China Romance
General Discussion and Useful Links => Ask An Experienced Member => Topic started by: ttwjr32 on January 06, 2010, 12:09:10 pm
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ok here is a question for anybody. i have been trying to find a good
site were i could downlaod or watch some chinese movies in english
or with subtitles. i am having a hard time here in china finding a site
that is good and free yes free to watch i found a few but the videos are poor or stop frequently any suggestions ??
i would like to see the road home and a few others
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how about buying some DVDs? They're 5rmb if your lady buys them.
Otherwise I found PPS to work really well, but that would depend on your Internet connection.
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i do buy the dvds here they are 3 for 10 rmb
but only some of the chinese ones have english
sub titles
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I saw the road home. Pretty good movie.
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i do buy the dvds here they are 3 for 10 rmb
but only some of the chinese ones have english
sub titles
Haha I got ripped off yet again ... I must look too rich, I pay 10rmb a piece when alone.
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ttwjr32,
Chinese movie seldom has English subtitle,except some famous movie .
But most of the Hong Kong movie has English subtitle, Especial the old Hong Kong moive is very classic,I watch them grow up.
So you can choose to buy some Hong Kong movie DVD and ask the vendor to play and see whether there has English subtitle or you wonn't buy it. If you always go to the same place to buy DVD,ask them to sort out what you need, I think they will very pleased to help you. 5RMB is the appropriate price if you buy outside the road, and 7-10RMB to buy in a store.
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thanks chen yan
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Thanks for making me feel better Yan, I bought them in a store ar 10 rmb, in Luohu Commercial Center on top where prices are extremely, hmmm how should I say, adapted to the customer's origin?
That's a good tip about the HK movies and subtitles, pity I want to learn Mandarin though, not Cantonese, at least not just yet ... so I'll hunt for some Chinese ones with English subtitles next time.
Frank
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If you cant find any with english subtitles you can download full DVDs at AsianDVDClub.
Google it!
@Voiceroverip, that is why the girlfriend buys dvds for me! i get charged at least double the price they tell her!
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Thanks Dwayne, but I wish these were Divx encoded for download, 4-7 gigs with my poor internet connection :(
Hey welcome to the forum !!!
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I see enough Chinese films on my TV complete with Chinese subtitles so I watch English films on PC. Download them from I Tunes usually at 99p a time thats 10 rmb or 60cents.
Hong Kong Pearl channel, which we get in Zhongshan, does show English films at night with Chinese subtitles.
Willy
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Willy,
Can you pick-up the Star satellite system there?? Not asking if you have the sattelite system, just asking if it's available there. Your a bit too far away to be picking up Peal terrestaly, so the Chinese must be relaying that channel on from HK. Do they relay any other channels, like the English HK channels on too??
David
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In Shenzhen,you can use your foreigner id card to apply the English Channels like star movie,CNN,BBC,HBO,discovery,ESPN,AXN,Cinemax,NGC, The price is 50-120 per month.
Only foreigner can apply for this.
About the Chinese movie with subtitle, the easiest way is to buy DVD.
There are two types of DVD, DVD5 and DVD9.
Normarlly DVD5 is much cheaper 5-7 RMB. The DVD9 is 10RMB or so.
But the DVD9 has more clear image quanlity moreover has multiplied languages and subtitles.Like English,Chinese,Spanish,French...
You can swtich them accroding you need.
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Chen
I didn't know that, ....so if they are available, why can't you apply for these channels also. I take it that your talking about the Star satellite system here. so are you saying you can only receive the Star Chinese programmes, or that you can't apply for the Star system as a whole??
David...
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This is one of the limits by National State Administration of Radio Film and Television ,Just like they block youtube,facebook. These foreign websites and channels cann't be easy to reach by Chinese.
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At least China's censorship is clear, not like in some Western countries where censorship is handled behind the scenes, as if it didn't exist...
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Thanks Dwayne, but I wish these were Divx encoded for download, 4-7 gigs with my poor internet connection :(
Hey welcome to the forum !!!
There is a peer 2 peer program called Share that has dvix/xvid too i believe, if you send me a PM i can give you a few places to download some divx/xvid movies ^_^
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I am not real computer literate but my children here watch tv on their laptop with a site called... tvshack.net ..... no www before it too. From what I have seen they have virtually everything there, tv shows, movies,.... and all current too. For free too, but it is limited to 54 minutes at a time for free. if you join it is unlimited. They have links to other sites too. check it out.
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what happens after 54 minutes Bee? does it stop?
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what happens after 54 minutes Bee? does it stop?
I think it just stops. I am just getting the instructions now. You can watch up to 72 minutes of video, it may stop earlier. then you have to wait 54 minutes, refresh the page and then resume your viewing. I personally have not been on the site. Both my daughters are on there all the time. You can join the site, I don't know the cost, and then it doesn't stop the video. You can get almost everything on there. TV shows are the programs that were aired the day before. A new movie comes out, a week later it is up there. They have older tv programs too as well as movies. I just thought that this may interest you, or anybody else for that matter.
