Is Lomastv worth it?
I'm really considering getting it, because the demos are great. I love the two songs "fotogrfia" y "la loba" (although I could do without the videos)
They have like 200 music videos, and the site looks amazing, but if I've learned anything in my life it's that just because something looks like the most amazing thing ever it still may not be.
Wel anyway, what i'm asking is if anyone else is a subscriber, and if a subscription is worth it. Thank you.
8 Answers
Lo Mas TV provides the invaluable experience of listening to a native speaker while watching their lips move as well as having the English and Spanish subtitles running with the sound. You can turn them off when you want to try your hand at just listening and turn them back on when you want to verify a word just spoken. Besides that you can slow the video down a bit for absolute beginners (although I wouldn't recommend it) you can play the same sentence over and over on a loop til you get it (I would highly recommend that...and to top it off you have an alongside integrated dictionary which allows you to use it while watching the videos. They have vocabulary games with each video, Spanish lessons related to each video, and integrated flashcards where every time you click on a word that you don't know it is stored in your flashcard sets. I haven't even mentioned the documentaries, biographies or cultural videos, which all give you good cultural information as well. Yes, you can find the same songs on You Tube but Lo Mas definitly speeds up the learning process. For the price they charge for one month most of us spend more in a month on coffee or soda or videos (in English) so swear off coffee and get addicted to Spanish!
I really like the game on lomas tv that allows you listen and put in the words. Part of my problem is getting the pronounciation and therefore the spelling correct. It really sharpens how you listen.
Oh it's only 10 bucks a month? That's practically free you might as well go for it.
Edit: the girl in the demo doesn't pronounce her S's at all.
It claims to be Latin American. I have many friends that are Latin American and they all hit the S's so her accent is really wierd.
"Latin American" is not a dialect of Spanish. The term subsumes several dozen dialects. The substitution of an aspiration (or the total omission of the 's' sound) is characteristic of some parts of southern Spain and of some parts of Latin America. There is nothing "weird" about this, it's simply part of their dialect.
I have a subscription and it is just like in the demos. Some videos are more difficult than others.. some are not interesting for me, but I have really liked the service. It has been a valuable addition to my other spanish learning materials.
You can try it yourself at no risk. Subscribers have 7 days (of complete access) to get a full and instant refund, no questions asked. You can simply login, go to "my account" and cancel, taking the option for immediate termination and a full refund back to your credit card. Money is refunded to your card immediately.
Give it a try -- we'd love to hear your feedback.
I work for Yabla (the company that produces http://lomastv.com). Thank you to our fans and subscribers (thanks Renae!) who are, on their own, helping to educate folks about what we offer.
I've been wondering that too because all the features of the site seem really appealing, but I just am too apprehensive to pay that much money.
Youtube has a million videos.
Fotografia by Juanes listed right there.
I didn't look around much to see how much it costs but they list 400+ videos. You can find many, many more than that on Youtube and Veoh. I am currently watchinf all of the Mexican show "El Chavo del Ocho" which I found online for free. If you search smart enough you can find just about anything.
