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Kalessin
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Importing stuff from Japan is always expensive, and buying stuff that was already imported is even worse (since the US store has to make money on top of the cost of importing the item). There's really no way to make it economic. At best, you figure out what the most economic option is and go with that. It's going to do serious damage to your wallet regardless. For buying Japanese CDs, I've usually bought from one of http://www.cdjapan.co.jp http://www.yesasia.com http://www.play-asia.com http://www.amazon.co.jp Which one is best has varied over time, but it almost always comes down to the cost of shipping. At this point, I'd say that yesasia is the best for CDs. They have free shipping for orders over $39, which means that the base cost is higher, but it's usually the case that the net cost is lower - especially if you don't buy in bulk (which is what you're usually forced to do elsewhere to keep shipping costs down). But it's still expensive, which is part of why I'm way behind on buying the CDs that I'd like to get... Honestly, at this point, unless you're importing the Japanese anime releases (which I sometimes do in order to actually get quality video, since some of the US releases are pretty bad), anime is the cheap part of this hobby - especially with how much the prices for anime have dropped in recent years. |
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yuna49
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I watch nearly everything on a TV that has various connections to the Internet. Still, Google Chromecast makes it really easy to transfer a video streaming on an Android device over to a television set. Some apps like Crunchyroll's have native support for Chromecast, and for those that don't, you can cast the device's screen and audio. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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I never find screencasting very successful - for one thing it doubles the network load and and puts more load on the device itself, it tends to be unstable, makes controlling harder (I had a Chromecast to supplement my Smart TV due to app gaps, but one of the reasons I later got an Apple TV is for the proper remote. I replaced my mother's Chromecast with a Fire stick for the same reason) and you have to keep the screen of the device active.
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yuna49
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I agree with all of that. As I said I don't rely on screen-casting for normal viewing. The lack of effective navigation is a particular annoyance. It's hard to jump over ads and the like using the controls available in Chromecast-enabled apps. But none of that matters much if you're just going to sit and watch an anime episode from end to end. |
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18223 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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Hey, thanks for the heads-up on this! At Play Asia I was able to find an OST that I had been seeking for years. |
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zrdb
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Nyaa's gone-so what? I've found quite a few new places to get my stuff from so who gives a shit? I don't.
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killjoy_the
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I mean, there's even two new nyaa's if you want
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omiya
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Also, using a proxy service like fromjapan.co.jp enables you to get secondhand titles on amazon.co.jp that only ship to Japan. When one visits Japan, set aside some time for looking through Book-Off / Mandarake / Lashinbang stores - if you can have written or printed details of the titles you are after, they can often help (mainly referring to music of anime and games on CD and video). The regional city stores are also worth checking, in Kanazawa the staff helped me find some titles that I hadn't seen in Tokyo stores. |
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