Recommend to me a good (and preferably free) NZB download site

February 16, 2008 4:35 AM

Recommend to me a good (and preferably free) NZB download site

So I've been using nzbsrus.com and a few others for the last couple of months to download binaries from Usenet. Not terribly impressed. I would sign up for an account with newzbin.com, but their account registrations are closed. What are you recommendations for a good NZB site? I'd prefer a free one.

posted by tundro to technology (7 comments total)

The only other free site I know of is http://alt.binaries.nl/
I personally use newzbin though...
posted by yeoz at 5:26 AM on February 16

binsearch.info is ok. I use newzbin though.
posted by neustile at 5:31 AM on February 16

Ooooo I really like http://www.newzleech.com/ for downloading the nbzs, but I am stuck with my crappy ISP capped news server, until I can get a newzbin invite. So if anyone here happens to have one I would gladly take it (Or waffles or any other good site like that).
posted by JonnyRotten at 5:47 AM on February 16

Seconding binsearch.info. I've been using it for a couple of years. I don't know how it stacks up against the alternatives but it must be at least good enough since I've never thought to use anything else.
posted by sockpup at 6:36 AM on February 16

I use binsearch.info pretty regularly and am 95% happy with it. One annoyance: it's unsearchable late on Sunday nights when it goes down for maintenance. And that seems to be the time each week when I'm in a downloading mood.
posted by katieinshoes at 8:36 AM on February 16

For search, I nth binsearch.info. or put ikbin somewhere with PHP/MySQL and run your own.

For more browsable stuff (when you're looking for inspiration): NZBMatrix, Bin-Req (currently down), Release Crawler, and NZB chat.

For TV, Blueflask, which generally has a deeper collection available than the more human-powered TVNZB.com.
posted by toxic at 10:41 AM on February 16

If you send me your e-mail address through mefi mail, I'll send you a newzbin invite. I think it's worth the money, personally.
posted by bertrandom at 10:38 AM on February 17