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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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 Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:39 am Post subject: Any "American" or "Western" TV in Korea? |
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I don't know what you would call it, but are there any sorts of TV cable packages that include channels that broadcast American shows? Like Comedy Central for instance.
My grandma who lives in LA subscribes to this special Direct TV package that is like only Korean channels and gets something like 20-25 Korean language channels and none of the regular English language channels. It's probably a long shot, but are there any such packages like this in Korea? |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| Yes. The package is called "torrents". |
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| Yes. The package is called "torrents". |
I like to have the T.V. on while I do work on my computer so I can occasionally look up and watch or just for background noise. Plus there are a lot of shows that I would watch, but don't necessarily want to go through the trouble of downloading... like reruns. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Superaction, OCN, OCN Series, SkyHD, XTM to some extent, uhhh, CGsomething all show big name dramas from the US and some from the UK.
I'm kind of touchy about this right now, my provider decided to cut off EVERY English program-showing channel I have and require that I pay them more money every month to get them back, 2/3s of the way through a 2 year contract. Jerks! |
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justpale
Joined: 29 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'm kind of touchy about this right now, my provider decided to cut off EVERY English program-showing channel I have and require that I pay them more money every month to get them back, 2/3s of the way through a 2 year contract. Jerks! |
Which provider do you use? |
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
Superaction, OCN, OCN Series, SkyHD, XTM to some extent, uhhh, CGsomething all show big name dramas from the US and some from the UK.
I'm kind of touchy about this right now, my provider decided to cut off EVERY English program-showing channel I have and require that I pay them more money every month to get them back, 2/3s of the way through a 2 year contract. Jerks! |
Sounds shady of your provider, but I'm glad to hear that English Language programs in Korea isn't out of the question. Would definitely be worth the extra money. |
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2i2dk1ny2i3
Joined: 26 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
Superaction, OCN, OCN Series, SkyHD, XTM to some extent, uhhh, CGsomething all show big name dramas from the US and some from the UK.
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yeah, these channels, i was pleasantly surprised to see so many American or Western TV channels
lot of great programs and there are ways to watch TV Online...Hulu, Netflix are paysites w/decent shows but anything like HBO, Showtime...you may have to look for |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Slingbox worked great for me. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Ibsen wrote: |
| ...I can occasionally look up and watch or just for background noise...watching re-runs |
| Ibsen wrote: |
| Would definitely be worth the extra money. |
How to waste money 101.
Get a second monitor and use torrents. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Carbon wrote: |
| Ibsen wrote: |
| ...I can occasionally look up and watch or just for background noise...watching re-runs |
| Ibsen wrote: |
| Would definitely be worth the extra money. |
How to waste money 101.
Get a second monitor and use torrents. |
How to fail at offering advice 101.
If he already has a TV, wouldn't spending money for a 2nd monitor be wasting money when that money could be used for a cable subscription?
I like to have background noise on my TV while I am doing other things on my computer. Lots of people do that. Some people listen to music while doing things on tehir computer. Other people turn on the TV. |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:24 am Post subject: |
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I have "internet tv" from SK Telecom... I get...
CGV, OCN, Mplex, SUPER ACTION, XTM, Sky HD, HD ONE, History Channel, National Geographic, and a couple BBC stations
OnStyle, HomeStory, and Food TV have some American/Canadian shows sometimes, as well (like Sex and the City, The New Girl, Project Runway, etc)
It's about 60,000 won a month but you get a TON of channels and also can buy recent/classic Western (and Asian, of course) movies and series for pretty cheap as well ^.^ |
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Mikejelai
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| American TV over the airwaves: channel 34 in Seoul area; channel 7 in Taegu (you will need to disconnect your cable TV coax and connect either indoor "rabbit ears" antenna or outdoor antenna (depending on how far you are from the transmitter). You can google AFN Pacific TV to see the schedule/lineup.......... |
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Carbon wrote: |
How to waste money 101.
Get a second monitor and use torrents. |
Well it wouldn't be a waste of money to me since it's something I enjoy.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| For those interested, Season 2 of Games of Thrones is premiering tomorrow. Not sure when it'll be shown in Korea though. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| soomin wrote: |
I have "internet tv" from SK Telecom... I get...
CGV, OCN, Mplex, SUPER ACTION, XTM, Sky HD, HD ONE, History Channel, National Geographic, and a couple BBC stations
OnStyle, HomeStory, and Food TV have some American/Canadian shows sometimes, as well (like Sex and the City, The New Girl, Project Runway, etc)
It's about 60,000 won a month but you get a TON of channels and also can buy recent/classic Western (and Asian, of course) movies and series for pretty cheap as well ^.^ |
You're getting fleeced. I have all that, plus internet and internet phone, for 24000won per month. |
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