The Dutch, Danes and Swedish (probably over Scandinavien countries too) just show the movies in the original language and have subtitles. I don't understand Polish, but I think this is a very stupid way of doing things. The difference in volume is so great that you cannot hear the background English when the translator is speaking. Having a film dubbed is better though than what some other countries do: Poland - here the film with the english track is audible - but very silent, but on top of this someone (a single person) is constantly translating what the people are saying.

Most DVD players are hackable or are already sold already hacked.Ĭinemawise all films are in German, but some cinemas have one single screening of one film a week in the original language. This was especially true when still allowed you to sell Region 1 DVDs. SOmetimes movies can be sold for higher prices (used) than it cost to get the DVD new from DVD box office. Sometimes you watch a movie and gain $$$ in the process: You order a DVD from DVD box office with free shipping, watch the movie and sell it again. The ENglish soundtrack is one of the major reasons why I buy so many DVDs because I am sick and tired of listening to the film in German. Luckily hacks exist for DVD players to remove user prohibitions. Some of these DVDs though force you to have German subtitles when watching the DVD with the ENglish soundtrack and you can't imagine how annoying it is seeing the film in one language and having subtitles in another. Every DVD (that was filmed in an ENglish speaking country) you can buy contains an English soundtrack. Now DVDs have solved the problem of watching stuff in English. Unfortuneately since Sky introduced their 0x0A smartcards Sky was never hacked again. I know quite a few people that bought a decoder + hacked smart card just to watch ST:TNG and learn English. So when I was still in school (9 years ago) we and a couple of my friends had a hacked smart card to receive the UK satellite TV stations. Until this weekend it was legal to hack a satellite tv broadcasting station if that station did not sell subscribtions to your country.

The problem was that it is quite difficult in Germany to watch a series like Star Trek in English. Star Trek is actually good for learning English because the sentences are spoken slowly and clearly unlike in some other films or series. I know quite a few people that learnt English from Star Trek: TNG. I grew up in the UK and also went to school there till I was 13, after that I went to school in Germany.

English audio tracks for movies