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Netflix LimitsAnyone know the streaming limits on a single account? I've heard you can stream on two devices at once, but only if one is on a movie and other is on a TV series. Ran into a problem few weeks ago, never had a chance to figure out if the limit on the account had been hit. |
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Pretty sure its just two devices at a time. We had two ipads streaming netflix and tried starting a 3rd and it wouldn't go. Gave an error of 'too many devices in use' or something similar. Couldnt get the 3rd started until we actually manually closed an app on one of the previous ipads, just quitting to the home screen wasn't enough. |
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Was it two movies on the ipads or one more and one TV show? I've heard some many different ideas. |
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ErikRP join:2004-11-06 Winnipeg, MB |
ErikRP
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2013-Mar-26 9:15 am
According to Netflix's Terms of Use: "YOU MAY INSTANTLY WATCH ON UP TO SIX UNIQUE AUTHORIZED NETFLIX READY DEVICES. YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO INSTANTLY WATCH SIMULTANEOUSLY ON TWO SUCH DEVICES AT ANY GIVEN TIME." (sorry for the all caps - blame Netflix) There is nothing that suggests movies are treated any differently than TV shows, so I'd say you're good with streaming 2 movies simultaneously. Note, it also includes this: "For certain membership plans, you may instantly watch simultaneously on additional Netflix ready devices within your household. Go to 'Your Account' page on the Netflix website to view the number of devices on which you may simultaneously view movies & TV shows that are associated with your plan." Source: » signup.netflix.com/TermsOfUse |
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Interesting. Thanks for the info! |
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Speaking of netflix, if you haven't already done so you should check out Unotelly. You can use one of their US DNS servers and then if you point your router or apple tv or whatever at that you can change your netflix region to US and get way more movies/shows. |
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Unblock us is a far superior service. I have tried both. |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB |
to dzurawell5
Can you use a Canadian netflix account for the US service? Or do you need to register again? |
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fender join:2007-07-23 Vancouver, BC |
fender
Member
2013-Apr-11 3:47 pm
Your neflix.ca account is universal. Works for the US and Canada. |
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fender |
to rustydusty
said by rustydusty:Unblock us is a far superior service. I have tried both. I can second this. I've been using Unblock us for over two years. It's far superior to screwing with VPNs. A simple and clean hack. The other bonus is that they're a Canadian venture. |
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I've heard good things as well and am very tempted to try them out... |
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to rustydusty
Mediahint is much much better. It's a simple browser addon which requires no signing up, no fees, no setup or anything like that. link: » mediahint.com/ |
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spock8
Member
2013-Apr-13 11:34 am
+1 unblockus, easy t configure and will work on ipad boxee etc |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB |
to govan326
"Browser add-on" is enough for me to say no... lol |
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said by kevinds:"Browser add-on" is enough for me to say no... lol Agreed! |
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Same, although if you're just browsing on a computer it seems to be a good option, trying it out now in fact. |
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Or just do it yourself with haproxy and bind9.
It's nice being able to get netflix 3D on my PS3 with zero configuration required. |
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jed Premium Member join:2001-07-06 Alberta, Can |
to rustydusty
Wife was just telling me 2 days ago, that we received a notice from Netflix of a new Family Plan or some such, cost of $11.99/mo that allowed your simultaneous streams to go from 2 to 4 per household. |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB |
to annoyingrob
Can you provide a source or document on how to setup haproxy and bind9 for a unblockus replacement?
I run BIND at home already, find it more stable than the MS DNS server |
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