Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "mr.sumo.snr" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Anything worth watching? Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:18:50 +0900 Lines: 64 Message-ID: <2jsb4uF1508eiU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <2jcaqeFvv1iaU1@uni-berlin.de> <2jcql8Fvvu4fU1@uni-berlin.de> <2jcvjhF106nlnU1@uni-berlin.de> X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de zLcu/Tobj7QBlMPbujhCiQctBMOiwwFW1+lENfOs4ssCzSOUr+ X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14798 "Raj Feridun" wrote in message news:f1d4d05vksrmeeocjiipaeb8qvnib4mo8u@4ax.com... > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:29:49 +0900, "mr.sumo.snr" > 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