not! After uninstalling using add/remove, the program still launched on restart. My opinion, Use with caution...