I love Japanese anime, but it somehow bugs me to watch it dubbed in English. Perhaps it's because I spent a college summer vacation (3 months) in Yokohama where I first started watching a LOT of anime. Whenever I see Cowboy Bebop or InuYasha in English, it just seems weird.
My knowledge of the Japanese language is basic, but I still prefer to hear the original soundtrack with English subtitles. Especially for movies like Miyazaki's. It's gotta be sub'd, not dub'd. As it is, I end up buying most of my DVDs directly from Japan and use my region-free DVD play to watch them. Expensive, but it's the only way to go.
I really wish the cartoon network as well as some of the other networks that show Japanese anime would show *some* of their shows in the original Japanese.
I second PSX29's sentiment. What I need is the ability to display and input Asain characters (for me, Chinese and Japanese) in the applications I use. That means I need to read/write Chinese/Japanese in my email program, in my web browser, and also in my word process. Let's not leave out my instant messager and my graphics program (photoshop, etc).
The Windows world is not perfect; indeed I find myself cursing it daily. However, for me, until I have at least the Asian language support I get in Windows in Linux, I can't make the switch..:-(
My favorite PVR (in this case replaytv) feature? There are several. The main things are:
1) It has changed the way I watch TV. I watch what I want when I want...
2) If I am watching live (or recorded) tv, I can pause and answer the phone or the door. I can also rewind back (yes, live tv) and watch that last joke that that my wife talked over. Or I can see that game winning, last second dunk again in slow motion.
3) I can skip commercials... I absolutely HATE being forced to watch commercials over and over, especially on some huge TV event. It is a huge source of frustration for me. With my PVR, I can skip in 30sec (or 1min) chunks easily, but I opt for the 4x (or sometimes 16x) FF feature, so if I see a commercial whizzing by for a movie or something that looks interesting, I *can* view it if I want. However, if it's the 302nd car commercial of the day, I can skip it.
Basically, it has changed the way I watch TV, saving me time and frustration (over commercials). That is MORE than worth $10/month or the one-time-fee of a couple hundred. How much is your time worth? How much is your happiness worth?
So, to agree with the previous poster, I also love my PVR and will never, ever go back to normal non-PVR tv.
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I love Japanese anime, but it somehow bugs me to watch it dubbed in English. Perhaps it's because I spent a college summer vacation (3 months) in Yokohama where I first started watching a LOT of anime. Whenever I see Cowboy Bebop or InuYasha in English, it just seems weird.
My knowledge of the Japanese language is basic, but I still prefer to hear the original soundtrack with English subtitles. Especially for movies like Miyazaki's. It's gotta be sub'd, not dub'd. As it is, I end up buying most of my DVDs directly from Japan and use my region-free DVD play to watch them. Expensive, but it's the only way to go.
I really wish the cartoon network as well as some of the other networks that show Japanese anime would show *some* of their shows in the original Japanese.
Am I the only one?
I second PSX29's sentiment. What I need is the ability to display and input Asain characters (for me, Chinese and Japanese) in the applications I use. That means I need to read/write Chinese/Japanese in my email program, in my web browser, and also in my word process. Let's not leave out my instant messager and my graphics program (photoshop, etc).
.. :-(
The Windows world is not perfect; indeed I find myself cursing it daily. However, for me, until I have at least the Asian language support I get in Windows in Linux, I can't make the switch
Luohua
My favorite PVR (in this case replaytv) feature? There are several. The main things are:
1) It has changed the way I watch TV. I watch what I want when I want...
2) If I am watching live (or recorded) tv, I can pause and answer the phone or the door. I can also rewind back (yes, live tv) and watch that last joke that that my wife talked over. Or I can see that game winning, last second dunk again in slow motion.
3) I can skip commercials... I absolutely HATE being forced to watch commercials over and over, especially on some huge TV event. It is a huge source of frustration for me. With my PVR, I can skip in 30sec (or 1min) chunks easily, but I opt for the 4x (or sometimes 16x) FF feature, so if I see a commercial whizzing by for a movie or something that looks interesting, I *can* view it if I want. However, if it's the 302nd car commercial of the day, I can skip it.
Basically, it has changed the way I watch TV, saving me time and frustration (over commercials). That is MORE than worth $10/month or the one-time-fee of a couple hundred. How much is your time worth? How much is your happiness worth?
So, to agree with the previous poster, I also love my PVR and will never, ever go back to normal non-PVR tv.
Luohua