Russian Dubs for American TV shows
Hi,
As an intermediate learner of Russian, I'd like to be able to watch some of my favorite TV shows (or movies) in Russian. However, I have absolutely no idea as to how to get my hands on the Russian dubs for e.g. Lost, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House, Grey's Anatomy, Friends, etc.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to just buy region-free DVDs with the Russian dubs and/or subtitles for these shows, but eBay isn't helping. Any other places you guys can think of? I would also be fine watching or downloading them online, if (a) I could be sure it was legal and (b) I knew where and how.
This may seem dead simple to many of you, but keep in mind the following limitations:
1) I live in a Western European country and do not have a credit card or PayPal account (and considering some of the things I've read about the service, I'd prefer to keep it that way, if at all possible). I usually pay for things by bank transfer. I believe this means Amazon is off the table?
2) I am majorly technologically challenged. As in, I know what a discman is but I stopped following new technology shortly before the rise of MP3. I've heard of things like "Torrent" or "Apps" or "Netflix," but I have only the vaguest idea of what they mean. If anybody could explain to me how to legally access shows in Russian, step-by-step, the way you'd teach your 87-year-old grandmother, I'd be thrilled!
Any help at all would be much, much appreciated. :-)
As an intermediate learner of Russian, I'd like to be able to watch some of my favorite TV shows (or movies) in Russian. However, I have absolutely no idea as to how to get my hands on the Russian dubs for e.g. Lost, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House, Grey's Anatomy, Friends, etc.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to just buy region-free DVDs with the Russian dubs and/or subtitles for these shows, but eBay isn't helping. Any other places you guys can think of? I would also be fine watching or downloading them online, if (a) I could be sure it was legal and (b) I knew where and how.
This may seem dead simple to many of you, but keep in mind the following limitations:
1) I live in a Western European country and do not have a credit card or PayPal account (and considering some of the things I've read about the service, I'd prefer to keep it that way, if at all possible). I usually pay for things by bank transfer. I believe this means Amazon is off the table?
2) I am majorly technologically challenged. As in, I know what a discman is but I stopped following new technology shortly before the rise of MP3. I've heard of things like "Torrent" or "Apps" or "Netflix," but I have only the vaguest idea of what they mean. If anybody could explain to me how to legally access shows in Russian, step-by-step, the way you'd teach your 87-year-old grandmother, I'd be thrilled!
Any help at all would be much, much appreciated. :-)