Running I.E. on a Mac (Re: Online Japanese TV Free Trial)

[Kerim Yasar]

The service says it only works with Windows and IE 6.0 or higher. The last version of IE for Mac was 5.0, after which it was discontinued. In order to use this service on a Mac, one has no choice but to install Windows.

I found a list of some other Japanese Internet television services: http://www.faminet.co.jp/d_guide/d_tk/other/internet_jp_tv.html.

None of them seems any more Mac-friendly than this one. Many require one to purchase additional (and expensive) proprietary hardware (as well as being Windows-only). I guess the conventional wisdom is that "wareware nihonjin" only use Windows.

Kerim Yasar

drainer at mpinet.net wrote: 
You do not need to purchase Windows to run Internet Explorer on a Macintosh; 
there are open source programs to install IE on your computer. IE is, 
believe it or not, "free."

I'm guessing that the video format is the same as Netflix's instant watching 
(it only works on Explorer).

Operating systems aside, I think that the most burden to come out of this is 
the price, 3,600/5,000 yen per month -- that's quite a lot of money to watch 
television on your computer (not everyone has a video card which they can 
hook up to a telly, amongst other things to make the experience enjoyable).

But when you have no other option.....


-d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerim Yasar" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Running I.E. on a Mac (Re: Online Japanese TV Free Trial)


> Don't forget to mention that this will require you to BUY a copy of 
> Windows if you don't own one already. This adds considerably to the cost. 
> I doubt I'll be giving these people (or Microsoft, for that matter) any of 
> my money until they catch up with the times and make this service 
> compatible with Firefox. They seem to be stuck in the year 1999.
>
> Kerim Yasar
>
> David Karasick  wrote: Markus,
> As a Mac user myself, I'm in the same boat.  If you have a Macintosh
> with an Intel Core Duo or Intel Core 2 Duo processor, you can install
> one of three software solutions that will allow the you to run Windows
> (and Internet Explorer) on you Mac:
>
> Solution 1: Apple's Boot Camp solution, built into Mac OS 10.5.
> Solution 2 & 3: Parallels or VMware's fusion.
> Boot Camp's solution requires the user to reboot their machine in
> WIndows, allowing the user to boot back and forth between the WIndows
> and Macintosh Operating Systems.  What is nice about the non-apple
> solutions is that they allow the user to run Windows programs within
> the Macintosh OS environment without having to reboot.
>
> However, since we're all interested in making sure visuals are not
> 'lost in translation' between Macintosh and WIndows platforms, I'd
> recommend trying Boot Camp first.  It is nearly identical to running
> Windows on any regular PC (i.e. Dell or Compaq).  Also,the Parallels
> and VMware solutions are less graphic-friendly programs and usually
> are more expensive to set up.
>
> I hope the info helps you set up I.E. on your Mac.
>
> - David
>
> On May 1, 2008, at 2:05 AM, Mark Nornes wrote:
>
>> What about those of us on Mac, which MS no longer supports?
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> (Sent from my iPod, so please excuse the brevity and mistakes.)
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Lori Morimoto
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "J-Network Service " currently is offering a
>>> five-day free trial of their online Japanese TV broadcast service.
>>> You can only watch through Microsoft Internet Explorer, but there's
>>> an option for those of us who aren't using Japanese OSs to register
>>> without the mojibake problem (you get connected to an online
>>> registration form, instead of downloading a form to send).
>>>
>>> For 3,600 yen/month, you get access to either the five Tokyo
>>> commercial stations (Nihon TV, TBS, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, and TV
>>> Tokyo) or the five Osaka commercial stations (MBS, Yomiuri, ABC TV,
>>> Kansai TV, and TV Osaka).  You can have access to all ten for an
>>> additional 1,400 yen/month.  They also offer premium access for
>>> 1,000 yen/month each to Sun TV, Wowow, NHK BS 1&2, Eisei Gekijo,
>>> Animax, and NHK Sogo 1&2.  Needless to say, Eisei Gekijo and Animax
>>> might be of particular interest to Kinejapan members.
>>>
>>> J-net apparently is available in the US, Canada, Vietnam, Malaysia,
>>> Singapore, the Philippines, Australia,  Indonesia, New Zealand,
>>> Mexico, and South Korea.
>>>
>>> I've got it on right now - the picture is quite good.  If you're a
>>> paying member, you can apparently also record programs; they have
>>> several available to look at, but you can't record as a trial member.
>>>
>>> FYI. - Lori Morimoto
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
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