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Offline Goatboy

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Play video's blocked by region
« on: April 15, 2013, 12:02:57 PM »
https://mediahint.com/

Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, BBC iPlayer, clips on websites of your favourite American tv shows, etc.

Works on everything I've tested so far. Fucking awesome.
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 10:00:17 PM »
Do you actually have to be subscribed to Netflix etc to use this?

Or more specifically, can you use it to watch Orphan Black, which for some damned reason is showing on BBC America but not BBC UK?
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2013, 06:17:52 PM »
It's a browser extension that allows you to circumvent many regional content messages and watch videos that are often blocked for people outside of the US or UK.

You don't need to subscribe to anything to use the extension, but content that is behind a paywall will still have to be paid for if you want to watch it.

Orphan black seems to be paid only as far as I can tell from TV.com. I watched some anime on Hulu, but the quality is pretty bad. Better off torrenting. Don't know if quality improves when you start paying... but seems like illegal downloads provide a better service yet again.

It's nice for watching videos on specific websites though, often tv show websites.
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2013, 08:56:54 PM »
Thanks dude. Maybe I'll finally just cave and try a Netflix subscription.
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2013, 08:22:20 AM »
Doth thee not torrent...th? That show seems to be widely available. Quality will be better as well.

Media Hint sadly doesn't fool regional content on YouTube.
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2013, 08:55:42 PM »
Doth thee not torrent...th?

Believe it or not, I say thee nay.
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Re: Play video's blocked by region
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2013, 10:08:36 PM »
Fair enough. :)
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