Vuze

CNET Editors' review

Formerly the feature-rich Azureus, Vuze takes Azureus' BitTorrent foundation and builds on top of it a network for video discovery and user-created video publishing tied together by social networking.

From XML torrent options to IP filters, firewall tests to UPnP plug-ins to baked-in social networking, Vuze isn't breaking new ground--the original BitTorrent client has gone this path, too--but it is doing it in an innovative and attractive way. When you install the program, you're faced with an interface that will be instantly familiar to iTunes users. In providing a general overview of their torrents and media playback controls, the new layout emphasizes user-initiated searches.

The Advanced tab has been replaced by My Library. The old Azureus is now completely gone, but because of the demands of users, Vuze 4.0 is much closer to the intent of its progenitor than Vuze 3.1 was. A simple, three-step guide that launches when you start Vuze helps you get acclimatized to the new Vuze. There's still work to be done: memory usage is up around 100MB, and although you can set up private trackers, you can't customize the search box. People new to torrenting or only interested in sharing media files might appreciate this visually active approach.

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  • All versions:

    4.4 stars

    out of 1,988 votes

    • 5 star: 1285
    • 4 star: 467
    • 3 star: 97
    • 2 star: 38
    • 1 star: 101
  • Current version:

    3.9 stars

    out of 7 votes

    • 5 star: 3
    • 4 star: 1
    • 3 star: 2
    • 2 star: 1
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  • 3.0 stars

    "Does the job nicely kills computer and bandwidth"

    December 10, 2008  |   By al4b

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    One the wirewall and router are properly set it works very good

    Cons

    While dowloading / uploading, whatever the rate, the computer becomes very slow and the network (and internet) become very slow as well, compter needs a frequent reboot

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  • 2.0 stars

    "Way too much junk."

    November 13, 2008  |   By iamjared123

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    Fast downloads (but no faster than any other program) Never received any errors, never crashed.

    Cons

    Too many ads. There is a pop up window constantly asking you to join the community. This is not user friendly. Will monopolize your CPU if you are using an older computer.

    Summary

    If you are looking for an easy to use program without ads or pop ups, you will want to use something other than Vuse. If you want something that looks flashy and updates every other day, go for it. I know quite a few people who use this program, and I don't think anyone likes the extra features.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "Gets the job done sweetly and it bypasses throttling."

    October 20, 2008  |   By Suomynona.Eno

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    No more of the old blue frog clunk and heft and only 20+Mbs on hdd installed. Gets by ISPs' "bandwidth management" very very well which is a definite +10.

    Cons

    Still requires a heck offah mucking about in the options to get both DL and UL done right. Needs the OS (Windows) max half conns to be patched outright, the options seems to be hardcoded with no way around at that.

    Summary

    Get this if you need extras than what µTorrent can give you OR if you live in a country with an EVIL monopolistic ISP like me.

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Great for bittorrent, but I find the rest useless"

    October 18, 2008  |   By sauronjim

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    Bittorent's download very fast.

    Cons

    High on resources, all the extra features are pretty rubbish.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "is awesome doods"

    October 18, 2008  |   By zxda10

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    you can download many HD vieos

    Cons

    thre are not many movies though

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Works great"

    October 17, 2008  |   By mrcsg3

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    Looks Good, Works great, downloads fast, so far stable, found lots of stuff. Quite entertaining, lots of movies and videos.

    Cons

    none so far

    Summary

    Great program, stable, worth the download.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "The Best There Is"

    October 17, 2008  |   By divyanshuduttaroy

    Version: Vuze 4.0

    Pros

    1)Its very easy to use
    2)Offers all the advanced tweaking options without bamboozling the user
    3)Download real fast
    4)Looks better than anything else out there [even though personally I think version 3 looked better]

    Cons

    Lets leave this for the cynics who want their software to do their laundry

    Summary

    If you're not one of those so called hotshot, snobbish, narrow minded geeks, there's no reason why you shouldn't at least give this a shot

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