Is Netflix Coming to your TiVo soon?

[kenoliver]

So VM signed almost 500,000 TiVo user's and are in initial talks to bring Netfix to TiVo according to the Link Below

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-08/virgin-media-quarterly-profit-beats-estimates-on-faster-web...

"Way to go" VM 

[ryan2801]

Early days and no announcement imminent. What not even a  'coming soon'?

[Macdemon]

I signed up to Netflix online, and cancelled 2 days later because the idea of 'streaming' films to your computer of TV is of no interest to me whatsoever.

I have about 200 perfectly good DVDs' I would rather watch that waste £5.99 a month with their subscription charge.

[kenoliver]

Well I must admit I like Netflix and have got into some of the TV series stuff, and Liongate Films,

It streams perfectly to my Apple TV no judder no lags and starts instantly, so I will stick with it for a while,

My other TiVo is also a Mac 

[99adgil]

Love film is just better at the moment in the USA netflix is king but they have rubbish conent compared to love film atm and even love films isnt that up to date so thats saying something

[Glyn1066]

Spoke to retention department yesterday they confirmed virgin were in talks with Netflix and Lovefilm.. It all depends on what financial arrangement virgin can get from the two companies.
Had Lovefilm great content but picture quality is unbelievably bad cancelled my months free trial after 5 Days.
NetFlix however do have lot less content, but stream alot of films and TV in HD 5.1 surround sound works great on my XBOX.
Just a tip you can access Netflix USA which has an unbelievable amount of films by just manually changing your DNS settings on any platform to
PRIMARY DNS.....208.122.23.22
SECONDARY DNS..208.122.23.23
put the above in and hey presto you can log in with your UK Netflix account and watch the US sites films. to go back to the UK version you have to set your DNS back to AUTO.

[zeke]

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kenoliver wrote:

My other TiVo is also a Mac 

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You know, as much as I dislike a lot of what Apple do (especially marketing their products as "lifestyle accessories" which makes me sick and angry) I think the Mac Mini makes an excellent STB.  A proper operating system which runs well, quiet and efficient in operation, fully featured internet app/browsing facilities, no waiting for features that should already be there etc...

With Netflix on TiVo, let's face it, it'll take VM years to paint the US app red. 

[zeke]

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Glyn1066 wrote:

Just a tip you can access Netflix USA which has an unbelievable amount of films by just manually changing your DNS settings on any platform to

PRIMARY DNS.....208.122.23.22
SECONDARY DNS..208.122.23.23

put the above in and hey presto you can log in with your UK Netflix account and watch the US sites films. to go back to the UK version you have to set your DNS back to AUTO.

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Great tip!  Simple enough to do on a PS3 too, greatly expanding the amount of content worth watching.  I'd recommend anyone do this, especially in conjunction with a month's free membership.

[Backflipboy]

How about a step by step guide for those who want to try this out, but don't know how to do it ?

[amidabri]

Do you have to have a US Netflix account? Is it just a case of changing the dns in the network config. I have an Apple TV 2 and was thrilled that Netflx came over her but disappointed with the content.