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Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by neotek »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #45

German copycat portals for whatever usually suck, so I was pretty psyched to hear Netflix was launching, only to then find out that their selection in Germany is mediocre at best. Here is a comparison (in german): http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/netflix-test-information... I'm seriously considering a US VPN, guess thats the country with the best catalogue. Any experience regarding potential bandwidth issues?

Hola Better Internet is a free extension for Chrome that lets you connect to any site via a proxy, I've used it with Netflix before. It's also handy for getting around YouTube's geoblocking.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hola-better-intern...

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by newoneyeah »

Quequau wrote: post #49
newoneyeah wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use a VPN service (see my comment elsewhere on this page), register for the American service, and then, on the VPN service's website, change your Netflix region to UK or another region.

Netflix support straight out told me to do this... and I wonder about it. I'm sort of at the point where I don't see a whole lot of difference between just torrenting whatever it is I want to watch and using a VPN to circumvent copyright restrictions... except using bittorrent is cheaper and more amenable to my crappy unreliable Internet service.

The difference is that when you're using Netflix you're actually paying the people who make the stuff you watch.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by Quequau »

newoneyeah wrote: post #52
Quequau wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix support straight out told me to do this... and I wonder about it. I'm sort of at the point where I don't see a whole lot of difference between just torrenting whatever it is I want to watch and using a VPN to circumvent copyright restrictions... except using bittorrent is cheaper and more amenable to my crappy unreliable Internet service.

The difference is that when you're using Netflix you're actually paying the people who make the stuff you watch.

Well, no. I would actually be paying Netflix and some company providing a VPN and neither of them are making the stuff I watch.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by _up »

junto wrote: post #43
tmrmn wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So far i've only watched a few shows and one movie. They all had the _original_ audio track and german subtitles as an option, but not necessarily an english audio track.

As long as I can watch English movies in English, rather than being forced to watch English movies in dubbed German I'll be a happy camper. Hopefully this gives the German terrestrial channels a kick up the butt. ARD, ZDF, RTL and ProSieben still are too lazy to broadcast both audio tracks (original English and the dubbed German) over cable. I should get a discount on my TV license. In fact everyone should get a disc…

Tatort also seams to get worse every year. I like that we at least also have a german version of Shark Tank now. Although it is not as good at least for now.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by kiliankoe »

newoneyeah wrote: post #41

For those looking for a solution that will allow them to watch e.g. the American version of Netflix (which has the largest selection), check out https://unlocator.com/ or http://www.unblock-us.com/ . The latter was a bit unreliable for me, whereas the former works well. To save money, create an American Netflix account instead of a Netflix account in your native country. The way to sign up for the American account is…

Using my German account works just fine when accessing netflix.com through a US proxy. I'm logged in just the same and get the US catalog instead of the German one.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by newoneyeah »

Quequau wrote: post #53
newoneyeah wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difference is that when you're using Netflix you're actually paying the people who make the stuff you watch.

Well, no. I would actually be paying Netflix and some company providing a VPN and neither of them are making the stuff I watch.

Netflix pays the content owners / studios for the content they serve, and so the screenwriters/directors/actors/producers get paid if you use Netflix.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by newoneyeah »

kiliankoe wrote: post #55
newoneyeah wrote: post #41

For those looking for a solution that will allow them to watch e.g. the American version of Netflix (which has the largest selection), check out https://unlocator.com/ or http://www.unblock-us.com/ . The latter was a bit unreliable for me, whereas the former works well. To save money, create an American Netflix account instead of a Netflix account in your native country. The way to sign up for the American account is…

Using my German account works just fine when accessing netflix.com through a US proxy. I'm logged in just the same and get the US catalog instead of the German one.

Sure, but the German account is more expensive.

Re: Netflix launches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland within 3 days

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Post by jayd77 »

junto wrote: post #46

Spiegel Online has a comparison of online video providers (In German): http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/netflix-alternative-maxd... I welcome these video services here in German. I'm extremely happy to get original audio versions (OV), which the terrestrial channels butcher with German dubbing (with no original audio track offered). I'll be voting with my cash and the next time Kabel Deutschland contact me again a…

German speaker here, although not native. I found German dubbing for some movies especially war or action movies better then the original some time. German has this tensity that English don't have. I watched The Matrix in German and liked it better than the Original.
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