Hey.

1. The name doesn't suggest I can watch shows (rather, just a reminder service)

2. Asked to login/register without being able to try/see the experience makes me close the tab - I haven't found out yet whether I like the service, why would I sign up?

It looks nice but I still prefer http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/ for two reasons:

They have more upcoming shows, so I can follow some promising shows when I hear about them and they'll show in my calendar half year later when they start running. I have four upcoming shows on pogdesign that weren't found here.

I selected my time zone when signing up, only to be disappointed that all dates and times in the calendar are still in the US time. I live in Europe so the difference usually means it's already next day here when the shows are aired. pogdesign can handle that.

Other than that, this looks pretty neat. Recommended shows seems well-chosen but I'd like to have “not interested” button so that the show would be hidden and another one would jump in.

Keep up the good work and fix the problems mentioned above and I'll switch!

I tried to login with Facebook, and was prompted to make a password anyway. Doesn't this seem to defeat the point of having OAuth sign-in in the first place? I don't want to remember your password, and you've already got my login tokens, so I shouldn't need to.

Looks nice graphically, but it still doesn't solve my problem of automatically finding a torrent and downloading. Also, I don't want to register for yet another site that keeps track of some stuff for me, and I'd like to watch my shows on the TV instead of on a computer.

I've submitted my own solution for this a to HN a couple months ago: http://schizoduckie.github.com/seriesguide-chrome/

It's a chrome plugin, that automatically shows you the magnet link with he most result from a TPB mirror whenever an episode of your favorite tv shows came out. Click that magnet link and it' ll be picked up by your favorite torrent client. This takes the hassle out of the wole process for me: - Get notified - Track what you have already downloaded - Find a TPB mirror that works, execute search, sort by most seeds

I've also included a general TPB search to just find the most-seeding torrent for any search term.

I don't miss episodes. I'm also relatively unconcerned about MPAA stuff.

I bought Automatic after a 2 week trial. I have it downloading on 15 minute intervals from tvtorrents.com (from the UK, while I'm US), based on my "New Favorites" custom account RSS feed. I specify some words to match a show's title, get the format I want (match ".mp4") and exclude ones I don't. (Don't match "720p", don't match "mkv".) The torrents get downloaded to a directory, where Transmission automatically detects and starts downloading them.

The result: Shows appear in Air Video on my iPad, and I only press an entry in a list (Table View) to watch them. My "karma" (called gigacredits) on tvtorrents.com basically takes care of itself because I start downloading when a bunch of other people are also doing so.

That said, TVTorrents.com is a bit clunky. (Along the lines of "2003 called. Wants its Java app server and web design back.")

I receive errors when trying to login with facebook. I want to be able to test this service without being a member like http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/

I have closed the tab sadly though i'd love to use it if given the chance.

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Any comments/suggestions let me know

I use http://mytvrss.com (no affiliation). You check off the shows you watch and it creates a customized RSS feed for you. Combined with Google Reader I never miss a show.

Just signed up. The main reason of signing up is to check your recommendation quality. Will check when have more time. A calendar showing episodes airing date is a good feature.

I'd like to find more about how the site works without signing up

I just registered, selected some shows then on the home page all 6 episodes of futurama are marked as "watched". why?

also: is it possible to delete my account?

I'd rather like to see a version of this that lets me know which ones I've already seen so I don't have to waste my life watching them again.

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How is this any better than say, Sidereel.com ?

So, how does watching shows work? Is it legal?