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canon1989 on 24/03/2015 - 03:39 netflix.com (11447 clicks)
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Hi guys, as most you guys know Netflix is rolling its service to Australia today. They are offering a 30 day subscription for free as a free trial. Their normal rate starts at $8.99/month with a limit to 1 device per subscription. It goes up to $14.99 for their premium service with up to 4 devices that can play movies at the same time with ultra HD quality and more.

There are 3 types of subscription, basic, standard, and premium. You can try any of them for free. I am personally trying their premium service, as it is for free anyway. You will need your email address and credit card for the subscription(you won't get charged until your trial ends). Enjoy!

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  • ezarc on 24/03/2015 - 03:55
    +5

    My internet is too slow to stream video (thanks Optus wireless) but I'll pass this on to some friends that will like it.

    • Wallyt99 on 24/03/2015 - 07:41
      +22

      Mine also too slow despite living withing 15km if melbourne CBD. I blame Malcolm Bull#@%¥.

        • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2015 - 09:40
          +4

          Someone needs a job!

        • Lavec on 24/03/2015 - 12:39
          +7

          It is relevant if said bargain cannot be delivered due to slow internet. If you have slow internet you might want to wait until you get connected to the NBN before signing up to the free trial.

          I tried Stam and it wouldn't stream during peak hours so I'll be waiting out on this one.

          As for the Turnbull comment I think it's relevant and fair enough given he put the brakes on the NBN rollout and is now just now starting to rollout a trial FTTN old tech substandard network, this is after promising he'd have us all connected by 2016!

        • Gavman on 25/03/2015 - 18:20
          -8

          hardly relevant. It's still a deal for everyone else that lives in urban areas with decent speed which is the vast majority.

          As for people whinging about how slow their internet speed is.. Whinging ain't Gona make it faster.

          As for turnbull. I would blame Kevin crudd as labor promised NBN for most of the country by 2013 before liberals got elected who only after getting elected saw how screwed and mismanaged the whole NBN thing was.

      • andyD101 on 24/03/2015 - 12:42

        I also live less than 20km from the CBD, Burwood Victoria.

        My options for internet are wireless and adsl. Half the houses on my street have satellites for Foxtel. Thankfully I live close to the exchange so my adsl is…tolerable

      • SimBech on 24/03/2015 - 13:50
        +1

        you should at least try the free trial, people are reporting far better quality than youtube streaming, some on 3mpbs connectings being able to stream HD no problem

        • Wallyt99 on 25/03/2015 - 07:02

          Oh for a 3Mbps connection.

          1.5mbps for me. Only ADSL and at the end of the exchange. Ridiculous thing is telstra HFC runs down our street but I cant connect as I'm in a unit block.

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 26/03/2015 - 23:12

          @Wallyt99:

          If fast internet is a high priority for you, why not sell up and move somewhere known to have faster internet speeds?

      • mb0005 on 06/04/2015 - 17:14
        -4

        How are free trials a good bargain?
        It then could be considered that any free shareware or time limited software is a good bargain.
        Considering that everyone will input their credit card into their system and forget to cancel will not make it a bargain.

    • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 08:31
      +7

      Looking at the netflix help page my crappy 3Mbps speed should allow SD :( I think I will keep downloading HD and skip the streaming services until I can get a decent internet speed

        • Gravy on 24/03/2015 - 09:12
          +68

          Guessing Japius probably just lives in Australia.

        • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 09:49
          +7

          @Gravy:

          Yep good old Brisbane Australia, 20 minutes from the CBD…this has been my life…so when people ask me about FTTH vs FTTN my response is IDGAF just give me some version of the NBN

        • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 09:50
          +9

          Certainly feels like it (Amish Country) when trying to download large files, but without the cool beard

        • PonyTable on 24/03/2015 - 11:22

          @Japius: I hope you didn't believe the signs on the highway that say North Lakes is 20mins from the CBD!

        • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 11:23
          -1

          @PonyTable:

          Lol no, just going by my morning commute

        • PonyTable on 24/03/2015 - 11:27
          -1

          @Japius: Saw a good one the other day that said Bribie Island was 40mins to the Brisbane airport…I guess by boat it might be.

        • Jake D on 24/03/2015 - 12:15

          God can't hear you. You should probably just address your reply to Japius.

      • neil aus on 24/03/2015 - 09:05
        +10

        You should trial it, I only get 1.7-2.0Mbps, but Netflix is fine at 720p, it will automatically scale down when needed, so it rarely pauses. It's worked brilliantly on my slow 4km ADSL line.

      • Keef on 24/03/2015 - 09:14
        +4

        Shouldnt be any problem with HD at that speed. I was on 2.5mbps and getting HD.

        • Ronnnie on 24/03/2015 - 11:08
          +2

          Yeah I used to have no issues on 3 mbps.

        • Japius on 25/03/2015 - 07:33
          +1

          Sadly last night I tried and found that on my connection (which was hitting 2.7mbps at the time) not only was SD the only option but often audio would skip obviously trying to match the video but struggling on my connection. Even tried an episode of Mythbusters and was just constant moments of silence where their mouths would move but there would be no sound. So after playing around with movies, and a few tv shows I decided that netflix just isnt an option for me. Maybe in 2050 when some version of the NBN reaches me

      • ebosh on 24/03/2015 - 09:23

        I am lucky if I get 5Mbps, and when I tried the US version it wasn't flash. A 30 day free trial should tell you whether it is worthwhile though

      • Raynes on 24/03/2015 - 10:30

        Try living on the Gold Coast, 350kbps for me.

        • Storm on 24/03/2015 - 14:46
          +3

          That would be heaven for me. Vivid Wireless is all we can get and I'm lucky to hit 150kbps (when everyone else in the street is asleep). Bloody Tel$tra can't even get dial-up to our road 20 min from the CBD in Perth since their copper has gone to shit and back, and we're not even on the 10 year plan for NBN! Thanks for nothing Abbott/Turnbull!

        • Elijha on 24/03/2015 - 15:34

          @Storm: are you saying you can't get a phone line connected? curious where this 20min from CBD place is … 20min driving or as the crow flies?

        • PainToad on 25/03/2015 - 17:23
          -1

          @Storm:
          Perth has a CBD?

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 26/03/2015 - 23:18
          -1

          @PainToad:

          Yep the capital city of the state that has financed the rest of Australia for the last 10 years.

      • jsediv on 24/03/2015 - 11:51
        -5

        and I thought my 15Mbps was bad….

        • jsediv on 25/03/2015 - 16:57
          -5

          Neg votes for having my own opinion about my own internet. Love everyones spirit on here. Keep up the great work, cheapskates.

        • ash2000 on 27/03/2015 - 14:02
          +1

          @Divitini:

          It's a tough crowd.

        • jsediv on 27/03/2015 - 14:36

          @ash2000: A crowd of people who didn't get discounted tickets. SMH

      • ozbargainer88 on 24/03/2015 - 18:44
        +4

        I tried streaming on my 0.4MBps ADSL. It suffered.

        Thanks for taking my area off the NBN map Malcolm. It was scheduled to be finished last year under Labor. So much for "faster, cheaper and more affordable". I'm paying $80/month for this shit.

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 26/03/2015 - 23:20
          -4

          It would've never been finished under Labor. They were the most disgraceful managers of the NBN. Conman Conroy didn't know what he was doing.

        • ozbargainer88 on 27/03/2015 - 13:58

          @Rich2010: And it hasn't even started under the Coalition. ZERO FTTN users so far. To be done by 2016 was it Malcolm?

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 28/03/2015 - 20:53
          -1

          @ozbargainer88:

          I never said I was happy with the Coalitions effort either. The FTTN plan does have the potential to be completed much quicker than running fibre to every single premises. Most people don't need the extra speed that FTTH offers. I know there are plenty of people that do but it wouldn't be the majority.
          I would recommend the government subsidies the cost for anyone who wants fibre all the way to the house. It would be a waste of money connecting everybody.

