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Hey guys, I found this deal this morning on twitter and I figured you might find it interesting for those of you who don't have Netflix subs yet. If you sign up through this site http://studentrate.com/StudentRate/bu/get-bu-student-deals/Netflix-Student-Discounts--/0 they send you a $10 check, which makes your first month free. I think you might need to be a student with a .edu address to sign up but not sure. Enjoy!
thank you, worked for me.
Sweet ! I am currently on free trial so I guess i m just gonna cancel that and then sign up my boyfriend so it won t be the same name.. Thanks
niceee, thanks op
Netflix is already cheap as it is but with this deal it s a real bargain
wat is netflicks
I use Netflix to stream movies and TV shows on my PS3 but you can also have DVDs mailed to you if you want to. Cool thing is that you can use the same username and password on like 3 computers/systems so we are just sharing it with my siblings. dirt cheap in the end!
Floraaa said:
I use Netflix to stream movies and TV shows on my PS3 but you can also have DVDs mailed to you if you want to. Cool thing is that you can use the same username and password on like 3 computers/systems so we are just sharing it with my siblings. dirt cheap in the end!
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dont u have enuff garbage in your mind as it is ?
Netflix is way cheaper than cable especially when you split it with your roomates in college, I think this is a great deal
I wonder when my rebate is supposed to get here
So you get a $10 rebate which makes the 1st month free...so Netflix is only like $10 a month?? I spend $20-$30 a month renting movies ondemand.
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I wonder when my rebate is supposed to get here
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60 days I think...
Netflix has so many TV shows on demand it's awesome
Dexter!!!!
What about HBO shows? Can you get those through Netflix?
I was searching on Netflix to see what shows they have, they have Entourage and True Blood seasons so I'm guessing they'll have other HBO shows. I'm pumped.
They do have HBO shows. only thing about netflix is that sometimes they just take the shows off the streaming list and u have no idea. so it sucks if you re in the middle of watching a season
I watched an entire season of Lie to me this weekend... thanks netflix!
I got this deal and I have no complaints about Netflix so far
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I watched an entire season of Lie to me this weekend... thanks netflix!
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This show is awesome. They also have a lot of seasons of Bones and south park )
Hi everyone,
i got many xbox live games side loaded on my hd2 (expect flowers, this game free)
While playing flowerz i get my xbox gamerpoints. when i play other sideloaded xbox live games, it wont work. And i cant start playing ilomilo, because it says im logged in as guest.
how can i enable windows live for sideloaded xbox live games?
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Try actually paying for the games you tight a$$
I seriously doubt you're going to get gamer points for warez.
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I seriously doubt you're going to get gamer points for warez.
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no, just to mess up with my friends, and to play this lovely ilomilo game.
@norgan: i got no credit card
I've got exactly the same problem
I'm 15 so I don't have a creditcard and my parents say they won't buy games for me because "I already have a xbox with Live Gold to play with, I don't need my phone to play games".
i just go a wii and no xbox, so i just can play the games on my phone ^^
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no, just to mess up with my friends, and to play this lovely ilomilo game.
@norgan: i got no credit card
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Not sure bout your country but here we have prepaid visa, you go buy one with a certain amount on it and use it like a normal visa, we also have visa debit, which can be attched like a normal account that uses your funds but uses the visa network to process payments.
I am sure there will be some kind of solution for you. Some carriers also allow purchasing on your phone bill.
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Not sure bout your country but here we have prepaid visa, you go buy one with a certain amount on it and use it like a normal visa, we also have visa debit, which can be attched like a normal account that uses your funds but uses the visa network to process payments.
I am sure there will be some kind of solution for you. Some carriers also allow purchasing on your phone bill.
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sounds like a telephone card^^
i live in germany. i didn't heard of this kind visa before. maybe i should contact my bank with this. thank you
Who's getting one?! I think this thing has a lot of potential to make some waves:
http://lifehacker.com/chrome-unveils-the-chromecast-an-hdmi-stick-for-stream-897062318
I was hoping it would let you mirror your device but it basically turns your Tablet/PC/Laptop/Android into a remote. Allowing you to queue up videos and send them to your tv wirelessly. I think it's pretty cool that you can queue up stuff and continue to use your device for other things. Perhaps someone will be able to hack it so it can mirror your android device?
Discuss
Wrong forum but XDA has not created a a sub forum for this yet.
For those who ordered one what is the ship date you received?
