NETFLIX. Just got on board

[BigRAWesty]

I as some of you may have heard Netflix is now in Australia.

So wife has done some digging and they have no contracts. Just pay upfront for the month and your set.

But they are running a free trial first month.

We're giving it a go. With unlimited download we will trial it.
$9 a month for standard definition its a dam site cheaper than fox or Austar. And it's on demand. You choose what you want to watch.

Down fall is you still miss all the afl, super cars etc.

[4bye4]

I could be wrong, but I think the long term idea is that free to air will continue to get worst content until the majority of the country is on cable, as is in the US. I also will miss the supercars, NASCA and many other sporting events.
television - so many channels - so little content!

[lucus30]

Been signed up for ages costs me $7 a month for HD. I can change between USA, Canada and Aussie Netflix with the flick of a switch

[NissanGQ4.2]

Waste of money for me, only have ADSL here and not worth trying to stream anything.

How do know what movies you will get, I just looked up there website and it tells you SFA

[MudRunnerTD]

Been signed up for ages costs me $7 a month for HD. I can change between USA, Canada and Aussie Netflix with the flick of a switch


Tell me more

[jay see]

Tell me more

Me to please

[AB]

Been signed up for ages costs me $7 a month for HD. I can change between USA, Canada and Aussie Netflix with the flick of a switch

Legal?.......

[Maxhead]

Waste of money for me, only have ADSL here and not worth trying to stream anything.

How do know what movies you will get, I just looked up there website and it tells you SFA

I've got a shitty connection Toddo and it streams really good mate. There are probably 20000 shows you get for bugger all a month.
Changing your DNS to US should give you US netflix with even more content....I think the;re cracking down on that these days

[lucus30]

Well I have my own DNS redirect but you could use dns4me which costs money but there are other free ones about.

Then you sign up to Netflix in Brazil and as my credit card doesn't charge a fee for international purchases the exchange rate equals about $7 a month

You can then use your netflix account in Australia, Brazil, america etc. Using dns4me you just switch it to whatever country you want at the time.

Mine is setup differently but is way way more complex. The above is the easy method

I use my android phone or tablet Netflix app casted to my Chromecast connected to my TV.

Works a treat

[lucus30]

Legal?.......

As far as I am aware perfectly. At this stage netflix don't care but they may change their terms and conditions eventually

[MudRunnerTD]

Well I have my own DNS redirect but you could use dns4me which costs money but there are other free ones about.

Then you sign up to Netflix in Brazil and as my credit card doesn't charge a fee for international purchases the exchange rate equals about $7 a month

You can then use your netflix account in Australia, Brazil, america etc. Using dns4me you just switch it to whatever country you want at the time.

Mine is setup differently but is way way more complex. The above is the easy method

I use my android phone or tablet Netflix app casted to my Chromecast connected to my TV.

Works a treat


You lost me at Hello! WTF is a DNS?

[lucus30]

Domain name system.

[the evil twin]

Not a biggee for most but if you have smallish Internet Plans... just be aware that if you use dns spoofing and are with an ISP who doesn't meter Netflix downloads then the metering cannot recognise Netflix to the dodgy dns so it counts on your internet useage.

If you have a large data plan it doesn't matter at all really

[mudski]

From what I have read Netflix has onlt around 2000 movie titles compared to Netflix in the USA which has over 7000 movie titles. It will get larger as time goes by but this will pull the reigns in on Poxtel.

[Winnie]

Telstra are metering Netflix, and I hear that iinet and optus aren't. I have a 100gb per month Telstra plan but unfortunately due to location, if I want internet then I have to use Telstra.

[BigRAWesty]

We only have adsl and is streaming well it seems from the wife.
The free trial is only low definition so possible more issues with the higher def.

We ditched pay tv ages ago.
Long story short at the end of it all they offered me $100 package for $13 a month.
I questioned if they were going to pay me next lol.

Netflix is no adds aswell.
Free to air is struggling, I don't think Netflix will replace free to air like Austar and Foxtel want to.

But they have to stop being greedy. Charging a but load and smashing adds aswell. I don't pay for adds.

Anyway. Wife has it via laptop atm threw a hdmi cable to tv, but we did discuss the chrome cast dongle to allow any device to stream to the tv.

Lucas, can you stream games from your device over the chrome cast??

[Maxhead]

The free trial is only low definition so possible more issues with the higher def.



I think the free trial is the same definition as the package you choose.

[boots]

Should not have been allowed to start up here without paying taxes in this country IMO

[lucus30]

We only have adsl and is streaming well it seems from the wife.
The free trial is only low definition so possible more issues with the higher def.

