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netflix now available in the UK

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30 trial starts today !

Careful to kill the Facebook integration if you don't want everything you watch posting all over the place
 
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mrplow said:
Careful to kill the Facebook integration if you don't want everything you watch posting all over the place
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what's all that about??
 
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That would be interesting to see which tv shows they will offer for the UK Netflix.
Since moving back to the states, I miss the original The Office series, Little Britain and older One Foot in the Grave and Keeping Up Appearances shows.
 
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JUKE179r said:
That would be interesting to see which tv shows they will offer for the UK Netflix.
Since moving back to the states, I miss the original The Office series, Little Britain and older One Foot in the Grave and Keeping Up Appearances shows.
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Too bad we won't be able to access that UK content though. Not legally, anyway. There's always Slingbox if you have a friend or family member who is willing to hook it up to an unused cable box...

Doug
 
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Too bad we won't be able to access that UK content though. Not legally, anyway. There's always Slingbox if you have a friend or family member who is willing to hook it up to an unused cable box...

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you can always get a VPN doug. this is the way i watch netflix from the UK

it cost though, and doesn't work through ATV

J
 
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what's all that about??
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I suspect you'll only be able to see this from the UK but here goes:
https://signup.netflix.com/home?country=1&rdirfdc=true

Like Spotify you are heavily encouraged to sign in with Facebook.

Yesterday when I signed up Facebook was the only link on the page. Now there's a small 'sign up with an email address' below the facebook link.

But either way you can go into your account settings and disable facebook and setup a unique login for Netflix.

That aside, loving the service. Streams on iPhone and AppleTV (LoveFilm doesn't), HD content (LoveFilm's missing this too), content suits me (maybe that's my age!).

Would like to see newer TV shows/Movies but I'm sure that will come in time.

Now, back to the first series of 24 . . . . .
 
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JUKE179r said:
That would be interesting to see which tv shows they will offer for the UK Netflix.
Since moving back to the states, I miss the original The Office series, Little Britain and older One Foot in the Grave and Keeping Up Appearances shows.
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Are those not available on the Global version of iPlayer?
 
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you can always get a VPN doug. this is the way i watch netflix from the UK

it cost though, and doesn't work through ATV

J
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Yeah, I used to play around with free proxy sites and enter them manually in Firefix when I was in EU. Doesn't seem to work as well the other way around however. I'd love to be able to use something in order to access BBC's iPlayer. Which VPN service do you use? Or maybe that's a question I should direct at our U.S. based members.

Doug
 
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Wahey, maybe ill understand what everyone is harping on about now...
 
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mrplow said:
I suspect you'll only be able to see this from the UK but here goes:
https://signup.netflix.com/home?country=1&rdirfdc=true

Like Spotify you are heavily encouraged to sign in with Facebook.

Yesterday when I signed up Facebook was the only link on the page. Now there's a small 'sign up with an email address' below the facebook link.

But either way you can go into your account settings and disable facebook and setup a unique login for Netflix.

That aside, loving the service. Streams on iPhone and AppleTV (LoveFilm doesn't), HD content (LoveFilm's missing this too), content suits me (maybe that's my age!).

Would like to see newer TV shows/Movies but I'm sure that will come in time.

Now, back to the first series of 24 . . . . .
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i see, thanks for that..

24?? never got past the first series, which was good
 
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I can't believe it took this long for Netflix to get over there... :|
 
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Doug b said:
Yeah, I used to play around with free proxy sites and enter them manually in Firefix when I was in EU. Doesn't seem to work as well the other way around however. I'd love to be able to use something in order to access BBC's iPlayer. Which VPN service do you use? Or maybe that's a question I should direct at our U.S. based members.

Doug
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Hey Doug,

i use My Expat Network
Watch UK TV online abroad - My Expat Network

i use it from Qatar. you can also, use this to access the US, but i have not tried.

i used to use my private network
https://www.my-private-network.co.uk/?gclid=CPemx4rMx60CFUZ66wodAlWjhA

but could not get it to work with lion, hence the change to the above. I did have access to the US with this.

all in all it cost 5 pound per month and 10 pound per month to add 3 mobile devices and one computer..

J
 
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Pretty awesome news for the UK. Hope they will eventually appear in other European countries as well and not bail out like Hulu did unfortuantely.
 

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