I ordered one receipt says will ship by August 7th. I hope it ships sooner. I am guessing it will.
looks like a great solution !! :good::good:
play store sold out currently. amazon search turns up no results. here is the link for chromecast on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DR0PDNE/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&ref_=tv_srch_google
Some Best Buys have them on sale now. I called the one near me they said they would have them tomorrow morning.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communit...89684481707861
I just checked Best Buys website and with my silver premier membership if I used next day shipping for $3 it would arrive between July 26th and 29th. Expedited said arrival would be July 27th to 30th.
EDIT: Just checked again and now it's showing sold out online. Was still in stock 5 to 10 minutes ago.
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One of the people in my Google+ circles saw them at a Best Buy in the Cincinnati area today.
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Ordered mine from Amazon. Will be delivered on Friday.
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I just bought one 20min ago at the local best buy. Its pretty sweet so far, comes with an extender for the hdmi and a power adapter. About to try it out
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I just bought one 20min ago at the local best buy. Its pretty sweet so far, comes with an extender for the hdmi and a power adapter. About to try it out
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You must be on the west coast
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You must be on the west coast
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I am near hollywood. Ill tell you thing, im definitrly glad they included an extender thing... Its definitely not going to easily fit in some tv's without the extender. That said seems google really thought this one through!
.just ordered mine!! :thumbup:
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are you able to stream games on to the screen with the chrome cast? or is it app specific?
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People have been reporting that they just walked into best buy yesterday evening and asked for them and was able to purchase them. During the announcement yesterday, they said it would be available at Best buy starting on the 28th. Seems like most stores already have them in stock, you just have to ask for it specifically.
I grabbed mine at Best Buy this afternoon on Long Island. It's really awesome, especially with the 3 free months of Netflix. You can stream local media on it as well. I'm using Plex media server for that, and you can also stream Amazon Prime Video too, so it's a really versatile solution for really cheap.
Bought these in Mansfield Tx( DFW metro plex) Got the last 2
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Got mine from best buy this afternoon. Best buy doesn't put it on the floor anywhere. You have to ask the sale.
So far, netflex and youtube are working great. however casting from chrome browser is like a joke. very very choppy. I tried it from my laptop, chromebook, the result is un-useable.
Wish more native apps will be release soon.
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Got mine from best buy this afternoon. Best buy doesn't put it on the floor anywhere. You have to ask the sale.
So far, netflex and youtube are working great. however casting from chrome browser is like a joke. very very choppy. I tried it from my laptop, chromebook, the result is un-useable.
Wish more native apps will be release soon.
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To be fair, I believe that the "cast a tab" functionality is still in beta. Perhaps it will be optimized with time and performance may improve. Also, it uses 2GHz wifi bands, so it could potentially be affected by other 2GHz devices in the area.
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To be fair, I believe that the "cast a tab" functionality is still in beta. Perhaps it will be optimized with time and performance may improve. Also, it uses 2GHz wifi bands, so it could potentially be affected by other 2GHz devices in the area.
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That is true. if chrom url can redir to receiver side, and disconnect from sender, that would a good start.
Best Buy
Best buy is where it is at. shopping cart by customer service. what a great deal. using chrome to stream i am on my desktop over 40 foot from my rougher on my desktop pc pushing video files with no problem. also the tv is 15 ft from the rougher that is 40 ft from my desktop. also i have found when pushing from phone or tablet you can reboot and netflix keeps on playing. i give it 12 stars out of 10 great job google. i hope soon we could do screen share from our devices or pc's {playing games on a device that is charging with moga pro! That would be sick!!}
I just picked one up at Best Buy. They still had a few left in stock.
They also gave me the 3-months of Netflix (it prints out on the receipt). Pretty nice since that promotion was discontinued. I didn't really have a particular need for it, but at $11 (after Netflix discount), it was a no brainer.
I am probably going to have one of the first Chromecast dongles in Canada unless someone ordered it with 1-day shipping or got it from a Best Buy across the border. I ordered it from Amazon with 2-day shipping to pick up in Point Roberts. I should have it by Friday or Saturday. I can report back as to how many region-related obstacles it throws up.
The first is getting the Chromecast setup apk as it's not available on CDN Play Store. Thanks to the helpful Dropbox link in this forum, I've got that covered.
If there is anything to note that CDN Chromecast users should be aware of, I will edit this first post on an ongoing basis.
EDIT: I have posted the Chromecast apk as of 2013/07/31 to the top post.
Summary:
- Everything works.
- If you have cloud music enabled on your Google Play Music it works.
- CDN Netflix works.
- YouTube works.
- Google Cast from Chrome desktop works. I do not have a powerful enough desktop to stream video but that is unrelated to region.
- If you connect your Android to a VPN or a DNS-changing service to try and access non-CDN Netflix, it will not cast titles unavailable in Canada to Chromecast successfully. Workarounds include either connecting your router itself to the VPN, or entering custom scripts into your router to redirect its hard-coded reliance on Google DNS servers (8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4).
