Netflix, my experience...amazing service!!! can be accessed from INDIA as well..:)

[gopichandpai]

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I am keen to join a group, or even start a new one. Can someone please summarize which devices/apps support different profiles for the family plan?

Here are the devices which support profiles in netflix https://support.netflix.com/en/node/10421

Muks1224 was interested to join a group. May be you can pull him in.

 

[harshi_n]

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Hi guys,
Im interested and can join the group ... let me know

 

[nSinghal]

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..Mmn.....@nsinghal can u perform the same test. I mean go to speedtest and manually choose a server from us and report what speed you get.

Wow. I don't have a PC and Speedtest's iOS app couldn't have made it any more difficult to select a US server! Took me almost three minutes of manual scrolling to find US servers. And to make things worse, it defaults back to closest server once you quit the app. Horrible!

Anyways, I got an average 5 Mbps with unlocator.com and US speedtest server though it ranged way too much. Sometimes went as low as 2 Mbps and other times as high as 7 Mbps.

Also, read on for more details and other tests I performed trying to determine my speeds....

First, without any DNS server in play and with local speedtest server (vodafone delhi). Got 8+ Mbps every single time. No issues.

Next, again no DNS server but changed speedtest's server to US (New York, towerstream). Consistently got 6mbps. Never less than 5.5 Mbps and never more than 6.5 Mbps. Ping rates went down to 300+ though.

Third, DNS server (unlocator) and local speedtest server. Same results as earlier. 30 something ping rate and 8+ Mbps downloads.

Finally, DNS server (unlocator) and US speedtest server (New York, towerstream). Ping rates went down the crapper. 1000+ at the minimum. Also download speeds are no longer consistent. I got as low as 2 Mbps and as high as 7mbps. For some reason the time it took before I saw the download meter start moving, was directly relevant to what speeds I was going to get. If the download meter started moving within seconds of ping test results, it'd easily reach 5+ Mbps. If it took too much time to start, it'd barely reach 2Mbps before it stopped. Everytime the speeds were increasing when it stopped. So maybe if the test went on for another 20 seconds, it'd have reached 5 Mbps. Dunno what's the real problem here.

I tried another way to determine actual speedtest. Went to appshopper.com and found the latest new,free iOS apps which had showed up in AppStore just minutes earlier and downloaded them from iTunes US servers. Now these were the crappiest of apps you'd find out there and no one in their right mind would download them ever, let alone within minutes of them being available in AppStore. So I seriously doubt there is any chance of the ISP caching these apps. Acc to my calculations I got an average of 5.3 Mbps speeds with all these downloads (using unlocator DNS and us iTunes Store).

 

[rayban]

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Muks, Harshi: Will be happy to form a group with you both. Let me get the account working and PM you the details. If it is just the 3 of us it will be $4/month else $3 if we get a 4th member.

 

[sanro]

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so , today I tried wired connection today. Watched couple of breaking bad episodes , two movies . Still not happy with the picture quality. Not clear..most of the time little blurry.. I guess this has to do with unblock / bandwidth because locally I get 8 MBPS but with using US based server, speedtest shows less than 2mbps.

 

[nSinghal]

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Try other servers like unotelly, unlocator, blockless and tunlr.net. Hopefully you'll find something which works nice with your ISP and PC/device.

 

[sam9s]

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I found another decent one, ProxyDNS the reason I say it decent is coz proxyDNS is the only service apart from unblock-us that gave me full 720p at all times .... rest all three listed didnt work for me, by didnt work I mean didnt stay at 720p most of the time.

 

[nSinghal]

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I found another decent one, ProxyDNS the reason I say it decent is coz proxyDNS is the only service apart from unblock-us that gave me full 720p at all times .... rest all three listed didnt work for me, by didnt work I mean didnt stay at 720p most of the time.

Haven't tried this one yet. For me every DNS server mentioned here (except tunlr & blockless, which I haven't tried yet) gives me super HD on my ps3 without any issues. So the only factor remaining would be the price. Once unlocator exits beta and starts charging money, I'll have to look for something else. Tunlr is free but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with ps3. So unless I get an Apple TV by that time, I won't even be able to try it out let alone use it. In which case, ProxyDNS should be the best option as @ $35/year, this is the cheapest of the paid services I've seen so far.

 

[nSinghal]

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PS3 just went kaput. Red light of death
Now left with just the ipad to access netflix. If I can't get the ps3 fixed for cheap, I'll have to get something else for netflix at home too. Damn it. Why oh why? Found the wii collecting dust in a closet somewhere hoping it would get me through for a while but that junk also didn't work. Won't connect to wif I for some reason. Also have a 360 but those idiots want me to pay for live first before letting me access netflix :/

 

[sam9s]

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damm thats seriously bad news, but PS3 going dead just like that seems strange ..... go for wd tv live its 7-8K product much cheaper than even a second hand PS3 ..... and will stream netflix just fine ...

 

[Dushie]

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Friends ... Since we shifted to 12 USD plan the due date has revised a little bit. Its now 1st of NOV, so request you people all to transfer the amount before that. its will br 185 rs each.

This is not for gopi, only Dushie and nsinghal needs to transfer ...

