Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on Torrent: Week December 13, 2009

It is the second week where 2012 is at the first place as the most downloaded movie.

This list is also useful to know which new DVDs are on sale in the market, if the torrent says DVDrip, then it comes from an original DVD or Blu-Ray Disc (with menu, extras, director commentaries, deleted scenes, and so on).

1. (1) 2012 (R5)
2. (…) Planet 51 (R5)
3. (4) The Bad Lieutenant (DVDrip)
4. (3) Funny People (DVDrip)
5. (5) Inglourious Basterds (DVDrip)
6. (…) The Blind Side (DVDscr)
7. (2) Law Abiding Citizen (R5)
8. (…) Surrogates (DVDrip)
9. (…) The Box (R5)
10. (6) The Twilight Saga: New Moon (TS)

* Between () is the position from the previous week.
(…) Is for new torrents.

Source: TorrentFreak

What Does DVDRip, DVDSCR, CAM, R5, TS and TC Mean?

To everyone who once wonder what DVDRip, DVDSCR, CAM, TS, TC, and R5 mean. Those are Video Quality names. When you are going to download a movie is important to know what does mean all this words in the name of the archive / torrent, because you don’t want to spend time downloading a movie and find out the quality of the movie is not as expected.

DVDRip: Is a copy of a original DVD. The quality is excellent (DVD Quality). DVDRip Quality is ready to download when Original DVD is in the market. DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD.
Worth to Download? YES

DVDScr: Or DVD Screener, usually is a copy of a PROMO Dvd. The DVDScr is out before the original DVD is in the market. Video usually comes with water marks in the video, clock counters and legends. Sometimes in some parts of the Movie video turns in black and white.
Quality is good.
Worth to Download? YES

R5: Refers to a specific format of DVD released in DVD Region 5, the former Soviet Union, and bootlegged copies of these releases that are distributed on the Internet. In an effort to compete with movie piracy, the movie industry chose to create a new format for DVD releases that could be produced more quickly and less expensively than traditional DVD releases. Quality is good because video is ripped directly from a DVD.
Worth to Download? YES

CAM: A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but a lot of the time this wont be possible, so the camera make shake. Also seating placement isn’t always idle, and it might be filmed from an angle. Quality is awful.
Worth to Download? NO

TS: Or Telesync, is the same spec as a CAM except it uses an external audio source. A direct audio source does not ensure a good quality audio source, as a lot of background noise can interfere. Quality is awful.
Worth to Download? NO

TC: A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be very good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon. Quality is regular.
Worth to Download? NO