We ditched pay tv ages ago.
Long story short at the end of it all they offered me $100 package for $13 a month.
I questioned if they were going to pay me next lol.

Netflix is no adds aswell.
Free to air is struggling, I don't think Netflix will replace free to air like Austar and Foxtel want to.

But they have to stop being greedy. Charging a but load and smashing adds aswell. I don't pay for adds.

Anyway. Wife has it via laptop atm threw a hdmi cable to tv, but we did discuss the chrome cast dongle to allow any device to stream to the tv.

Lucas, can you stream games from your device over the chrome cast??

You can cast your screen but it is a little slow. Not really what its meant for, its pretty much meant to pull feeds off the internet that you tell it to. ie youtube


Should not have been allowed to start up here without paying taxes in this country IMO

I agree but honestly small fish compared to a company like apple that sells physical products here and pays bugger all tax

[rusty_nail]

As far as I am aware perfectly. At this stage netflix don't care but they may change their terms and conditions eventually

its not "legal", you are using a VPN to bypass the locale of your subscription in australia. the only "legal" way to view netflix in australia is through an Australian account

[lucus30]

OK I just did some reading and its a grey area and never been tested in court and imo honestly will never be while 90% of Australians pirate stuff. If they cleaned up pirating maybe one day they would worry about it.

In my opinion it is very different to pirating and at least I'm paying and also im using the Aussie Netflix I'm just paying for it in Brazil. This I'm sure is not illegal

[the evil twin]

OK I just did some reading and its a grey area and never been tested in court and imo honestly will never be while 90% of Australians pirate stuff. If they cleaned up pirating maybe one day they would worry about it.

In my opinion it is very different to pirating and at least I'm paying and also im using the Aussie Netflix I'm just paying for it in Brazil. This I'm sure is not illegal

They'll get ya for tax evasion, like Capone... if they ever tax it that is...

[lhurley]

I have had it for a while now, I use unblockus as my DNS. Works pretty well, I have the hd package and sheet Internet and it only occasionally stops.

Netflix is great, my olds have foxtel and Netflix and only use foxtel for sports. Anything else is Netflix. The only crap thing is that if you want to watch a current TV show, it will only come on Netflix once the season is finished. Annoying but there's so much other stuff to watch there's always something good

[jay see]

This is all too confusing. Can we go back to having 5 channels and having the late, late, late movie.

[Avo]

Telstra are metering Netflix, and I hear that iinet and optus aren't. I have a 100gb per month Telstra plan but unfortunately due to location, if I want internet then I have to use Telstra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

[Winnie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

Here I was thinking that was going to be some educational video about how I can use another ISP or get unmetered netflix. Should have known...

[taslucas]

As far as I am aware perfectly. At this stage netflix don't care but they may change their terms and conditions eventually

Its not legal to redirect it. They have been talking about it on triple j's Hack program. (don't get me wrong, I couldn't care less if it is or not, just putting it out there).

One thing that people are hoping will happen is the addition of new Australian content as All other countries that net flix have entered have ended up getting country of origin content which is good for the local community but there are no plans for this in Australia yet. It appears that netflix are having a trial run first with no aussie content and very limited new content, the majority will be from their back catalogue

[Maxhead]

From what I have read Netflix has onlt around 2000 movie titles compared to Netflix in the USA which has over 7000 movie titles. It will get larger as time goes by but this will pull the reigns in on Poxtel.


I thought it was way more than that but yeah its only 1120 in Aust as opossed to 7000 in US

NetflixWhat it does: streams films and TV shows
Platforms: PC/Mac, tablet, mobile, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fetch TV
Cost: three tiers, basic ($8.99), standard ($11.99), premium ($14.99); no contract
Trial period: 30 days free
Quality: SD (basic), HD (standard), 4K (premium)
Screens: unlimited devices; 1 stream (basic), 2 streams (standard), 4 streams (premium)
Total library titles: 1120 titles approx. of which 220 approx. are TV*.
Total library hours: 5000 hours* approx.
Key suppliers: Netflix (USA), Disney, Beyond Distribution, Warner Bros, BBC Worldwide, 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, Village Roadshow, ABC Commercial
Key content: exclusive rights to House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Bloodline, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Grace and Frankie, plus streaming rights to the films Frozen and Maleficent.
Usability: Excellent, simple.
Data consumption: 1GB/hour (standard definition), 3GB/hour (high definition), 7GB/hour (ultra high-def)
ISPs offering unmetered data: Optus, iiNet


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/netflix-v-stan-v-presto-v-quickflix-v-ezyflix-v-foxtel-play-your-guide-to-streaming-video-services-in-australia-20150324-1m6h46.html#ixzz3VWhVShKs

[Cuppa]

Each to their own. Personally I don’t know how folk find time between free to air Tv & the internet to watch extra content. The ABC + occasionally SBS & NITV has sufficient of quality to fill my viewing needs. Rarely ever bother to watch any of the commercial channels. Have never paid to watch TV & don’t expect I ever will.