        • ESEMCE on 28/03/2015 - 22:48
          +5

          @Rich2010:

          Most people don't need the extra speed that FTTH offers.

          Possibly true even in the future if you're only talking Download speed (and only within the next 10 years) but FTTN upload speed is the elephant in the room . FTTP upload speed would have fundamentally changed the way Australians use the internet. Instead we'll get similar upload speed as we have now.

        • Vakarian on 08/04/2015 - 10:21

          @Rich2010:

          Most people don't need the extra speed that FTTH offers

          For now… And I'm sure 10 years ago no one thought most people would need faster Internet than dial up. The government (both sides) keep basing all their decisions on quick fixes they can achieve in a single term only, and we all end up worse off for their short-sightedness.

  • Faelon on 24/03/2015 - 04:01
    +2

    I have American Netflix subscription. Should I cancel that and get the Australian one? It wouldn't make any difference content-wise because I have smart DNS proxy subscription as well.

    The only advantage is that my credit card won't be charged in US dollars.

    • wako on 24/03/2015 - 04:25
      +2

      I was wondering the same thing. If can use aussie netflix subscription and change geolocation…

      I wonder if that would affect the internet providers offering free streaming with them

      • spiritek on 24/03/2015 - 09:49
        +1

        it will not be unmetered if it is coming through a VPN

        • ESEMCE on 24/03/2015 - 09:54
          +4

          But it may be unmetered if using DNS redirect and the content is available on Australian CDN servers.

        • spiritek on 24/03/2015 - 10:25

          @scubacoles: Not used any of the DNS redirects so not entirely sure, but I thought they just moved all your outgoing traffic to specific places e.g. Netflix (or hulu etc) to go out via their US servers (or server in whichever country you specify)

        • ESEMCE on 24/03/2015 - 10:47
          +4

          @spiritek:
          As I understand it, DNS Redirect only redirects the login for Netflix itself.. Netflix then tells the CDN that you're all clear and the CDN works out what server will be most efficient to send content to you.
          If that server is in the unmetered pool for Netflix Australia, then I anticipate that it will come through as Quota Free even though you've "bought" the content from a different country.

        • spiritek on 24/03/2015 - 11:56

          @scubacoles: That's cool if it works that way

        • aec on 24/03/2015 - 13:22
          -1

          @scubacoles: just to confirm if I subscribe Australia Netflix, it is NOT metered? Cos I currently only have 50gb per month, so this is very important.

        • lysp on 24/03/2015 - 13:33
          +4

          @alwayseric:
          Depending on your isp - ie. iinet + optus are advertising quota free. Few others probably will make deals as well.

          Your best bet is to call your ISP and get them to confirm. Take a reference number for the call.

          If you do get charged, cancel your (free) subscription and go back to the ISP to restore your quota due to their error.

        • aec on 24/03/2015 - 18:55

          @lysp: thanks. I am using the fusenet. Guess I can forget about Netflix for now:(

      • churchado on 24/03/2015 - 11:06

        I switched my Hola to Australia this morning and logged in with my US account. It worked, and mentioned I seemed to be travelling so I would be limited to the country's Netflix service.

        I assume this means anytime I want Australian only content I'll just do this, and anytime I want US I'll switch back.

        • Jake D on 24/03/2015 - 12:17

          "My list" will only show up in your home country. If you want to use the list without VPN/hola, you'll have to cancel US account and sign up for AUS account.

        • esosite on 24/03/2015 - 13:40
          +2

          @Jake D: apparently this isn't the case anymore as of about a week ago. Can create a list in any country.

          When I went to Australia this mornin I still have arrested development, doctor who etc on my list as it's still available in Australia.

