DVD Bangs

In Korea, there are stored that are referred to as "bangs". It seems to be a place where you can rent something (like a movie, a computer, video games, karaoke...) and use a private space for that rented object. So right now, I am in a PC bang with about 40 other stalls where people are using computers. In the 2 times I have used a PC bang since being in Korea, it has been filled with young teenagers and none of them are on the internet. They are playing video games in front of their big flat screen computer monitor. There are also really comfortable leather chairs, snacks available for purchase and a smoking section, if you want to puff away during your hours of video game play.
So, the more interesting "bang" shop I have visited in a DVD bang. They were all over the place in Busan, Korea's 2nd largest city, usually on the upper floors of a building. They are open until 4AM and have hundreds of DVDs that you can rent for around 8 dollars. I just went in and wrote the movie I wanted (Memoirs of A Geisha, as I had just finished the book) in English on a piece of paper. The clerk found the DVD and put it into a DVD player by his computer and led me to a private room. It was a polka dotted room with a black leather loveseat couch and two ottomans. The room was pretty bare expect for a trash can and a box of tissues (suspicious). Anyway, he put on the movie for me and I was able to control the volume and dim the lights. It was a huge flat screen and it was a very enjoyable experience! Note the tissues in the right corner of the first photo.