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03-06-2012, 10:55 PM
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#1 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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anyone uses netflix here? i'm new to the thing and i'm trying to use proxy's to connect to the US version of netflix since they have way better content than us supposely.. now here's a stupid question.. how do i tell whether i'm in netflix US or canada site? thx in advance
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03-06-2012, 11:19 PM
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#2 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Depends on what device you're using... on my iPad there is a message saying something like "hello customer we detect that you are in the united states so you may notice a change in the available titles". With proxy, it feels like the library is 10x larger. Just go to new releases and it should look radically different.
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03-07-2012, 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by terkan  anyone uses netflix here? i'm new to the thing and i'm trying to use proxy's to connect to the US version of netflix since they have way better content than us supposely.. now here's a stupid question.. how do i tell whether i'm in netflix US or canada site? thx in advance | Are you subscribing to a service? Or just using free proxies?
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03-07-2012, 01:07 AM
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#4 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Cman333 Are you subscribing to a service? Or just using free proxies? | i have my own netflix account. i'm trying to use the unblock us thing to link to the US netflix site
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03-07-2012, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mos_skeeto Depends on what device you're using... on my iPad there is a message saying something like "hello customer we detect that you are in the united states so you may notice a change in the available titles". With proxy, it feels like the library is 10x larger. Just go to new releases and it should look radically different. | which proxy are you using?
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03-07-2012, 01:13 AM
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#6 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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If you can find a free proxy server that works let me know.. I tried but nothing seemed to work!
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03-07-2012, 01:18 AM
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#7 | | Got MOD?
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Free ones do not work. Save yourself the hassle and subscribe to something like unblock-us.com
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03-07-2012, 01:45 AM
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#8 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Been using unblock-us.com and it's been great! Love all selection of TV shows that I can watch on the american netflix.
Check to see if it has 24, Prison Break, or How I met your mother. I think those aren't on the Canadian ones. I don't know for sure since I haven't used the canadian one in a while
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03-07-2012, 03:28 AM
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#9 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Netflix here is so bs.
Had it for half a year and just canceled it because there's never anything good on.
Truthfully I probably would have never cancelled it if my credit card hadn't gotten scammed. lol
For 8 bucks it wasn't bad actually.. 
US one IS STILL BETTER!!
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03-09-2012, 02:37 AM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by ForbiddenX Been using unblock-us.com and it's been great! Love all selection of TV shows that I can watch on the american netflix.
Check to see if it has 24, Prison Break, or How I met your mother. I think those aren't on the Canadian ones. I don't know for sure since I haven't used the canadian one in a while | i'm trying to use unblock-us.com too but i'm clueless how to use it. do i need to make a new account and have a US billing address and stuff before i can use the US netflix? cause i'm still being linked to the canadian netflix, i'm assuming coz i'm using a canadian paypal?
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03-09-2012, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by terkan how do i tell whether i'm in netflix US or canada site? thx in advance | If there are any remotely new movies that you have even an inclination to watch, then you're on the US site. If you see only kids shows, movies from the 50s and documentarys, you're on the candian site :P
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03-09-2012, 01:34 PM
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#12 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by freakshow If there are any remotely new movies that you have even an inclination to watch, then you're on the US site. If you see only kids shows, movies from the 50s and documentarys, you're on the candian site :P | lol  | |
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03-09-2012, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by terkan i'm trying to use unblock-us.com too but i'm clueless how to use it. do i need to make a new account and have a US billing address and stuff before i can use the US netflix? cause i'm still being linked to the canadian netflix, i'm assuming coz i'm using a canadian paypal? | It goes by IP.
I signed up in Canada. My GF lives now in the US and uses my netflix.
So if you login to netflix using a USA IP address (AKA Proxy server or VPN) you should get all the US content
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03-09-2012, 05:40 PM
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#14 | | nuggets mod
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I don't know if there is any change is the UI or logos.. if it's just purely the selection, yu might have to try and search for a movie you know the US has but Canada doesnt. For example, Canada does't have Iron Man 1
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03-09-2012, 09:29 PM
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#15 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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I use my Netflix mostly on my ps3. Is there a way to get a US ip on the ps3? Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-09-2012, 10:35 PM
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#16 | | Got MOD?
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Unblock-us.com works if you're willing to pay.
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03-10-2012, 01:32 AM
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#17 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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I've been looking to access US content for the longest time. I've checked many solutions. The free ones (VPN, proxy, whatever) do not give you a good speed. You're going to see buffers more often than you will like. If you truly want US content, you will have to pay for a third party service.
Unlock US is hands down the best. Super easy to set up too. If you are at home with a router, then you just have to reconfigure the router. No need to configure your PS3, Apple TV, computer, laptop, etc.
For lungfish23, Unblock-Us | Setting up PS3
For terkan, How to setup and look at the very top of the page "Click for easy set up instructions:"
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03-10-2012, 04:19 PM
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#18 | | nuggets mod
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for those who have unblock-us, what are some of the ways you take advantage of the service besides netflix? i know theres tons of good US services out there.. just don't know what they are..
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03-10-2012, 04:21 PM
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#19 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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03-10-2012, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by freakshow for those who have unblock-us, what are some of the ways you take advantage of the service besides netflix? i know theres tons of good US services out there.. just don't know what they are.. | Hulu plus all the US TV websites that have content online.
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03-11-2012, 12:48 AM
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#21 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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one thing interesting i noticed, if i use my iphone to tether to my vita to watch netflix i get a lot more choices of movies than i do when i just use my wifi. even though my ip on my iphone isn't american i'm guessing my ip is toronto based. maybe i'll just use my iphone to tether from now on lol assuming the data usage ain't insane :P
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03-11-2012, 08:19 PM
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It will be if you're watching HD.
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04-08-2012, 10:18 PM
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Just signed up for Netflix, and also UnBlockUS. It's working great!
From what I can tell, UnBlockUS just provides DNS translation to give the Netflix IPs you'd get, if you were in the US. So, is there a hosts file out there I can download, so I don't need to shell out $5 a month? 
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04-08-2012, 10:48 PM
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i've been using the free version of hotspot shield and its been working with the US version of netflix just fine.
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04-08-2012, 10:52 PM
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#25 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by Presto Just signed up for Netflix, and also UnBlockUS. It's working great!
From what I can tell, UnBlockUS just provides DNS translation to give the Netflix IPs you'd get, if you were in the US. So, is there a hosts file out there I can download, so I don't need to shell out $5 a month? | I had one that worked beautifully... SO fast too.. but it dosent work anymore as of 3 days ago 
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