IronFist Senior Member United States Joined 6440 days ago 663 posts - 941 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean
| Message 9 of 13 30 January 2012 at 7:11pm | IP Logged |
Cool site, in for later.
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Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5348 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish*
| Message 10 of 13 30 January 2012 at 7:48pm | IP Logged |
Yes, I prefer this one too. Streaming video I find annoying: quality is poor, playback is choppy, and many times you are forbidden from accessing it merely because of the country you are in. I'd much rather download the content earlier and then watch it comfortably.
At D-Addicts you can find lots of high quality video and are not discriminated against on the basis of nationality, but most of it is Japanese and Korean.
Anyone know a source of abundant Mainland drama downloads? VeryCD was valuable since it employed eMule, but it seems they have gone over to streaming as well.
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druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4871 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian
| Message 11 of 13 30 January 2012 at 11:46pm | IP Logged |
LaughingChimp wrote:
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Well, if you're not a contributor to their subs/segments you won't be able to watch the latest dramas, but still a lot of stuff from half a year or longer ago is accessible. Besides, there's also some media from non-Asian countries and pretty much all of that is accessible, so I wouldn't call it completely useless.
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Balliballi Groupie Korea, SouthRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4695 days ago 70 posts - 115 votes Studies: Korean
| Message 12 of 13 03 February 2012 at 12:54am | IP Logged |
For Korean language learners, a good drama TV station is KBS World. It is broadcast internationally and can be accessed via the Internet (for a small monthly fee) except by those who live in Japan and America. In America, you can watch KBS World as a cable station. It broadcasts 24 hours and has English subtitles for most programs.
Here is the link for KBS World: http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/schedule/weekly_schedule.html
In California, KBS World is showing on channel 173 KTSFW. Current dramas are "Glory Jane", "Iris", "King Gwanggaeto the Great" and "Brain". You can check the TV schedule at the link above. American KBS World TV is a bit behind the internet broadcasting in that they are showing less recent episodes of dramas.
I don't really like many dramas that much except a couple that I am really into and I don't really know what's going in the drama world as a rule. I find the human interest shows/documentaries about real people more interesting. I also like the food shows.
Edited by Balliballi on 03 February 2012 at 5:04am
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arashikat Diglot Pro Member United States Joined 4680 days ago 53 posts - 80 votes Speaks: Tagalog*, English Studies: Korean Personal Language Map
| Message 13 of 13 11 February 2012 at 1:49am | IP Logged |
I go to Dramafever for Korean dramas. Mysoju for everything else.
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