Comments on: Apple’s Movie Store and international users http://delackner.com/blog/2006/09/apples-movie-store-and-international-users/ ideas to share with friends new and old Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:18:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: seth http://delackner.com/blog/2006/09/apples-movie-store-and-international-users/comment-page-1/#comment-4 seth Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:42:35 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2006/09/apples-movie-store-and-international-users/#comment-4 Aside from that I live in Japan and thus know several japanese people that can't watch a film without japanese subtitles or dubbing, of course you know that I am with a japanese girl. If I want to watch a new hollywood movie I have three choices: watch it alone when it comes out, as a screener via bittorrent* watch it alone when the US dvd comes out, via bittorrent* fly to southeast asia for $400 and buy a $1 copy that doesn't even work. wait a year for the Japanese theatrical release and pay $10 per person. wait a year and a half for the Japanese DVD release, and pay $3. None of these options is very fun. * bittorrent is possibly the least fun, since it takes my limited free time to just look around for something to download, and often the films I want to see aren't even available. Aside from that I live in Japan and thus know several japanese people that can’t watch a film without japanese subtitles or dubbing, of course you know that I am with a japanese girl. If I want to watch a new hollywood movie I have three choices:

watch it alone when it comes out, as a screener via bittorrent*
watch it alone when the US dvd comes out, via bittorrent*
fly to southeast asia for $400 and buy a $1 copy that doesn’t even work.
wait a year for the Japanese theatrical release and pay $10 per person.
wait a year and a half for the Japanese DVD release, and pay $3.

None of these options is very fun.

* bittorrent is possibly the least fun, since it takes my limited free time to just look around for something to download, and often the films I want to see aren’t even available.

]]> By: Will http://delackner.com/blog/2006/09/apples-movie-store-and-international-users/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Will Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:49:22 +0000 http://delackner.com/blog/2006/09/apples-movie-store-and-international-users/#comment-3 Are you forgeting in your post to mention why you want japanese subtitles exactly? I'm guessing you will be able to follow most of a Hollywood movie even with just it's original language track. Are you forgeting in your post to mention why you want japanese subtitles exactly? I’m guessing you will be able to follow most of a Hollywood movie even with just it’s original language track.

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