Why is it so difficult to buy Game of Thrones, Season 1, to download?

Xaracatz

Is it particularly difficult to buy to do with the extreme lockdown of getting it for free? Every site I visit wants a UK address, or a US credit card, or my first born son - all of which will take quite a while to arrange. Back in the day I would have this already downloaded, but I literally can't pay to get it right now..

Anyway - to make this a topic - are you more in favour of buying media - music, tv shows, movies nowadays, as they are cheaper and downloading for free has become more difficult and time-consuming?

If anybody could send me in the direction of where I can just buy the fking thing in the middle of the discussion, that would be much appreciated.

The_Valeyard

You're paying to download Game of Thrones?

That's not very Game of Thrones like.

Temptamperu

I paid the iron price!

Your Face

So the process is a long and drawn out affair, seems apt.

Xaracatz

The_Valeyard wrote: »

You're paying to download Game of Thrones?

That's not very Game of Thrones like.

The end justifies the means.

Would be easier to go and find the cast and ask them to re-create the thing it seems.

The_Valeyard

Xaracatz wrote: »

The end justifies the means.

Would be easier to go and find the cast and ask them to re-create the thing it seems.

Ah yes, nothing like a bit of incest right in front of your face.

Pac1Man

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Ah yes, nothing like a bit of incest right in front of your face.

Hey, it's not incest if you close your eyes!

Del2005

Xaracatz wrote: »

Is it particularly difficult to buy to do with the extreme lockdown of getting it for free? Every site I visit wants a UK address, or a US credit card, or my first born son - all of which will take quite a while to arrange. Back in the day I would have this already downloaded, but I literally can't pay to get it right now..

Anyway - to make this a topic - are you more in favour of buying media - music, tv shows, movies nowadays, as they are cheaper and downloading for free has become more difficult and time-consuming?

If anybody could send me in the direction of where I can just buy the fking thing in the middle of the discussion, that would be much appreciated.

So you are struggling to be legit and buy it while you could have downloaded it in the time you took to post. I'm all for paying for products but when they make it nearly impossible I'll take the pirates

Birneybau

Xaracatz wrote: »

Is it particularly difficult to buy to do with the extreme lockdown of getting it for free? Every site I visit wants a UK address, or a US credit card, or my first born son - all of which will take quite a while to arrange. Back in the day I would have this already downloaded, but I literally can't pay to get it right now..

Anyway - to make this a topic - are you more in favour of buying media - music, tv shows, movies nowadays, as they are cheaper and downloading for free has become more difficult and time-consuming?

If anybody could send me in the direction of where I can just buy the fking thing in the middle of the discussion, that would be much appreciated.

Really thought it was available on iTunes. What about the dvd box sets? Or, as others have said, do what the rest of us do.

OneOfThem Stumbled

Xaracatz wrote: »

Is it particularly difficult to buy to do with the extreme lockdown of getting it for free?

No: it's because copyright and subscription services are becoming bigger and bigger deals. HBO owns Game of Thrones and doesn't want anyone getting it who doesn't have a HBO subscription (it's known as Sky Atlantic here).

But GOT season 1 is available as boxsets: I've seen that it exists on DVD (unless this has been stopped by HBO).

I'd guess it'd be as difficult to get Stranger Things without a Netflix subscription

Xaracatz

Cheers guys. Yeah - seems available on iTunes but that's a pain to work with Chromecast (which I got today and seems pretty cool). The whole plan was watching GoT on tv hooked to laptop.

Anyway, got a workaround. Took a while, when I would just have happily paid a reasonable amount to buy or rent quickly.

Must. Not. Watch. Episode. Three.. Work.. Tomorrow.

The_Valeyard

Xaracatz wrote: »

Cheers guys. Yeah - seems available on iTunes but that's a pain to work with Chromecast (which I got today and seems pretty cool). The whole plan was watching GoT on tv hooked to laptop.

Anyway, got a workaround. Took a while, when I would just have happily paid a reasonable amount to buy or rent quickly.

Must. Not. Watch. Episode. Three.. Work.. Tomorrow.

Bet you watched it.

Brego888

Eh, just stream it?

greencap

Del2005 wrote: »

So you are struggling to be legit and buy it while you could have downloaded it in the time you took to post. I'm all for paying for products but when they make it nearly impossible I'll take the pirates

jesus christ do xbox do this too.

they want a hotmail address to buy live gold membership. corresponding xbox id.
everywhere selling it wanted a mobile number, wanted me to jump through 10 hoops just to buy 20 euros worth. its just a 16 number code on a screen.

you'd swear you were looking for a us visa. only short of a picture of my hole.

dear **** they made it difficult to give them money.

microsoft are creepy fckers.

Ulysses Gaze

The_Valeyard wrote: »

You're paying to download Game of Thrones?

That's not very Game of Thrones like.

The Iron Bank will have its due......

The_Valeyard

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

The Iron Bank will have its due......

Eventually.....maybe....they can be quite slow about it.

Birneybau

Xaracatz wrote: »

Cheers guys. Yeah - seems available on iTunes but that's a pain to work with Chromecast (which I got today and seems pretty cool). The whole plan was watching GoT on tv hooked to laptop.

Anyway, got a workaround. Took a while, when I would just have happily paid a reasonable amount to buy or rent quickly.

Must. Not. Watch. Episode. Three.. Work.. Tomorrow.

You generally can't play downloaded stuff/local files through chromecast, just streaming and that.

Just hook laptop up to t.v. with hdmi cable.

TommyKnocker

I'll leave this here

Boom_Bap

Xaracatz wrote: »

Cheers guys. Yeah - seems available on iTunes but that's a pain to work with Chromecast (which I got today and seems pretty cool). The whole plan was watching GoT on tv hooked to laptop.

Anyway, got a workaround. Took a while, when I would just have happily paid a reasonable amount to buy or rent quickly.

Must. Not. Watch. Episode. Three.. Work.. Tomorrow.

I've only seen this thread now, but I would have let you borrow my DVD boxset

Maximus Alexander

Xaracatz wrote: »

Cheers guys. Yeah - seems available on iTunes but that's a pain to work with Chromecast (which I got today and seems pretty cool). The whole plan was watching GoT on tv hooked to laptop.

Anyway, got a workaround. Took a while, when I would just have happily paid a reasonable amount to buy or rent quickly.

Must. Not. Watch. Episode. Three.. Work.. Tomorrow.

A "workaround" is it? :cool:

Billy86

TommyKnocker wrote: »

I'll leave this here

I don't know that I've actually held a single physical disc or DVD in over 3-4 years, being fully honest. Actually, maybe 2 or 3 on my old housemates PS4 - that's probably it though.

Mind you, £10 is a very solid price.

Birneybau

Birneybau wrote: »

You generally can't play downloaded stuff/local files through chromecast, just streaming and that.

Just hook laptop up to t.v. with hdmi cable.

You can do it fairly easily using Plex, you may need a decent computer though depending on the file formats as transcoding on the fly requires a decent bit of poke.

Xaracatz

Birneybau wrote: »

You generally can't play downloaded stuff/local files through chromecast, just streaming and that.

Just hook laptop up to t.v. with hdmi cable.

Yah. Have Microsoft Surface, so was hdmi to Mini Display Port. Like they couldn't even come up with a catchier name for their cable-sticking-iny-area. Will get a wire, but couldn't get one yesterday so went with Chromecast.

Is cool though. And you can 'send to other screen' for anything that you can't cast.

Xaracatz

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I've only seen this thread now, but I would have let you borrow my DVD boxset

Danke.