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 Post subject: Re: Buying baduk TV english for a week
Post #41 Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:53 am 
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Jedo wrote:

I know about go on NHK, but is there any 24/7 equivalent to badukTV in japan?


They have a Go and Shogi channel : http://www.igoshogi.net/

But you need cable TV or special antenna, and it's at least an extra 20$/month minimum just for the subscription. After seeing this, I emailed them asking if they ever intended on making the subscription available for viewing online, but I'll probably only get an answer in a week or so after the New Year's holidays.

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Post #42 Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:59 am 
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I also tried Baduk TV for a week and I'd like to report that I was quite impressed by the quality of the offerings.

For me personally, I found the series "Becoming 5k" particularly interesting, and I watched all available English episodes (6 at the time of my subscription), and some of them more than once. I was very impressed with the clarity of the explanations, the thoroughness of the presentations, and the overall concept of the show, which was to make the viewer intimately familiar with the ins and outs of a particular opening situation including exploring a few not uncommon and useful joseki variations, answers to the typical invasion, and a somewhat principled view on some Life and Death situations that often arise.

Aside from that, I watched some of the games from the "Searching for Exquisite Games" series. These were also exceptionally well done. The style is similar in to the lectures that Murugandi did with Harry from EurogoTV (which can be seen on Kaya btw.) There are two commentators - one seems to be a strong amateur who wonders aloud why a particular line wasn't played, and the other is presumably a professional who explains the reasons for the game moves. Together they present the game and show and discuss variations using an upright board which we see on the left. On the right, we can simultaneously see the actual game being played. This form of presentation is superb, and eliminates any potential confusion as to what actually took place.

I watched quite a bit during the 7 days, particularly because I was able to take advantage of a few free days over the holidays. I will certainly renew the subscription at some point in the future, but I'll probably wait until a few more from the 5k series have been translated. Great work gogameguru!

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