How to Watch TV series from Hong Kong?

truebargains on 31/12/2010 - 08:38

there this site I like to watch j2.hk

but I am in Australia. help

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  • elguapo on 31/12/2010 - 10:54
    -2

    Go to HK perhaps?

  • zhenjie on 31/12/2010 - 12:53
    -1

    Jetstar has flights to HK for around $700 return currently. Finding a TV set shouldn't be a problem once you get there.

    Else you can subscribe to TVB satellite TV

  • truebargains on 31/12/2010 - 13:12

    I do have it. I can watch it on tv but I always miss out due to schelling

  • ESEMCE on 31/12/2010 - 14:04

    a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in Hong Kong is probably the best way to deal with it if they have an online catchup service. A VPN makes it look like you're connecting to the service locally rather than from Oz.

  • grasstown on 31/12/2010 - 14:55

    i may have missed the point, but i always watch shows and youtube clips blocked in australia with http://hidemyass.com/ and other proxy hiding sites

  • scotty on 31/12/2010 - 16:26

    I just checked out TVB's myTV (http://mytv.tvb.com/) and it is only available to residents in Hong Kong. Maybe you can ask someone you know in HK to run a small proxy there. Otherwise just google "Hong Kong VPN".

  • copycat on 31/12/2010 - 16:37
    +2

    You can watch hundreds of live broadcasts including mainland China (many of them are HD format), Taiwan and Hong Kongs's TVB and ATV with it. The best part is that it is totally free. I've been watching it over a year and have stopped subscribing TVBJ since then.

    http://www.haoetv.com/download.html

    Cheers.

    • truebargains on 10/06/2011 - 16:32

      I've updated it. and now it want to install some software to use it

    • grab_ur_freebies on 10/06/2011 - 20:57

      Nice!

  • truebargains on 31/12/2010 - 17:48

    ^OMG I just come christmas!

    thankyou

  • truebargains on 31/12/2010 - 17:53

    I went to write that and the program was gone.

    I then accidently uninstalled and now reinstalled and the main screen doesn't work.

  • Abraham11 on 31/12/2010 - 20:13

    Online? why not watch TV by the cable?

  • truebargains on 31/12/2010 - 20:26

    i do

  • fungi79 on 31/12/2010 - 21:29

    Good find copycat.

    Abraham11: last time I looked the TVB cable service actually don't have current shows, their schedule for dramas were 2-3 weeks behind. That was a fair while ago mind.

  • bbear on 01/01/2011 - 18:10

    similar to what copycat said, my parents use PPStream to watch chinese series. it looks like the same program.

    http://www.pps.tv

    • StewBalls on 02/01/2011 - 01:35

      Yep, most of my Chinese friends use PPStream…seems to keep them happy, but installs far too much crap in the background on your system for my liking!

  • Davo1111 on 01/01/2011 - 21:09

    Well, if the locals are watching streamed tv (the equivalent of iview) just buy a proxy for like $8/mo in china :)

  • scotty on 01/01/2011 - 21:35

    Just came back from a New Year party from a friend's place — a middle-aged Anglo but has those huge Satellite dish in his backyard so he can get 40+ channels of Chinese TV!! He is learning Mandarin as a hobby though.

    • fungi79 on 02/01/2011 - 00:24

      I thought the satellite signals were encrypted somehow?

      • StewBalls on 02/01/2011 - 01:35

        Easily decrypted with a basic homemade tinfoil hat though! :p

      • scotty on 02/01/2011 - 10:21

        I think there are two types — one with smaller dish (average wok size) which you need a decoder + monthly subscription. The other one is those big dish at 2 metre in diameter. He got those ones. It still has a decoder box, but he said the dish + installation fee was around $800 a few years ago. And no subscription fee so it's once off.

    • StewBalls on 02/01/2011 - 09:06

      Scotty, I reckon your mate's on the right track! I've found that TV can be an excellent tool for language learning if you have the right aptitude. When I was in China, I learned heaps more language by watching TV and paying attention to contextual cues; and also by using the hardcoded (Simplified) subs to improve my understanding of the written form.

      The only trouble is, you can get addicted to the strangest things, like the original Sun Wukong (Monkey King) and Bing Shan Shang De Lai Ke (The Guests from Ice Mountain)! :)

      I suspect this phenomenon is why programs like Rosetta Stone work so well! ;)

  • truebargains on 01/01/2011 - 22:42

    I can't get this program to stream on the second date.

  • truebargains on 01/01/2011 - 23:31

    the proxy service is like 30$ a month

    • Davo1111 on 02/01/2011 - 00:44

      I think this is the mob my friend uses $8/mo. however i just realised its japan, not china.

      $15 USD/mo - i cant vouch for this company.

      • scotty on 02/01/2011 - 10:23
        +1

        Haha. Can't imagine people are actually PAYING to get behind the Great Firewall of China.

        • fungi79 on 02/01/2011 - 10:34

          You'd be surprised, TVB is the drug of choice for an entire chinese region. :)

  • fungi79 on 02/01/2011 - 10:37

    It's most likely illegal, but just thinking maybe a few people can get together and get 1 TVB australian subscription and the person with the physical connection can setup a slingbox. That way the cost is spread out a bit. I don't know how it will work with multiple channels though.

  • imket on 17/06/2011 - 22:55

    you can try downloading the shows like i do. i use http://www.popularasians.com
    get an account and go to their download section for tv series.

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