2.2gb. About 5% per hour.

I should have set it to run overnight.

Lesson learned.

Beej, given that it's probably a low-demand download, it'll probably take a while, especially since seasons 2-4 are going to be pretty big. I wouldn't anticipate any problems with playing the files, though. I've almost never had any problems, especially using VLC.

For example--when I was aheming the Indiana Jones trilogy, it took about three and a half weeks. ::shrug:: Patience is a virtue, in the world of aheming.

Sigh.

Just now turned over 19%

Three and a half weeks. Seriously?

Ah well. I'd have bought the dvds if I could get them in region 1. Patience is, indeed a virtue.

Could be worse I suppose. Back in the day, I could not have been running multiple programs while doing this, so...it's all to the good.

Three and a half weeks. Seriously?

Only if it keeps at that particular speed

Boring update:

Running for 13 hours...it's at 28%

Lawdy. Time for bed.

Quick question. Monitor seems to be on fritz. It gives a signal or even sometime shows what is on the computer for a about a minute. Then fades to white. Can't get the menu to come on (or maybe I can, and just can't see for the all the blinding white).

17 inch proview PL1716s 700P. All troubleshooting suggestions in the manual start by calling for invoking the menu. Any suggestions for self-fixes? What are the odds a repair shop can fix it?

In my experience, monitors are kind of break-em-and-done deal. I've replaced laptop monitors before, but even that has required taking out the whole screen and sliding in a new one. With external monitors, it was always the policy for my department to send them back to the manufacturer, because if one thing went wrong, the whole thing was useless. You can take it to a repair shop, but unless it's under warranty it would probably be cost and time effective to just get a new one. However, there might be resetting options available I don't know about, so you might want to ring up the manufacturer before you replace it. Generally, though (IME) if something's gone schitzy with the monitor, it means something is broken, and you might as well replace it.

That said--it might be a cable issue. If the cable is bent, and one of the interior wires is fritzed, it could cause the problem you're talking about. If the cable is detachable from the monitor itself, I'd try replacing that first. Alternatively, it might be the power source, which should also be more easily replaced.

So my external hard drive is beginning to creak--I'm very close to maxing out its space, and as I continue to purchase new music and so forth, that's just not going away.

Anyone have any recommendations for a reliable external hard drive with plenty of space? I'm on a Dell laptop about 2 years old...