Has piratebay been useful for any of you?

Well, it depends on a few things, the files just might not be reliable, also it depends on what format the videos are and player you're trying to play them in.

Download the K-Lite Codec pack ( It comes with a good media player, Windows Media Player Classic <- It wont interfere with whatever Windows media player version you already have, its seperate)

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_P...

^- That should help if the files are good but you dont have the right player or codecs to play the files.

Its always best to read the comments before you DL from sites like that, usually you'll get people who've already downloaded it and will say if it has a virus, doesnt work and so forth, personally I'd never download something from there if it hasn't been commented on yet.

its not piratebay's fault, its the fault of the users that you download from.

only download from trusted users with high raitings

anddd, have a nice virus protector just in case :)

Maybe you should just buy the DVD's.