        • Jake D on 24/03/2015 - 19:50
          +1

          @esosite: Good News! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll still be changing my account to an AU one to save a couple of bucks on the exchange rate.

    • sween64 on 24/03/2015 - 06:08
      +6

      Sign up for wherever is cheapest. You can then access any regional library using DNS.

      • daveted on 24/03/2015 - 09:47
        +2

        Except you only get "my list" with whichever country you sign up with.

        • sween64 on 24/03/2015 - 11:15

          What's "my list"? Some kind of tracking feature?

        • daveted on 24/03/2015 - 15:32
          +1

          @sween64:
          Yes. "My list" is a feature where you can create an ID e.g. your name, then tag films or tv shows. In a nutshell, it's a list of your selected favourites for easy finding later.

          Although, there is also "recently viewed" to find your favourites if you prefer. That keeps a tag on about the last 10 viewed.

        • martyn on 26/03/2015 - 13:25

          I heard this too, but then last night I switched to Netflix Brazil (for Vikings) and "My List" was still there :/

    • carlenet on 24/03/2015 - 07:55
      +3

      With current exchange rates you're better off staying with the US service if you utilise the 2 screens capability and want HD and are paying with a 28 Degrees card with no fees as USD$7.99 is AUD$10.14 atm. When the $ goes down further it'll be time to jump ship.

      • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2015 - 08:26
        +2

        Its $us9 for the 2 screens HD.

        More interestingly it's $can9 (~$au9) for the same subscription.
        So you're better off going with netflix Canada, unless you want to save a few cents & subscribe to Brazil.

        • carlenet on 24/03/2015 - 11:11
          +4

          Anyone who is already subscribed with Netflix US should have the locked in price of USD$7.99 until May 9th, 2016.

        • Vieira4 on 24/03/2015 - 16:30

          @carlenet:
          Yeh another 14 months@ USD7.99 here too

    • madseason on 24/03/2015 - 08:12
      +5

      I have the same issue but have decided on switching to the Australian Netflix because my ISP (IInet) doesn't count any data usage to my account from this service. Can just use the DNS to switch to whatever region whenever something is missing in the catalogue.

      Good to support the sign up numbers on the Aus Netflix to stick the middle finger to Murdoch and watch the content improve as they buy out all the other services!

      • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 08:34

        Is there a link to a page explaining the changing DNS to access other catalogues? interested to see what is missing from the AU library

        I'm all for thumbing my nose at Foxtel

        • madseason on 24/03/2015 - 08:44
          +3

          Jump onto getflix and trial them http://www.getflix.com.au/. Once you've signed up you just go to regions, choose which one and restart your device. I changed it to UK last night because I realised they have better call saul streaming on Netflix. It's really simple. Enjoy!

        • Japius on 24/03/2015 - 09:49
          +1

          @stevil:

          Cheers!

        • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2015 - 10:19
          +2

          or dns4me.net it's the same thing as getflix only cheaper.
          with a FB like it's under $au24/yr

          There's a user console section where you can set your region for various websites. These DNS changer services work well for many services, not just netflix.

        • BigLeviathan on 24/03/2015 - 11:49

          @stevil:
          Question, I suspect using Getflix you will pay more? as you pay for the DNS service, and then pay for the Netflix US itself?

          Will it be cheaper to pay netflix AU for AU$10? correct me if I'm wrong…I suspect, the advantage of this method is you will get wider movies from US/UK Netflix?

        • Jake D on 24/03/2015 - 12:19
          +2

          Hola chrome extension is the quickest and free-est way to check it out.

        • ESEMCE on 24/03/2015 - 12:21

          @televisi:

          I suspect using Getflix you will pay more?

          Pay slightly more, to access a heap more content…
          Access to the thousands of titles that are available elsewhere in the world..
          eg Better Call Saul is on Netflix everywhere except Australia, Canada and the USA..

          If you have a US account but only want to use Australian Netflix, you can ditch the DNS redirect and pay less than Australian subscribers.