Thanks you all

Regards
Sammy

Hey Sam, just saw your post, did not check the thread for some time. I did a transfer for Rs 240 did not know it had got revised to Rs 185. Will deduct the excess transfer from next months payment. Just giving a heads up.

Tunlr is going paid from January onwards. So guys what is the final outcome, which is the best us DNS service provider based on bandwidth and speeds.

Did we have a winner after all the tests.

@nsinghal if you want peace of mind better to go for WD TV live and enjoy netflix, i have been using the same for a long time and have been happy with the performance. Android sticks may be good, but how long the life is and the hassles of setup with it, better to go for WD tv. I have one which is nearly 2 years old and doing a great job.

@sam anyway to modify streaming settings in wd tv for netflix.On the PC post changing the buffer settings i am getting HD. Is there any such option on the WD tv netflix app.
Just played Skyfall on PC and it looked awesome on HD.
I have a 10Mbps connection with pingtest of under 30ms. So bandwidth should not be an issue.

 

[nSinghal]

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If I can't get the ps3 fixed for cheap and have to buy a ~$100 box, it'll most probably be Apple TV as I already have an ipad (which I use extensively) and am contemplating getting a 5s next month too. Also, I'm currently PC less for over two years (only the ipad and Note 2) but if I ever bought one it'll be a mac (haven't owned a windows PC for 8 years now). All of these play very nice with Apple TV especially with video mirrorring over airplay. And as far as netflix, youtube and other apps go, I haven't heard anything about its quality being inferior to any other similar box.

Though being the cheapass I am, I'd love nothing more than a chromecast if google ever relaxed the DNS restrictions.

 

[Dushie]

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If I can't get the ps3 fixed for cheap and have to buy a ~$100 box, it'll most probably be Apple TV as I already have an ipad (which I use extensively) and am contemplating getting a 5s next month too. Also, I'm currently PC less for over two years (only the ipad and Note 2) but if I ever bought one it'll be a mac (haven't owned a windows PC for 8 years now). All of these play very nice with Apple TV especially with video mirrorring over airplay. And as far as netflix, youtube and other apps go, I haven't heard anything about its quality being inferior to any other similar box.

Though being the cheapass I am, I'd love nothing more than a chromecast if google ever relaxed the DNS restrictions.

Thats good to hear, so which DNS provider you felt was best post the tests you conducted. I am getting a big tv and want to watch good HD stuff on netflix. Won't mind switching dns providers if i get good HD stream.

 

[nSinghal]

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For me all of them worked equally good. Was using unlocator beta for last month or so and even that worked perfectly with the ps3. I have yet to pay for any of the services too (thanks to the week long demos and unlocator beta)

Sam doesn't seem to have as much luck as me though. Might have something to do with his wdtv or maybe something else. So best way to go for you would be to make use of trials before paying for any of the services.

 

[rayban]

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Unlocator degraded my connection speed significantly. I never got more than 3 Mbps on my 16 Mbps connection. Unblock-us is much better and gives 12-13 Mbps.

 

[nSinghal]

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Got netflix working on 360. Refuse to pay for xbox live gold just for netflix access but managed to get a month free. Might be able to get a couple more assuming the reports that one can get upto 3 months of free Live gold per Xbox as long as they are willing to use a new gamer tag everytime.

Have to say the performance is pretty disappointing compared to ps3. First off, the US xbox dashboard is littered with too many apps and promotions making the interface really really slow. Even selecting netflix from dashboard is a PITA compared to ps3. Then it takes atleast 2-3 times longer just for netflix to boot up. Netflix's interface too is a bit slow and laggy compared to ps3 version. And the worst part, I haven't yet managed to get anything above 480p on the xbox whereas ps3 never dropped below 720p and stayed at 1080p for the most part. Same airtel connection. Tried it with both unlocator and unblock-us. Same performance with both. Guess its got more to do with xbox than my connection or the DNS provider. And not to mention, xbox gets crazy hot within an hour compared to ps3 which remained cool enough even after 4-5 hours of netflix and it had the power supply built in the box! I miss my ps3

Anyways, I guess it'll have to do until I find something better. Hopefully chromecast will allow for manual DNS soon. Or Apple TV will get updated (doubtful but any things possible) before my free xbox live gold expires.

 

[golfdude]

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Hello,

I have a Panasonic 52" LCD TV but it is not smart. I saw this device advertized:

Amkette EvoTV Smart Box XL
AMKETTE - EvoTV

Can I use this to hook up my Panasonic TV to Netflix via some service like VPN, Unlocator etc. ?

Thanks.

 

[gopichandpai]

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Specifications of Evo TV is not that great. These days quad core android devices are available with 2GB RAM 4.5k onwards. Just go to ebay.in and search for "Quad core TV" or "Android TV" or something similar and you will find many products.

 

[golfdude]

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Ok. Thanks for the info.

So can this quad core android device be hooked up to any LCD TV ? And then can you access internet on your TV through your WiFi router and the quad core device ?

Thanks.

 

[gopichandpai]

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Yes, correct. You need to connect this device to HDMI port. Your TV becomes the screen of this device. You can do most of the things using this device which you can do in a mobile(of course phone calls are not possible as there is no SIM provision in these devices).