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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
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, 6MbpsQuote:
Originally Posted by Throbbinhood
That's just not fair :(Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
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 agreementQuote:
Originally Posted by HuskyInAuz
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
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 enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
Until they need money to pay for it and sell it allQuote:
Originally Posted by lucus30
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
My experience has been that in the main ISP's will always blame the other guy first off.
Maybe we're talking apples and oranges.. The USA user agreement says you won't use the USA service overseas ?Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by HuskyInAuz
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 lolQuote:
Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles
ok, may have missed this but where do I find info on what Netflix Australia have on their list of streaming content?
google it ya slack barsteward
you google it nobhead...............Quote:
Originally Posted by wa 489
hang on, I'll ask TD to find it, he's good with links
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 mateQuote:
Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles
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?
I think chrome cast is usb 3.. Think
I would think any latest standards HDMI switch will do the trick or buy a smart TV...LOL
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 usedQuote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
http://www.google.com.au/intl/en_au/...sgEhoCZEnw_wcB
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 ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
Was looking at something like this http://www.jaycar.com.au/Sight-%26-S...ction/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-S...ntrol/p/AC1705
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 pleasureQuote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
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 switchQuote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
That was from the with. She's running the show lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
Bloody withs, think they know everything!Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
Withs hey, just can't be trustedQuote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Bloody auto correct. That thinks it knows everything