        • madseason on 24/03/2015 - 12:26

          @televisi: Well Netflix AU is $12 a month, I currently pay $10.61 for my US account including international transaction fee. Getflix for one year was $17.64, an ozbargain deal from December last year.
          The advantage is definitely switching regions to be able to view the wider range of movies and tv shows offered in other countries.

        • aec on 24/03/2015 - 13:27

          @scubacoles: a bit lost here.
          Do you mean if I have a us Netflix account, I can use it to log in Australian Netflix?

        • TOm77 on 24/03/2015 - 13:27
          +2

          @Jake D: A word of warning in regards to Hola. Hola is basically a p2p network that uses your connection as an exit node. While you may be able to use someone elses connection, it opens up your connection to other users.

          This opens you to potential trouble if someone uses your exit point for anything illegal, as well as being a bit dodgy that they don't make this information readily available to their users.

          Granted, this information is from about a year ago so things may have changed. I certainly don't use them anymore and I can't say I ever will. Unfortunately this falls squarely into the get what you pay for scheme. If I recall correctly, there are also plenty of advertisements to deal with. If you aren't paying, youre probably the product.

        • ESEMCE on 24/03/2015 - 18:51
          +1

          @alwayseric:
          Correct.. or any other Netflix Country.. Same for any Netflix account. It's a global account, the restrictions only apply to where you "are" at the time you log in.

        • aec on 24/03/2015 - 18:58

          @scubacoles: thanks a lot. I will resubscribe Netflix as soon as I can use another ISP.

        • wako on 24/03/2015 - 19:14

          @supabrudda:

          getflix was only $18 for a year with the constant promo they are running, Well not at the moment but it will be back :)

        • chiefbodge on 25/03/2015 - 02:40

          @supabrudda:

          Thanks for that - very cheap and works great - love that they have a host file url that you can download so you don't need to use their DNS servers (in my opinion it's a security risk) - I've configured DNSMASQ on openwrt to read the hosts file first and then go to iinets dns server.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2015 - 09:16
          +1

          @alwayseric:

          How Netflix works, is you have a single account which covers your Netflix subscription. You get access to the local Netflix content depending which country you're in (or it thinks you're in).
          SO if you travel to Sewden, you can access Netflix Sweden using your Aussie Netflix account (it doesn't care, it's just a Netflix account). But you won't be able to access Netflix Australia, because you're not in Australia.

          That's where the VPN/DNS service comes in. With these, you can trick Netflix into thinking you're in say Canada by setting up your VPN/DNS to make it look like you're in Canada. Thus you get access to the Canadian Netflix. If you change it to the UK, then you get access to UK Netflix.

          Does that make sense?

          On thing though, the Android Netflix app seems to be a bit harder to trick with the DNS service. I haven't quite worked out what is going on. It was working using a DNS service, then I switched to Oz last night, and this morning when I switched back to the US, it showed the shows, but when I went to play it said "this content is not available in your region (AU), but a VPN worked.

        • aec on 25/03/2015 - 10:50

          @supabrudda: thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.

        • ESEMCE on 25/03/2015 - 12:52

          @supabrudda:

          the Android Netflix app seems to be a bit harder to trick with the DNS service. I haven't quite worked out what is going on

          Netflix on Android uses Google DNS by default (has done so for a while now).
          You either need to block Google DNS on your handset, or in your router.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2015 - 13:59

          @scubacoles:

          Thanks, yeah I've already got 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 blocked on my router.
          It maybe have cache the region, or used location services. I'll have to do some looking. No biggie, I found if you start a stream via a VPN, pause it, then turn off the VPN it works.

        • ESEMCE on 26/03/2015 - 08:06

          @supabrudda:
          We pretty much solely use Android (to fling to Chromecast) to styart our netflix sessions.
          Never had a problem on our network.

          Are you sure that you have the Google DNS block set up correctly?
          ie Ping 8.8.8.8 returns an error?

