Netflix or Lovefilm

PostNetflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:12 pm

Guys

I don't use my 360 for anything other than games. But seeing my friends list is constantly filled with people watching stuff on these I thought I'd give it a bash.

Which is better?

Do you pay for it? Or has everyone just done the trial? And how easy is the trail to cancel?

Thanks :mrgreen:

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **systematic** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:05 pm

Netflix has a better television show library, especially if you use the DNS trick to fool it into thinking you have a US connection.

Lovefilm has a better movie library than Netflix UK but using UnblockUS will give you the best selection from the US, Canadian, European and South American regions.

I'm not sure if this is still the case but you could only cancel Lovefilm online between the hours of 11pm and 8am (when their call centers are closed). You would have to phone them to cancel at all other times.

There's the complete list of all the shows and movies available on Netflix Canada, US and UK here: http://uk.istreamguide.com/

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:12 pm

Cheers mate. Can I make a uk and us account for Netflix? If so how?

I'm using the free trial at the minute watching dexter for the first time :mrgreen:

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **systematic** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:19 pm

Your UK account will work with all the other regions

You can sign up for a free one week trial to UnblockUS so you can fool Netflix into thinking you live in another region.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:20 pm

systematic wrote:Your UK account will work with all the other regions

You can sign up for a free one week trial to UnblockUS so you can fool Netflix into thinking you live in another region.

I've just seen it in the thread. So I can have a uk account and a us one? How will it know what store to show me?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Lagamorph** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:57 pm

Netflix everytime for streaming.
Netflix is only good if you want physical discs or games.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **systematic** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:48 am

glowy69 wrote:I've just seen it in the thread. So I can have a uk account and a us one? How will it know what store to show me?

Netflix checks your DNS settings to determine what region you are from and redirects you to the corresponding store.

UnblockUS lets you change your DNS region to make Netflix think that's where you currently reside.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:21 am

systematic wrote:
glowy69 wrote:I've just seen it in the thread. So I can have a uk account and a us one? How will it know what store to show me?

Netflix checks your DNS settings to determine what region you are from and redirects you to the corresponding store.

UnblockUS lets you change your DNS region to make Netflix think that's where you currently reside.

Wonderful

What sort of extra stuff is on the us store?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:22 am

Lagamorph wrote:Netflix everytime for streaming.
Netflix is only good if you want physical discs or games.

Netflix for both then?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Lagamorph** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:37 am

glowy69 wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:Netflix everytime for streaming.
Netflix is only good if you want physical discs or games.

Netflix for both then?

Ooops, I meant Lovefilm for physical discs or games :oops:

Netflix only does physical stuff in the US.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:42 am

Lovefilm wins so far. I have found buddy the vampire slayer :wub:

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Johnny Ryall** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:06 pm

All of buffy is on Netflix us. Love films video quality is also terribad.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:59 pm

Johnny Ryall wrote:All of buffy is on Netflix us. Love films video quality is also terribad.

Is it?

strawberry floating hell :fp:

, thanks mate :mrgreen:

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:40 pm

I can't connect to the us netflix

I've changed all dns settings and stuff through the links but it won't connect. Any ideas?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Lagamorph** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:13 pm

glowy69 wrote:I can't connect to the us netflix

I've changed all dns settings and stuff through the links but it won't connect. Any ideas?

Which DNS settings are you using? UnblockUS? If so, did you actually create an account with UnblockUS?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:27 pm

Lagamorph wrote:
glowy69 wrote:I can't connect to the us netflix

I've changed all dns settings and stuff through the links but it won't connect. Any ideas?

Which DNS settings are you using? UnblockUS? If so, did you actually create an account with UnblockUS?

It says you don't need an account wi unblockus. I only want it on my 360. The thread in the entertainment folder states this too.

I just followed the link to the 360 section and did what it told me

It says just to change the dns settings on my 360 which I did. And if I get an error message delete and try again. It doesn't work

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Lagamorph** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:59 pm

glowy69 wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
glowy69 wrote:I can't connect to the us netflix

I've changed all dns settings and stuff through the links but it won't connect. Any ideas?

Which DNS settings are you using? UnblockUS? If so, did you actually create an account with UnblockUS?

It says you don't need an account wi unblockus. I only want it on my 360. The thread in the entertainment folder states this too.

I just followed the link to the 360 section and did what it told me

It says just to change the dns settings on my 360 which I did. And if I get an error message delete and try again. It doesn't work

You do need an account on UnblockUS or it wont work.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:02 pm

But the thread says you only need to pay for unblockus if you are using it from a pc which I'm not?

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Lagamorph** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:11 pm

glowy69 wrote:But the thread says you only need to pay for unblockus if you are using it from a pc which I'm not?

We were asking for that to get updated for a long time. That used to be the case when UnblockUS was in beta, but it no longer applies. UnblockUS requires a subscription (or 1 week free trial) in order to work now.

PostRe: Netflix or Lovefilm by **Glowy69** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:14 pm

Lagamorph wrote:
glowy69 wrote:But the thread says you only need to pay for unblockus if you are using it from a pc which I'm not?

We were asking for that to get updated for a long time. That used to be the case when UnblockUS was in beta, but it no longer applies. UnblockUS requires a subscription (or 1 week free trial) in order to work now.

Oh right okay thanks laga.

Once I used the free trial. Will my Xbox work all the time? Or do I need to subscribe to the service?

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