Cool, so I guess I'm not the only one in Canada looking to get one. I got someone to order one for me, but I won't have it in my hands any time soon (10-20 days).
Looking forward to hear about any region issues. Hopefully there aren't many.
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Cool, so I guess I'm not the only one in Canada looking to get one. I got someone to order one for me, but I won't have it in my hands any time soon (10-20 days).
Looking forward to hear about any region issues. Hopefully there aren't many.
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Welcome! I will keep you and the rest of Canada updated. It should arrive in Point Roberts sometime tomorrow. If it arrives before 1PM or so I'll go get it tomorrow, and otherwise Saturday morning.
Yes, do let us fellow Canucks know how it works here. Eagerly waiting for its release here in Canada or otherwise re-stock in the US...
OP, can you also link to the thread/post where the apk is posted to make it easier for all the non-US users?
http://db.tt/NekoWRpV
There's a link to mine
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I'll have mine today (Friday) since I live in a border town and purchased one for pick up in store. I will also update with issues.
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I'll have mine today (Friday) since I live in a border town and purchased one for pick up in store. I will also update with issues.
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I installed the Chromecast app and am wondering now if the nexflix / youtube etc apps for chromecast to work are also region specific. Please let us know! I ordered but a little too slowly so I'll have to wait.
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I'll have mine today (Friday) since I live in a border town and purchased one for pick up in store. I will also update with issues.
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Haha damn you might beat me to it! Whereabouts are you? Vancouver here.
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Fort Erie. 15 - 20 mins to the Bestbuy from my house. LOL
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Fort Erie. 15 - 20 mins to the Bestbuy from my house. LOL
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Haha nice. I'm picking mine up in Point Roberts. The nearest USA Best Buy is in Bellingham which is a longer drive.
I'm going to Buffalo tomorrow hopefully I can snag one for myself.
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Already hooked up. Literally maybe 3 mins to setup. That's nuts! Netflix site having an issue though...
Boys and girls, the Chromecast rocks do far.
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Just got mine too! Been playing with it for an hour.
Setup worked via Nexus 7 using the apk posted upthread.
No problems with Netflix, YouTube or Google Play Music, casting from phone or tablet.
My old netbook on Windows XP was still willing to let me attempt to cast a Chrome tab but the results were lousy. From my dual-core desktop I had acceptable results casting a non-HD MP4 file direct, casting static web tabs and casting YouTube videos which would already be optimized. Attempted to cast a Collegehumor video and it was too laggy. I guess I need to get myself a Core i5 or better one of these days!
But yes, no trouble in Canada at all. Out of interest I tried connecting my tab to a VPN and launching a Netflix video only available in the US. The Chromecast just errors out. Perhaps a service like Unblock-Us would be useful since you can set the DNS at the router level and then get US Netflix.
Thanks for the initial feedback guys. Keep them coming.
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My old netbook on Windows XP was still willing to let me attempt to cast a Chrome tab but the results were lousy. From my dual-core desktop I had acceptable results casting a non-HD MP4 file direct, casting static web tabs and casting YouTube videos which would already be optimized. Attempted to cast a Collegehumor video and it was too laggy. I guess I need to get myself a Core i5 or better one of these days!
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What dual-core processor specifically does your desktop ? I plan to do quite a bit of casting from Chrome and my computers aren't exactly the latest spec.
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Thanks for the initial feedback guys. Keep them coming.
What dual-core processor specifically does your desktop ? I plan to do quite a bit of casting from Chrome and my computers aren't exactly the latest spec.
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Pentium Dual Core E5300, 2.6 GHz.
I can add this: I set up my router with a free trial of Unblock-Us, and then tried to cast a Netflix show that is only available in the USA. Again I got an error. So whatever stream Chromecast is using, it's not intercepted by this service.
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The Chromecast app is now appearing as available on all devices in my Play Store. Did Google remove the region lock?
EDIT: Nevermind, Google's web interface seems to think I'm in the USA now but Play Store on-device still thinks of me as CDN. Probably for unrelated reasons - a combination of a US billing credit card and Unblock-Us.
Great news! I've got mine on order probably be a month it so before I get it, glad to know it will work.
I'm considering getting Chromecast for my mother and sister. Both have android phones but are not the most tech savvy people.
My big question is, are they going to be able to set this up to work with Netflix Canada reasonably easily? Does it even work with Netflix Canada?
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I'm considering getting Chromecast for my mother and sister. Both have android phones but are not the most tech savvy people.
