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An NFC movie library for my kids

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Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by gpvos »

noduerme wrote: post #146
theodric wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this general feeling based my 21 years bouncing around Europe that subtitle countries have better English than dub countries, although I'm not proposing that the link is causative

My perception from traveling to 40+ countries is that countries where dubbing is common do so for the reason that the population is more illiterate and lower-educated in general, and that trend just extends to having less fluency in other languages.

It's just smaller vs. larger languages making dubbing more worth the cost. Education in France and Germany isn't worse than elsewhere in Europe. People there do speak English slightly worse and with a stronger accent on average.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by anthk »

fhe wrote: post #147
left-struck wrote: post #120

> And finally, if you're a non-English speaker, Blu-rays will include a dubbed version in your native language. This is a big plus for the kids, especially when they're as young as mine are now. I grew up in a country where English is not the primary language spoken and when I was young all the cool shows and movies were in English. As a kid this was a huge incentive and went far above and beyond any education I had…

for me it was computer games, specifically Civ 2. Imagine playing that as a second-grader with zero English. But I had strong motivation, and ploughed through the game, dictionary in hand.

Same here. Either the original Japanese release, or the English fandubbed JRPG release for emulators. The choice was clear there; and my English skills skyrocketted with Chrono Trigger.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by nolan_wyss »

resonious wrote: post #74
MBCook wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does help with decision paralysis, which can be especially hard for young kids. Not that it’s easy as an adult. You could still have a giant library and rotate cards every week or something.

Yes, plenty of good reasons to like this project. I might buy something like it if it was off the shelf.

I personally would rather be interested in buying a "DIY kit" as a package and then build it myself as building it is the fun part (then the kids can use it) :)

But I do see the potential for primary schools / kindergartens, retirement homes or any group where they occasionally have screen time. Makes choosing the next movie much more fun and no need to interact with a digital UI.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by nanna »

Personally I would just buy my kids a dvd player.

Edit: seem the author himself sort of agrees. He buys Blu-Rays and puts them on the Plex. Could just skip the Plex part and let them play the Blu-Rays...

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by jalk »

nanna wrote: post #165

Personally I would just buy my kids a dvd player. Edit: seem the author himself sort of agrees. He buys Blu-Rays and puts them on the Plex. Could just skip the Plex part and let them play the Blu-Rays...

My kids were very a bit too reckless with the DVDs - thrown all over the living room and some got scratched and/or soiled to the point they couldn’t be played and the dvd tray took some rough handling as well.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by jorgeyp »

sodality2 wrote: post #25

This is so cool! I do something similar for music - I have posters up for albums, and a small NFC tag is embedded behind the poster, so tapping my phone to the poster’s corner and clicking the notification begins playing it immediately. I really want to make a collection of cassette-or-record-style plastic cards with album art and NFC tags, and hook it up to a speaker, so I can place my album on a pedestal and it sta…

I do the same for my CDs. I have them ripped on Plexamp and I place the NFC tags inside a corner of the booklet. So I tap the phone to the corner of a CD case instead. But my plan is to build a device like OP's so I don't even need the phone.
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