[Bob]

Each to their own. Personally I don’t know how folk find time between free to air Tv & the internet to watch extra content. The ABC + occasionally SBS & NITV has sufficient of quality to fill my viewing needs. Rarely ever bother to watch any of the commercial channels. Have never paid to watch TV & don’t expect I ever will.

You need to watch some of the Commercial Channels to offset some of your Left Wing Views LMAO

Just some friendly Banter between Friends

[jack]

You need to watch some of the Commercial Channels to offset some of your Left Wing Views LMAO

Just some friendly Banter between Friends

Bloody hippies :smileyvault-cute-bi

[the evil twin]

You guys are funny...

You know Cuppa doesn't have time for TV because he is mastering the art of changing gear whilst simultaneously engaging a hand throttle as he sits pigeon toed with his knees jammed together, one heel shoved up his butt and sponges tied to his shoes so he doesn't bunny hop the Ute

[BigRAWesty]

Each to their own. Personally I don’t know how folk find time between free to air Tv & the internet to watch extra content. The ABC + occasionally SBS & NITV has sufficient of quality to fill my viewing needs. Rarely ever bother to watch any of the commercial channels. Have never paid to watch TV & don’t expect I ever will.

True. I barely have time to watch anything.
But the wife likes the occasional quiet time and I guess instead of watching a downloaded new movie on a Saturday night we'll now be legal.

It's not for all. Granted.
But hopefully it curves a bit of the piracy and gives fox and Austar a wake up call.

[the evil twin]

But hopefully it curves a bit of the piracy and gives fox and Austar a wake up call.

Fox bought 100% of Austar a few years ago... sucked big time as I had to sell all my employee shares I was sitting on for a rainy day.

It will cost Foxtel a reasonable amount of customers I spose but Netflix doesn't carry very much of what I watch anyway (House of Cards aside) but each company has their flagship programs so they'll both have their subscribers and make their money.

In Foxtels case maybe not as much profit but if Netflix does have an impact on Piracy that will help Foxtel and the other providers/streamers as well so who knows what the bottom line will be but agree it should be good for the subscriber.

[BigRAWesty]

Fox bought 100% of Austar a few years ago... sucked big time as I had to sell all my employee shares I was sitting on for a rainy day. It will cost Foxtel a reasonable amount of customers I spose but Netflix doesn't carry very much of what I watch anyway (House of Cards aside) but each company has their flagship programs so they'll both have their subscribers and make their money. In Foxtels case maybe not as much profit but if Netflix does have an impact on Piracy that will help Foxtel and the other providers/streamers as well so who knows what the bottom line will be but agree it should be good for the subscriber.

Yea absolutely. Netflix doesn't have sport. So many will stay with Foxtel. Didn't know about the take over.

But by the looks of it it sounds like Telstra and fox are in bed with each other.
I think Telstra have metered Netflix due to having unmetered fox sports etc.

[the evil twin]

Telstra and Foxtel have a very incestuous relationship... pretty much on the same level as Jamie and Cersei lannister actually.
Foxtel is available on Telstra Tbox internet streaming for example and as mentioned some Foxtel is unmetered on Bigpond sama sama the Netflix Optus & Netflix iinet agreements.

Austar was in the sack with Optus early for bundled services but after a couple of years began sleeping around (tarts that we were).

[Agronaught]

Get one of the $49 chromecast sticks and stream netflix to your TV. Works an absolute trick and streams directly, you can start the streaming from any smart phone or PC.

[Hodge]

Love the netflix so far. Watch it on pc, phone, tablet, streamed to my chromcast to the teli, launched from any netflix app or directly from pc. Not a bad gig so far... First month free to test it out so , not bad.

[Maxhead]

I like how you can tell which show/movie your kids or wife are watching from the app on the phone...lol

[BigRAWesty]

I'm really liking the on demand setup.
And they have some great titles.

[HuskyInAuz]

NetFlix works fine here .... hehehe
And guess what, now Amazon, Hulu, etc, etc, etc are joining in on the party. Soon there will be as many streaming sources as cable channels ....

It is very nice to watch no commercial TV but I have very little time with it being springtime in the vineyard farm. One really rainy day I got soaked and got caught up on House of Cards, been able to watch a couple "Orange..." but fall asleep too easily.