My big question is, are they going to be able to set this up to work with Netflix Canada reasonably easily? Does it even work with Netflix Canada?
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It does work with Netflix Canada. I can attest to that. The only thing is, the Chromecast setup app is not available on the CDN Play Store. That can be obtained from alternate sources.
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It does work with Netflix Canada. I can attest to that. The only thing is, the Chromecast setup app is not available on the CDN Play Store. That can be obtained from alternate sources.
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Great! Getting the apk for them is easy enough.
Is there any way to properly cast Hulu without a Hulu Plus account?
I'm rather unexperienced when it comes to both Hulu and the Chromecast. I have a free Hulu account without Hulu Plus.
On the Play Store, I could only find a HuluPlus app and a japanese Hulu app, so I'm assuming there is no regular American Hulu app for the free content.
The Hulu Plus app wouldn't let me log in with my free account, so casting from my phone or tablet seems to be a no-go.
Casting from Chrome on PC is a pain, as you can't use your PC while casting in full screen, or it will revert to a regular window again.
Using a trick from Lifehacker to use the Pop out player to cast full screen isn't satisfactory, as it comes with black bars on all four sides of the screen and is terribly slow.
Is there no way to cast regular Hulu to the Chromecast? Another Hulu app I am unaware of or maybe a third party app?
Nope no way to do it without a Hulu Plus account from a phone or tablet.
I personally find Hulu Plus worth it.. Yes you still get ads but they are greatly diminished and the amount of content it opens up is a good value for what I'm interested in.
On the pc, can't you alt+tab out of the stream? It works with other players
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I do regular Hulu through PlayOn and Avia to CC. Looks pretty good and supports subtitles.
So you use Playon as a DLNA server playing Hulu, and then Avia to cast the DLNA stream to the Chromecast?
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So you use Playon as a DLNA server playing Hulu, and then Avia to cast the DLNA stream to the Chromecast?
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Yes, works pretty well except for the common problem with PlayOn that you can't easily forward/reverse video. Pause works fine though. Another advantage of PlayOn is that it uses VLC player so can play basically any local video format.
All the PlayOn channels give CC the closest thing to a Roku experience to this point.
So if I understand correctly, you can watch all kinds of things through playon, but playon requires a paid subscription, right?
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Yes.. I want you to be very very aware of PlayOn.. They are a incredibly corrupt company.
Absolutely DO NOT PURCHASE the lifetime subscription. You'll never find a EULA or ToS agreement on PlayOn's site. They have changed the lifetime plan more than twice and left users in the dust. I'm one of them.
I paid for a lifetime subscription to Hulu and whatever was in PlayOn at the time and none of that is included any longer.
If you must deal with this company, the yearly sub is the best run for the money. I have a counter-press release ready when this company releases their ChromeCast plugin to warn people of this, but I figure that of you are interested in this option, you should know about this corruption.
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Yes.. I want you to be very very aware of PlayOn.. They are a incredibly corrupt company.
Absolutely DO NOT PURCHASE the lifetime subscription. You'll never find a EULA or ToS agreement on PlayOn's site. They have changed the lifetime plan more than twice and left users in the dust. I'm one of them.
I paid for a lifetime subscription to Hulu and whatever was in PlayOn at the time and none of that is included any longer.
If you must deal with this company, the yearly sub is the best run for the money. I have a counter-press release ready when this company releases their ChromeCast plugin to warn people of this, but I figure that of you are interested in this option, you should know about this corruption.
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I won't even purchase a yearly account if that is the way they do business....not worth it to me
abuttino said:
Yes.. I want you to be very very aware of PlayOn.. They are a incredibly corrupt company.
Absolutely DO NOT PURCHASE the lifetime subscription. You'll never find a EULA or ToS agreement on PlayOn's site. They have changed the lifetime plan more than twice and left users in the dust. I'm one of them.
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I've only tested PlayOn briefly a few years ago, and it didn't work with my Samsung Blu-Ray player at the time, so I didn't pay for it. But I've since mentioned it to a few other people who use it now, and I've never heard about this.
So tell us more. What exactly is the problem with their lifetime subscription? What are the two times they left users behind? Are you referring to when they switched from a one-time purchase to a subscription model in 2010? And when they added the PlayLater PVR feature that wasn't included in the basic subscription?
The lifetime subs were changed when PlayOn went to HD and when they went to the subscription model.
The way they rolled it out to users is by a lifetime sub and you'll be fine, one month later they left all in the dust. I'm not even sure what PlayOn basic does, but it sure doesn't do hulu.
When they left the users behind for HD, I can imagine it went the same way.
Very very corrupt company when you bait and switch your customers in a regular basis
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