RE: [sumo] Re: Help with TV Japan

["Al Shing" <ashing@poboxes.com>]

From: owner-sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu [mailto:owner-sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu] On Behalf
Of Joe Klemmer
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:16 PM
To: Sumo Mailing List
Subject: [sumo] Re: Help with TV Japan

Guren Kena wrote:

> Before the basho starts up, could any and everyone with TV Japan 
> experience in the US give me some advice?  I'm a somewhat satellite 
> newbie but my understanding is that I can buy my own DISH Network dish 
> and receiver and only order TV Japan, right?
> I've found that there are plenty of dishes and receivers sold on ebay 
> at a decent price and TV Japan only costs $30 but I have no idea which 
> model of dish or receiver I'd need.  I've been to the tvjapan.net site 
> but still am unsure what's needed.  And does Tivo work with TV Japan?  
> Any help/advice will be appreciated!  Not only do I want to watch each 
> day's action, but I miss those samurai dramas, etc.

>	Along the same lines, is it possibly to get this from a cable service? 
>  I have Comcast (they suck but not as bad as many others) and would love it if
I could get the basho's through it.

I've subscribed to TV Japan on Comcast for a couple of years now in Seattle. It
costs $24.95 a month, plus the cost of renting a digital cable box (around
$4.95/month). If you get one of those new DVR boxes (much higher cost) it works
really well with TV Japan. It records programs around the clock, and you can
play them back at your leisure in the secondary English language track if
desired.


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