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Not all torrents are created equal. There are certain (private) communities within the torrent world which have amazing release groups who are dedicated to producing the highest quality versions possible.

There are also groups who focus purely on release time and quality is at most a secondary concern. What I'm getting at is that using torrents (or rather piracy) allows to obtain content that matches your needs (in this case quality vs release time). You can get music/movies/tv shows etc in higher quality than any commercially available streaming source allows for.

For your setup? Yes, legit tv is easier. Using Sickbeard (Usenet or torrent version) will give you a DVR-like experience with the shows auto-downloading, unziping/unraring, and moving into a defined folder structure 1-24hrs after the show airs.

Look at Pulsar then: https://github.com/steeve/plugin.video.pulsar