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#1266014 23-Mar-2015 16:30

jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

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#1266018 23-Mar-2015 16:34

mdooher:
jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

I'm still going to pay for DNS and get US/UK Netflix. I just mean switching billing to the NZ version. Having DNS just opens so much more content, not just netflix too

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#1266019 23-Mar-2015 16:35

mdooher:
jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

The content has nothing to do with which country you are billed from. It depends on which country you are accessing the service from (or at least which country your DNS redirect service makes it look like you are coming from).

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#1266020 23-Mar-2015 16:35

mdooher:
jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

Yes, but if you use a geo-unblocker (Unotelly cost me less than $50 for the year) you can subscribe to NZ Netflix and choose which library you want to watch. I'm on a US Netflix account and have Unotelly's DNS settings in my Apple TV, but I will be able to use the same account to view the NZ library via my home theatre system, which defaults to my ISP's DNS. It doesn't matter which country your subscription is based in, except that I believe your favourites list will only work in the country of your subscription.

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#1266021 23-Mar-2015 16:35

jarj:
mdooher:
jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

I'm still going to pay for DNS and get US/UK Netflix. I just mean switching billing to the NZ version. Having DNS just opens so much more content, not just netflix too

Ahh I see, good idea

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#1266023 23-Mar-2015 16:37

Actually, the launch of Netflix locally might see an increase in the number of people geo-unblocking, because they don't have to go through the perceived rigmarole of signing up for the US account.

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#1266024 23-Mar-2015 16:37

The pricing is so indifferent surely it is easier to just pay for NZ service and be done with it?

I think it is important to support "a NZ" subscription even just as an act of good faith for bringing the service to us, those with US accounts still need to pay for a geo unblocker so buy NZ subscription and unblocker service and continue to receive multiple regions programming?

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#1266026 23-Mar-2015 16:38

littleheaven:
mdooher:
jarj: This month I was charged $12.63NZ for netflix thanks to currency conversion charges, bank not giving a perfect exchange rate etc. If you're with a bank that gives a more favourable exchange rate than maybe it would be cheaper, but atm in the real world it's cheaper for me to switch to the NZ version.

Sure, as long as you are happy with the content you get. I'll probably wait a year or so and have another look

Yes, but if you use a geo-unblocker (Unotelly cost me less than $50 for the year) you can subscribe to NZ Netflix and choose which library you want to watch. I'm on a US Netflix account and have Unotelly's DNS settings in my Apple TV, but I will be able to use the same account to view the NZ library via my home theatre system, which defaults to my ISP's DNS. It doesn't matter which country your subscription is based in, except that I believe your favourites list will only work in the country of your subscription.

Actually (at least on the LG Smart TV client I have started using in the last week or so) the favourites ('My List') feature seems to work in all countries. The content on the list varies according to whether the content is available in the currently set region.

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#1266027 23-Mar-2015 16:40

Wade: The pricing is so indifferent surely it is easier to just pay for NZ service and be done with it?

It would be if you're signing up for the first time. As a holder of a US account, it'd need to get a bit more expensive before I'd go to the hassle of cancelling and re-subscribing, and then not being able to have my favourites and whatnot on the US service which is the one I'd use the most.

Edit: N4 - that's interesting, and good to know!

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#1266118 23-Mar-2015 19:27

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Prices range from:
• Single-stream standard definition plan for $9.99.
• Two-stream high-definition plan for $12.99.
• Four-stream 4K Ultra-high-definition television"family" plan for $15.99.

Does "standard definition" mean 480p (720 × 480) or 576p (720 × 576) ?

Does "High-definition" mean 720p (1,280 × 720) or 1080p (1,920 × 1,080) ?

Does "Ultra-high-definition" mean 2160p (3,840 × 2,160) ?

Having been appalled by the image quality of TVNZ on demand, I am cautious.

If "high definition" means 720p, I'm not interested.

SD == 480p
HD == 1080p 5.1
UHD = 4k I believe

Its adaptive streaming, so if your internet slows the 1080p might drop down to 360p (think thats as low as it goes), but streaming from the US for years now, and mostly watching in 1080p 5.1 all the time.

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#1266130 23-Mar-2015 19:36

reven:
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jonathan18:
Prices range from:
• Single-stream standard definition plan for $9.99.
• Two-stream high-definition plan for $12.99.
• Four-stream 4K Ultra-high-definition television"family" plan for $15.99.

Does "standard definition" mean 480p (720 × 480) or 576p (720 × 576) ?

Does "High-definition" mean 720p (1,280 × 720) or 1080p (1,920 × 1,080) ?

Does "Ultra-high-definition" mean 2160p (3,840 × 2,160) ?

Having been appalled by the image quality of TVNZ on demand, I am cautious.

If "high definition" means 720p, I'm not interested.

SD == 480p
HD == 1080p 5.1
UHD = 4k I believe

Its adaptive streaming, so if your internet slows the 1080p might drop down to 360p (think thats as low as it goes), but streaming from the US for years now, and mostly watching in 1080p 5.1 all the time.

Yea above is correct.

I have to say though UHD 2160p looks much the same as 1080p from my experience. I have a Sony TV that supports Netflix in 4k and it says its streaming 2160p when playing but even on a 65 inch TV not really a big difference in quality over 1080p

I find Netflix HD 1080p really good. Its much better picture quality than watching HD on Sky TV.

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#1266137 23-Mar-2015 19:41

bbunnys:

I find Netflix HD 1080p really good. Its much better picture quality than watching HD on Sky TV.

Thats good to know. Sky is 1080i, but still sweet on my top end but not very new Panny plasma.

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#1266141 23-Mar-2015 19:45

tdgeek:
bbunnys:

I find Netflix HD 1080p really good. Its much better picture quality than watching HD on Sky TV.

Thats good to know. Sky is 1080i, but still sweet on my top end but not very new Panny plasma.

Yea you should find it sweet on that. As long as you have a good internet connection as well though.

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#1266587 24-Mar-2015 10:48

I'm currently paying $125 with SKY TV. GOing to be saving $110 going to Netflix. What's the movie content like on Netflix NZ?

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#1266630 24-Mar-2015 11:34

21brandon21: I'm currently paying $125 with SKY TV. GOing to be saving $110 going to Netflix. What's the movie content like on Netflix NZ?

It's not amazing at this point but it is ok for an initial release. Netflix never does new releases... that is not their business model... all titles are at least a year old. Sign up for the free trial and have a look.

You could also sign up for a DNS spoofing service like getflix for approx $3 per month. This will give you access to all netflix regions, that's about 15,000 unique titles.

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