        • [Deactivated] on 26/03/2015 - 11:10

          @scubacoles:

          have you got the DNS switching working on an Andorid toy?

          Yep, definitely blocked, not only do I not get a reply from pinging them on phone/tablet, I can send the streams from an ipad to a chromecast & they work. (Chromecast is why I blocked the IPs)

          I noticed in a whirlpool thread about Roku boxes having to redirect these IPs to their DNS service, rather then a straight block (apparently the app pings the google DNS servers to see if they're reachable).

          http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2342149

        • ESEMCE on 26/03/2015 - 12:49

          @supabrudda:

          Hmm, I used to have Google DNS redirecting to Getflix DNS, but after something broke and I reset the router settings I think I just blocked them (can't remember).

      • macrocephalic on 24/03/2015 - 08:49
        +2

        I don't think you need to sign up to the Australian region for the content to be unmetered. AFAIK it's all coming from the same sources - which is all your ISP cares about.

      • Smigit on 24/03/2015 - 09:08
        +1

        I don't think the billing region will impact any free quota. In the Netflix settings you'll probably just be able to change your region to AU and disable your DNS service when viewing Australian content, and I imagine it'll qualify for the free quota.

    • Gavman on 24/03/2015 - 08:54

      It's not the same service. USA service has over 7000 titles. Aus service just launched has around 1500.

      • Smigit on 24/03/2015 - 09:21
        +2

        If he keeps his DNS service he should be able to swap back to the US library at will anyway.

    • Maz78 on 24/03/2015 - 10:18

      I asked the same question on Whirlpool. AFAIK, it's not worth changing from the US subscription to Australian.
      US gets thousands more shows/offerings on Netflix compared to Oz.
      Simply remove the DNS settings to get the Oz Netflix content (Apparently).

      I'll be trying it, but I don't think I'll be cancelling my US subscription for only $3~ less.

      • Gehirn on 24/03/2015 - 10:34
        +3

        How do you think Australian netflix will get more titles? By more people subscribing to it ofcourse.

      • ESEMCE on 24/03/2015 - 10:49

        If you have US Netflix, you have Oz Netflix as well.
        and Vice Versa..
        The only reason to stay with US Netflix is if the price is better or if you want to keep your Ratings and lists.

        • Jake D on 24/03/2015 - 19:55

          Ratings and list come with you if you close your account and re-open it in a new country.

    • bozbargain on 24/03/2015 - 10:54
      +2

      I'm planning on cancelling my US subscription, wait for it to expire and then sign up again the next day using that same account via iTunes billing on the Apple TV. That way, I should be able to keep my history, paying for my subscription through the half priced iTunes cards HN does every 6 months or so. If you don't care about keeping your history, you can of course set up a new account and start with the free trial.

    • funkyrx on 25/03/2015 - 20:00

      The Australian subscription has ~1/3 of the content available in the US.

  • Axelstrife on 24/03/2015 - 04:36
    +3

    Ive been useing it since 2 am lol been working great MUCH better then presto or Stan.

    • mrnugget on 24/03/2015 - 07:36
      +3

      What makes it better than Presto or Stan? Just the shows / movies themselves or is it the image/audio quality?

    • Gavman on 24/03/2015 - 08:57
      +1

      Presto is standard video but Stan has HD for $10 as opposed to $12 for Netflix. Stan has up to 5 devices (if I'm not mistaken). Netflix only 2. Comes down to content in my opinion and the initial offering from Netflix is pretty poor with only 1000-1500 titles. Whther that's more than Stan I'm not sure but it certainly ain't Gona make me pay for it at the minute

      • Smigit on 24/03/2015 - 09:10
        +4

        Stan and Presto also aren't available on many home theatre devices, where Netflix is on basically any smart device that's out there and still supported. That's a big factor I feel as I'm not inclined to tie up a mobile device for TV streaming when I have about four consoles and an Apple TV connected to my television that can be dedicated to the purpose.

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