Get US Netflix, Hulu, Etc In The UK

[Spymaster]

Don't know if this is common knowledge but this browser extension for Chrome and Firefox takes seconds to install and you're away. If you've got a UK Netflix account you'll get automatic access to the US content.

Seems to work fine and no problems so far.

https://mediahint.com/

Is it likely to kill my machine or empty my bank account?

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Is that pc only? I want a free way to watch Netflix us on my Xbox.

 

[Private Storm]

Well, it works. To watch the US version of Netflix I mean. I haven't checked my bank account.

Thanks.

 

[Spymaster]

Aye, it works great, just seemed a bit easy.

I guess it would also enable you to watch UK catch-up stuff like iPlayer from abroad too.

 

[Spymaster]

Is that pc only? I want a free way to watch Netflix us on my Xbox.

PC only I think but there are others out there.

 

[imposs1904]

what's the catch?

I just downloaded it and I can now watch the BBC iPlayer

 

[Jon-of-arc]

PC only I think but there are others out there.

well, nice one, installed on my pc. quite a few things on there that arent on the uk one, that i want to watch. top priority is The Walking Dead.

 

[Spymaster]

what's the catch?

I just downloaded it and I can now watch the BBC iPlayer

It breaks the region lock, I've no idea how, but theoretically you should be able to watch anything anywhere. I've just been watching CBS stuff.

Don't know what the catch is if there is one.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Nice find

 

[friedaweed]

does it work for lovefilm?

Perhaps this is a dumb question It doesnt seem to make any odds. One shall await the netflix 30 day trial when ive finished with the heap of shite that is love film

 

[discokermit]

One shall await the netflix 30 day trial when ive finished with the heap of shite that is love film

i'm doing the same. lovefilm online is shite.

 

[friedaweed]

i'm doing the same. lovefilm online is shite.

Yup. It's fine for fuck all for a month. It's kept the teenage daughter quiet but i aint paying for it. Its like walking around a car boot searching through their fillum collection

 

[DexterTCN]

This seems to be excellent, cheers.

There goes what little life I had left.

 

[DexterTCN]

Spooks was called MI5 in the US? Never knew that.

 

[Fez909]

Just signed up for a free month on Netflix to get some US film action. Pretty good, like. Cheers!

 

[DexterTCN]

Cosmos!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Yetman]

There is an Xbox equivalent, look on the net for it - it involves changing your DNS settings so you get NBC and Wall Street Journal stuff coming through on you dashboard but still, loads more shows

 

[Spymaster]

Spooks was called MI5 in the US? Never knew that.

"Spooks" is a racist term for black people in the U.S.

 

[Fez909]

There is an Xbox equivalent, look on the net for it - it involves changing your DNS settings so you get NBC and Wall Street Journal stuff coming through on you dashboard but still, loads more shows

Just done this for ps3, cheers!

 

[Spymaster]

does it work for lovefilm?

I find what works best for Lovefilm is the "cancel my account button" in the "my account" section.

 

[DexterTCN]

Just done this for ps3, cheers!

Just did this too

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Any tips on achieving this via android tablet of BlueRay (smart TV)??????????????????

 

[Fez909]

Any tips on achieving this via android tablet of BlueRay (smart TV)??????????????????

I'm just investigating this now for Android. It's not as straight forward, but looks possible.

What you need to do is change the DNS your device uses. You do this by going to your network settings, long press on current connection and choose modify network. The next bit may vary depending on your version of Android, but roughly: Tick the box which says "show advanced options" and then go to IP settings and set that to static. This should give you further options, and the ones you want are DNS 1 and 2. Set them to one of the following combinations:

Primary DNS: 190.14.36.90
Secondary DNS: 206.214.214.28

Primary DNS: 149.154.158.186
Secondary DNS: 199.167.30.144

Primary DNS: 208.122.23.22
Secondary DNS: 208.122.23.23

Primary DNS: 173.203.204.153
Secundary DNS: 173.203.201.131

Primary DNS - 190.14.36.90
Secondary DNS - 109.123.11.24

Save and you should be good to go. The big problem with this method is you will get the US Play Store etc, as well, with everything marked in dollars and a different app selection. It will probably affect websites, too. So you'd need to switch back to DHCP instead of static in the options I went through above. I've not tested this yet, but I can't see any reason it wouldn't work.

I'm trying to find a better solution though (where you can save DNS settings and switch between them easily or even better, on a per app basis). Will update on here if I find anything.

No idea on BlueRay stuff, sorry.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Nice one Fez. I'll look into that. Cheers.

 

[MillwallShoes]

whooaaa!! what's the catch? spywear?

 

[de_dog]

hmmm, this isn't going to help many people but here's how I did it saw it done:
What you need to do is have your network (internet/web whatever you call it) requests appear to come from an address other than your own - a proxy server.

If you don't know what the below means then it's not the solution for you.
It is however, a solution that can work for many people at once. I'm not able to provide this service, only describe it..

• On Amazon EC2 (other cloud providers are available), spin up an instance of a Linux server in one of the US zones.
• Install Squid proxy server.
• Configure your device's proxy server with the IP of the US instance.
• Watch all content.

 

[DexterTCN]

whooaaa!! what's the catch? spywear?

No catch, been using it for weeks.

 

[Spymaster]

Update: Now works for Android.

 

[keybored]

I'm just investigating this now for Android. It's not as straight forward, but looks possible.

What you need to do is change the DNS your device uses. You do this by going to your network settings, long press on current connection and choose modify network. The next bit may vary depending on your version of Android, but roughly: Tick the box which says "show advanced options" and then go to IP settings and set that to static. This should give you further options, and the ones you want are DNS 1 and 2. Set them to one of the following combinations:

Primary DNS: 190.14.36.90
Secondary DNS: 206.214.214.28

Primary DNS: 149.154.158.186
Secondary DNS: 199.167.30.144

Primary DNS: 208.122.23.22
Secondary DNS: 208.122.23.23

Primary DNS: 173.203.204.153
Secundary DNS: 173.203.201.131

Primary DNS - 190.14.36.90
Secondary DNS - 109.123.11.24

Save and you should be good to go. The big problem with this method is you will get the US Play Store etc, as well, with everything marked in dollars and a different app selection. It will probably affect websites, too. So you'd need to switch back to DHCP instead of static in the options I went through above. I've not tested this yet, but I can't see any reason it wouldn't work.

I'm trying to find a better solution though (where you can save DNS settings and switch between them easily or even better, on a per app basis). Will update on here if I find anything.

No idea on BlueRay stuff, sorry.

Genius, works perfectly. Just tried on a network enabled Blu-ray player but it should work on any device without having to install anything.

 

[keybored]

Had to change it back when the kids pointed out it removed "Dexter"