Dave
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i checked out the info they do have a lot of things on there but didt see the price
i am not very good at the cpu hahaha i always forget were or what i was doing hahaha
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We have just moved, october of 09, and I was expecting a retirement buyout from the company I worked for so I did not sign up for cable tv. My girls didnot like this decision on my part. I figured that why bother if I am going to move in a couple more months. (I will be moving soon again. and Vince, my place right now is still a mess with boxes on the floor still. I figured why unpack.) So anyways, my girls being as resourceful as they always prove themselves to be found that site for tv. The movies were a side benefit. If you can't figure out anything on that site I can get them to explain it for you. They are cheap too, my girls, they won't sign up on the site. ("Dad, why pay for something if you can get it for free?")They just wait out the 54 minute time limit and resume watching the program. My one daughter watched Avatar the second week it was out on that site. Took her almost all night to do so though. Hope that it helps you out with your chinese movies.
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(I will be moving soon again. and Vince, my place right now is still a mess with boxes on the floor still. I figured why unpack.)
Welcome to the club. :icon_biggrin: I have the same thing right now. I moved here last year (Oct 08) and have been remodeling, which slowed up because of funds diverted to other things. My Home surround sound hasn't been hooked up since the move. Have to route the wires? My old place they were in the wall. The center of the home is large room 36 ft by 14 ft. (living room, computer area, kitchen). My old place I had the second bedroom as an office. I decided to have the bedroom a bedroom. So all the boxes of books, paperwork, computer parts and cables, programs etc. is still in boxes behind me. When the BR is done I'll put a cabinet in there and unpack some and dump the rest. Behind me also is a new BBQ grill. Which I have to chain down outside yet so it won't be stolen (the last one was). I was putting a large shed up like my old place but I'll be moving again anyway. The front room is all tools.
I had satellite for a while a few years ago. Between the heavy rains and the airport near by, it was a waste of money. Today? Free Broadcast TV.
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the tv shows u can watch the movies u have to wait but its not bad
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Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one that hasn't unpacked. I can't stand moving the boxes around to clean, dust bunnies everywhere due to hardwood floors throughout, and when the girls want something stuff gets strewn all over the floor and I have to repack.
Dave C
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how old are the girls Bee? and what are their thoughts about moving to China
if you make that decision?? just curious as to what they think of that kind of move?
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the tv shows u can watch the movies u have to wait but its not bad
just finished watching "The Empress and The Warriors". Chinese movie with english subtitles. Watched another one the other night. "Fist of Legend" with Jet Li. English language spoken in it. Great kung fu scenes! I could mail them to you if you want.
Dave C
how old are the girls Bee? and what are their thoughts about moving to China
if you make that decision?? just curious as to what they think of that kind of move?
My girls, twins that are 23 years old. One, Shannon, has a thing for asian boys and Cheryl, well she has not said anything about the move yet, if any. I will be first moving closer to Toronto. China or Singapore will yet have to be determined. Shannon has a new boyfriend, not asian though, and she is always talking about him. I met him the other night. She called to see if I was home so I could meet him. Big mistake on her part. Gave me just enough time to get the shotgun out and have it on my lap when he walked in, and yes the trigger lock was in it and it was not loaded. just did it for the laugh. When his mom heard about it I guess she pissed herself laughing. He walked in the room and turned right around and walked out. He wouldn't stop smiling the whole time afterward though. I had been listening to some country music that night, Dierks Bently, "What Was I Thinking", and I don't remember the other artist but the song was,"Still Cleaning This Gun".
Anyways, the girls would not be coming with me if I move anywhere, I think. I don't know for sure about Cheryl. She is not done school yet. Last time we talked about it she said she would not move out of Windsor.
I have thought long and hard about a move like yours. I have made peace with my material self to get rid of everything that I hold dear, the superbee, and other things too so I could do it. I am mentally prepared, i think.
Dave C
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if you mean email me them that would be great i would enjoy watching them
my email is in my info so pm me and thanks Bee
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I could either Ted. Long story. I have lots of Canadian stamps. I will try to e-mail them to you but I am not very computer literate, as you have seen. Holy crapp, I have someone on this QQ thing already!!! I will try to get them to you one way or another. Just give me time to get it figured out on uploading them. Is bo or bu no in chinese?
This is is way too much fun. this person asked me if I know chinese and I told them no in chinese.
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Hi Dave.
It's 'bu' your looking for. But it should really be 'bu shi' for no. Not good would be 'bu hao', and 'bu yao da rao wo' is stop bothering me....:icon_cheesygrin:
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Hi Dave.
It's 'bu' your looking for. But it should really be 'bu shi' for no. Not good would be 'bu hao', and 'bu yao da rao wo' is stop bothering me....:icon_cheesygrin:
I will tell him but I'm having too much fun right now. I just had a little brain fart and could not remember which it was. Thanks for the information though.
Dave
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thanks Dave looking forward to getting them. if it was me sending to you
they would be classics by the time i got them to you:icon_cheesygrin:not
to good on the cpu either
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This may very well happen from me too. I know what computers and their programs can do, how to do them, I'm clueless! I think my thread on general questions will justify that. Contrary to belief, I don't spend much time on the computer. I have a desktop that I use. I got this netbook to keep intouch with my daughters and my lady while in transit. I guess that I'll have to keep intouch with everybody here too now.:icon_biggrin: I am on the netbook to try to get used to it. Besides, I just retired. I need something to do.
I'll try to get sending these movies by e-mail figured out sometime today. Shannon comes back from Toronto today and Cheryl has the day off school. I hope I can get them to help. I guess they're right, "You don't know anything dad!"
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dont they always say that? when my youngest son got married and had kids
he told me wow dad you were smarter than i thought. hahaha having his own
kids has made him a lot smarter hahahah
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I just talked to both of them. Neither one has ever e-mailed a movie. Time to search I guess. I think there is a limit to file size too.
Dave C