35 days and a wake up

[Throbbinhood]

I wish! Internet is Pakenham is crud, 3Mbps on a good day. Not enough to stream anything :(

[HuskyInAuz]

I wish! Internet is Pakenham is crud, 3Mbps on a good day. Not enough to stream anything :(

Doing a speed test from here, 48Mbps download, Vincentia, 6Mbps

[Throbbinhood]

Doing a speed test from here, 48Mbps download, Vincentia, 6Mbps

That's just not fair :(

[HuskyInAuz]

Mate, I'm in Oregon at the moment (Orygun) , in a very little village (Oakland) of 800 folks but there are a couple competitors going at each other. At the vineyard we struggle to get 3Mbps wireless, there is no ADSL 6 miles (10K) out of town.

The "hehehe" was a few fellow forum members know I'm overseas at the moment, but 35 days and counting down.

[HuskyInAuz]

its not "legal", you are using a VPN to bypass the locale of your subscription in australia. the only "legal" way to view netflix in australia is through an Australian account

So what is the difference when back in the old days (20 years) you had a calling card and would dial a local number to access an overseas service to make calls to the host country or other country's? (VPN->Server->Service (USA Netflix) ? ;) You were using the local telephone provider to dial into the access line.

[rusty_nail]

So what is the difference when back in the old days (20 years) you had a calling card and would dial a local number to access an overseas service to make calls to the host country or other country's? (VPN->Server->Service (USA Netflix) ? ;) You were using the local telephone provider to dial into the access line.

The difference is when you sign up for a net flix account the user agreement states that you will not do that. So you are in breach of your user licence agreement

[LaughingBeagles]

There is little difference between the Aussie and US Netflix (I VPN'd to the US to get it before the AU one became available). I still VPN to other countries for various program options but Netflix Oz is the way to go for the price IMHO.

[Clunk]

Just read an article about iinet blaming telstra for the slow down of their service....... suppose it has nothing to do with the amount of iinet customers making use of unmetered streaming

[BigRAWesty]

Just read an article about iinet blaming telstra for the slow down of their service....... suppose it has nothing to do with the amount of iinet customers making use of unmetered streaming

And now it'll become interesting.
With Telstra owning most (if not all) of the cable it'll interesting to see if they do pressure the others for more cash, or slash speeds.

[lucus30]

And now it'll become interesting.
With Telstra owning most (if not all) of the cable it'll interesting to see if they do pressure the others for more cash, or slash speeds.

Nbn will essentially own all the HFC cable soon enough

[BigRAWesty]

Nbn will essentially own all the HFC cable soon enough

Until they need money to pay for it and sell it all

[LaughingBeagles]

Just read an article about iinet blaming telstra for the slow down of their service....... suppose it has nothing to do with the amount of iinet customers making use of unmetered streaming
One vendor blaming the other is an old chestnut. Was with iiNet many moons ago but their support for issues was appalling. Moved to internode for many years and surprise surprise, since being bought by iiNet, great customer support went out the door again (they were really great up til then). Nowadays with Telstra on a cable plan which has been worry free, albeit it I miss all the unmetered goodies internode had.

My experience has been that in the main ISP's will always blame the other guy first off.

[HuskyInAuz]

The difference is when you sign up for a net flix account the user agreement states that you will not do that. So you are in breach of your user licence agreement

Maybe we're talking apples and oranges.. The USA user agreement says you won't use the USA service overseas ?

[rusty_nail]

Maybe we're talking apples and oranges.. The USA user agreement says you won't use the USA service overseas ?

no idea what the user agreement says mate, but the Netflix rep on Triple J Hack the other day said that people who did that are breaching their agreement, i dont use either of them so i didnt look into it further.

[Clunk]

One vendor blaming the other is an old chestnut. Was with iiNet many moons ago but their support for issues was appalling. Moved to internode for many years and surprise surprise, since being bought by iiNet, great customer support went out the door again (they were really great up til then). Nowadays with Telstra on a cable plan which has been worry free, albeit it I miss all the unmetered goodies internode had.

My experience has been that in the main ISP's will always blame the other guy first off.

Yep, i too used to be with iinet. Service became terrible and all they did was play the blame game. Switched to Telstra 4 years ago and not had a problem since, go figure lol

[Clunk]

ok, may have missed this but where do I find info on what Netflix Australia have on their list of streaming content?

