Assuming tv is required, the following 31 results were found.
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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
If you're in America right now, I'm really jealous of your horn of plenty that is American TV. I took my home country's TV for granted, and now I realize how good I really had it. The USA makes the best freakin' TV shows in the world, and to quote the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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Netflix in Japan (explained here: How to Watch Netflix in Japan), there unfortunately still remained a minor dent in my USA TV streaming desires--watching things like NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. No one keeps me in touch with my home country's...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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is a little bigger, but quite cool. It has a 2.1 mega pixel digital camera that can also shoot video, and I can even watch TV on it. Mike and Joe's Golden Week Adventure My friends Mike and Joe came out to visit during Golden Week. Kayo and I picked...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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My Toshiba 37Z2000 TV has a cool feature that allows me to record TV over my network to a CIFS (aka Samba) file share on my FreeNAS server. Unfortunately, however, the TV is extremely sensitive when it comes to the settings on the server. Upgrading...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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like I was in that scene in "Lost in Translation" when dear Scarlett has to go to the Japanese hospital. My First Time on TV A news station in Yonago (Tottori prefecture's other major city) contacted our school asking if they could include our school in...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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after Kayo returned to the table, we thanked Uchida-san warmly for his kindness and stumbled home. Mondaiji on NHK I got on TV again--not that it's an impossible challenge in a place like Tottori. Anyways, it was great exposure even though it was only a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Also known as a "home theater PC" (HTPC), a media center PC is connected to a TV and is built and configured for streaming / downloading media available on the Internet or local network. I personally label it a mere hobby, but I admit that building the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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33 - Japanese TVhttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10354:33-japanese-tv&catid=52
I discuss reasons why I both hate and love Japanese television and elucidate my professor-like ruminations as to why it is the way it is.
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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and USA DVDs on it. I can even land space ships with it now. Thanks Microsoft! NHK Guy Japan has this funny thing with the TV. The government-run station NHK has no commercials (kinda like USA's PBS), so to fund it, the Japanese government charges...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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comedy in Japanese, and I'm always the only non-Japanese at comedy auditions or live shows. There are a few I've seen on TV, but almost never consistently. The biggest one I can think of is "Bobby"--an African guy that speaks fluently. But there have...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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As I do more and more Japan TV jobs, I've been compiling a list of things to bring to survive sometimes long shooting schedules. I call this my "Location Shoot Survival Kit." Toothbrush / Toothpaste It's nice to polish the pearly whites after wolfing...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Show Biz
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I like this morning show called "Zip!" on Nihon TV (日テレ), especially this cooking corner called "Moco's Kitchen." But I do have 3 minor issues, which I lightheartedly rant about in standard David Problema style. You can check out Moco's Kitchen here:...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Videos
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Extra For a Dayhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/1005-extras
1 white guy (me). Guess who stands out? No worries…I’m used to that. …or AM I? The Good: * 80% hot-ass girls that wanna be on TV wearing mini-skirts and stockings in 1 degree C weather. In their defense, we were asked to dress for spring. But since it...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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Japanese citizen does not participate in the attention-gathering aspects of the culture. All forms of Japanese entertainment--TV, magazines, movies, comedy, music, and even porn--mirror Japan's comic book fantasy culture. Manga and anime are interlocked...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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This ain't Hollywood, dude. Here are a few tips to help you get started in Japanese show biz. Go to Ginza on a Weekend TV camera crews abound on the main drag in Ginza during weekend afternoons. Hang around them, and they may ask you for a street...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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chance with. 一発屋 "Ippatsuya" translates to "one-hit wonder" or "one-trick donkey." These are comedy bits you see on Japanese TV that last a couple months or so, essentially stupid one-shot punchlines. Step 1: Figure out what the current trendy one is....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Small Wonderhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1002-small-wonder
In my opinion, "Small Wonder" was one of the greatest TV shows ever. As you may know, "Small Wonder" was a sitcom about a seemingly normal American family. However, the family was far from normal. In fact, the daughter Vicki was a robot. I have to say...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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it took me a very long time to warm-up to the idea. It must be my American culture. * Do you see many transsexuals on TV? In Japan, transsexuals rule show business. Imagine how a cross-dressing TV commentator would be accepted in the USA. I vote for a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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foul language and slang and having people not know what the hell you are saying my cell phone has a PDA, a digital camera, a TV, DVD player, email, a color screen, Internet access, and a time machine getting free drinks at bars heated toilet seats it's...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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but it does work well and enables some very useful remote control features. It's also free. * Connect an external monitor or TV using the HDMI port. No Headphone Jack Most people know that relying on the in-camera microphones is a no-no, so that little...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General