"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:f1d4d05vksrmeeocjiipaeb8qvnib4mo8u@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:29:49 +0900, "mr.sumo.snr"
> <llanelli14NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> As someone who will be heading (back) to Tokyo in the fall and who
doesn't
> >> particularly want to leave American TV behind completely, what do
people
> >> recommend as the best way of accessing your favorite shows? If I can
avoid
> >> having to rely on parents or friends to record things, that would be
> >ideal.
>
> >> Jeff
>
> >For TV only?
>
> >These two sites cover all my bases http://suprnova.org/ and
> >http://tvt.milfclan.com/
>
> >A bittorrent client.
>
> >A speedy internet connection - ADSL 25 mb at least but if you're going to
be
> >living in your own house invest in B-flets (it needs a hole drilled in
the
> >wall - a small hole!).
>
> >A DVD-burner for your PC (8-speed machines are around 15000yen).  About
as
> >cost-effective a storage method as external hard disks PLUS you can raid
the
> >local DVD rental shops.
>
> P2P scares me. I have been avoiding Torrent/Kazaa/WinMX as much as
> possible since the Japanese decided they had to start making example
> arrests some months back.
>
> Instead I got a $39.95 for 3 months high speed, unlimited download
> subscription to Usenetserver: http://www.usenetserver.com/index.php
>
> For this price you get access to all the binary newsgroups you'll ever
> need (text too of course). Alt.binaries.multimedia is the one-stop
> shop for TV shows. I downloaded every episode of Sopranos this season
> in widescreen HDTV (Xvid).
>

You know what? - that's a pretty good service - in fact almost too good
because there is just sooo much to download that you find a quick 5 minutes
checking your e-mail and the news turns into yet another 2 hour session in
front of the computer!

I would agree that p2p has some risks.  Especially if you're seeding whole
DVD movie iso rips or CD albums. I can't imagine TV broadcasters getting too
worked up about illegal downloads - so long as they aren't rips of the
series DVDs.

If you're an mp3 junkie then newsgroup archives are a non-stop fix.

--
jonathan