[Avo]

google it ya slack barsteward

[Clunk]

google it ya slack barsteward

you google it nobhead...............

hang on, I'll ask TD to find it, he's good with links

[LaughingBeagles]

Try this Clunk: http://www.finder.com.au/netflix-content

Also, the first month is free (you can cancel your order at the end of the month at no cost) so it can't hurt to give a try.

[Clunk]

Try this Clunk: http://www.finder.com.au/netflix-content

Also, the first month is free (you can cancel your order at the end of the month at no cost) so it can't hurt to give a try.

Cheers mate

[Clunk]

Righteo, giving this a wee go ehile its free but have a quick question for the gurus. My tv only has one hdmi port which usually runs from the blue-ray player, at the moment im having to unplug from the blue-ray to plug into the laptop instead.
Am looking into getting an hdmi switch and chromecast jobbie instead of having to plug in the laptop everytime. Now the question is, will a bog standard hdmi switch work or will it need to be a bit more special for the chromecast to plug into?

[BigRAWesty]

I think chrome cast is usb 3.. Think

[Maxhead]

I would think any latest standards HDMI switch will do the trick or buy a smart TV...LOL

[Clunk]

I think chrome cast is usb 3.. Think

Its hdmi mate...... already looked into it, why would I waste my time asking about a hdmi switch if I didn't know what type of port it used

http://www.google.com.au/intl/en_au/chrome/devices/chromecast/?utm_source=en_au-ha-au-sem-home&utm_medium=ha-au&utm_content=text-text-au&utm_campaign=en_au&gclid=CjwKEAjw3YipBRDL2bHhjLmFkQsSJADtzktjVueTgAoH YD1l6mVEMgQhmj7h_xw-ZqzRYMQbBzsgEhoCZEnw_wcB

[Clunk]

I would think any latest standards HDMI switch will do the trick or buy a smart TV...LOL

Yeah new tv would be nice but thats not an option right now, so will just have to make do with my 10year old plasma tv ;).

Was looking at something like this http://www.jaycar.com.au/Sight-%26-Sound---Home/AV-Switchers-%26-Converters/Switchers/4-Input-HDMI-Switcher-with-MHL-Input-and-PIP-Function/p/AC1708 but was thinking it might be over kill.

Or something simple like this to plug the chromecast into but like I said before, unsure if it would work...... http://www.jaycar.com.au/Sight-%26-Sound---Home/AV-Switchers-%26-Converters/Switchers/3-Input-HDMI-Switcher-with-Remote-Control/p/AC1705

[the evil twin]

snip...
Now the question is, will a bog standard hdmi switch work or will it need to be a bit more special


I would think you would need a "special" one... and don't forget to wipe the crayon marks and drool off the screen to enhance your viewing pleasure

[Clunk]

I would think you would need a "special" one... and don't forget to wipe the crayon marks and drool off the screen to enhance your viewing pleasure

All good, kids know not to touch daddy's things, so no cleaning up to do. ............. oh and I've decided to go the El cheapo switch

[LaughingBeagles]

Snip...
Or something simple like this to plug the chromecast into but like I said before, unsure if it would work...... http://www.jaycar.com.au/Sight-%26-Sound---Home/AV-Switchers-%26-Converters/Switchers/3-Input-HDMI-Switcher-with-Remote-Control/p/AC1705
I reckon this one will be all you need; you're just looking for a switch for straight through data transfer so it should do the trick. The guys at Joondalup are pretty helpful, so ask them and they will set you right.

[Maxhead]

You could pick something like that on evilbay for about $5 but yeah it will do the job. I wouldn't spent a hundred as thats about half a TV these days...LOL

[Clunk]

You could pick something like that on evilbay for about $5 but yeah it will do the job. I wouldn't spent a hundred as thats about half a TV these days...LOL

Cheers big ears, all good, was only used as an example ;)

[BigRAWesty]

Its hdmi mate...... already looked into it, why would I waste my time asking about a hdmi switch if I didn't know what type of port it used http://www.google.com.au/intl/en_au/chrome/devices/chromecast/?utm_source=en_au-ha-au-sem-home&utm_medium=ha-au&utm_content=text-text-au&utm_campaign=en_au&gclid=CjwKEAjw3YipBRDL2bHhjLmFkQsSJADtzktjVueTgAoH YD1l6mVEMgQhmj7h_xw-ZqzRYMQbBzsgEhoCZEnw_wcB
That was from the with. She's running the show lol

[Winnie]

That was from the with. She's running the show lol

Bloody withs, think they know everything!

[Clunk]

Bloody withs, think they know everything!

Withs hey, just can't be trusted

[BigRAWesty]

Bloody withs, think they know everything!
Lol.
Bloody auto correct. That thinks it knows everything