Myth TV + Multiple Video Arcade = Anime for All

x-blackout-x writes "Ian C. Blenke writes "The primary goal of the video keg was to build a reliable video box that was easy to transport with enough space to store 3 days worth of Anime fan-subs. The secondary goal of the video keg was to make a home PVR system for video playback and time-shifting, along with a video arcade and perhaps a web browser. The tertiary goal of the video keg was to find an affordable hardware platform so that we could buy 4 of them immmediately to service the primary goal's need for 4 separate video rooms. For a PVR, the machine neeed to be small, quiet, low-heat, and still fast enough to run the software video player and arcade games." You can read the full scoop on this project on his blog Ians Blog "

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wrong answer

[Ogemaniac]

They have always been "slow-ass". Yet sales are decreasing while popularity is increasing. It is obviously because of piracy.

Quit complaining and pay for your goodies. By the time you have watched all the legally-available anime released in the US, your Japanese will be good enough that you don't need the subtitles anymore and you can just buy new stuff direct from Japan.

Btw, I do speak fair Japanese, and have rarely encountered problems with the official translations. Those that do appear are related to the vast differences in the language, not the translation itself. I can't comment on fan-subs because I do not watch them.

Re:wrong answer

[LordLucless]

Quit complaining and pay for your goodies. By the time you have watched all the legally-available anime released in the US, your Japanese will be good enough that you don't need the subtitles anymore and you can just buy new stuff direct from Japan.

Did you read my post? I do pay for my anime. I have purchased every anime series, that I am interested in, that has been released in my country (Australia, not the US). Why would I want to buy all legally-available anime? I'm not interested in all anime. I am interested in that subset of anime that I enjoy, and it most definately is not all of it; not even the majority of it.

Btw, I do speak fair Japanese, and have rarely encountered problems with the official translations. Those that do appear are related to the vast differences in the language, not the translation itself. I can't comment on fan-subs because I do not watch them.

As I said, I don't know Japanese, so I can't comment on the literal translation. However, the english used in subtitles on some discs seems to have been skipped over by the QA department. There are misspellings, grammatical errors and clumsy sentance construction. I noticed an error on the last disc I bought (Scrapped Princess vol. 2), but I'd have to re-watch it again to find the exact details.

Regardless of that, I wasn't trying to justify downloading fansubs. You asked what legitimate reason people had for using illegal fansubs as opposed to legitimate copies. I gave you reasons: Speed, and quality. Your question wasn't "why are people justified in downloading fansubs" it was "why do people download fansubs". My answer was the right one. You just misrepresented your question.