US Version of Xbox Video on Xbox One

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#168544 17-Mar-2015 20:05

Has anyone managed to stream content from the US Version of Xbox Video using their Xbox One in NZ? I am having trouble getting this working and need some advice. I am on Orcon (global mode) and have tried using Unotelly but nothing seems to work. I keep getting the message: "to make purchases you need to be in the region for your xbox profile"
I have my xbox set to US and my xbox account region is also set to US. (US Netflix works fine on my current settings). Any help would be appreciated.
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#1261299 17-Mar-2015 21:06

Billing address set to somewhere in portland?

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#1261371 17-Mar-2015 23:47

I get the same issue if I try and buy video. could have sworn it was working in the past.

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#1261372 17-Mar-2015 23:50

p.s. I can stream a series I've bought previously without issue. this must be something around the purchasing instead. I get the same issue if trying to buy from the xbox video app in windows 10

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#1261377 18-Mar-2015 00:21

buy the prepaid stored value cards from Amazon.com etc

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#1261378 18-Mar-2015 00:29

I send money to myself from NZ paypal to a US paypal. I cant use my NZ card on US paypal but I can use money sent from my NZ one using that same card. Go figure. I guess because they take a cut sending the money they are happy to let microsoft think it is US money.

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#1261472 18-Mar-2015 10:14

OK - after a couple of hours of messing around last night I finally got this working.
Two issues - Location and Payment
Location: Globalmode by Orcon does not work for Xbox Video. Unotelly does work - change dns settings in Xbox settings, then make sure you go into Dynamo settings on your Unotelly dashboard and set Xbox Video to United States.
Payment: Xbox video would not accept any of my NZ credit cards even with billing addresses changed to US Addresses. I purchased a gift card from Card Maximus (US$50 was the best value with a 4% commission charge by the vendor). The code was delivered via email a short time later. This was uploaded to my Xbox account and was available to be used as currency for any Xbox video (or game or music) purchase.
(Note: for this to work you must have your Xbox console region and your Gamertag account region set to US)
I did not test Paypal but this may also work as a previous poster mentioned.

So now I am a happy camper - except for having to pay for a Unotelly subscription (it would be nice if Orcon fixed this) and a 4% commission to my voucher dealer.

As an added bonus Vudu also works on the Xbox One using Unotelly (also does not work with Globalmode).

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#1261524 18-Mar-2015 11:25

Garchiba:
So now I am a happy camper - except for having to pay for a Unotelly subscription (it would be nice if Orcon fixed this) and a 4% commission to my voucher dealer.

unotelly is a much better solution than globalmode. it also lets you change your regions on the fly (dynamo) which unlocks a bunch of other content on services like Netflix. they are also very responsive and have a lot of channels covered. you can also configure per-device with unotelly. i'd recommended using them and skipping the globalmode.

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#1261529 18-Mar-2015 11:30

Garchiba: OK - after a couple of hours of messing around last night I finally got this working.
Two issues - Location and Payment
Location: Globalmode by Orcon does not work for Xbox Video. Unotelly does work - change dns settings in Xbox settings, then make sure you go into Dynamo settings on your Unotelly dashboard and set Xbox Video to United States.
Payment: Xbox video would not accept any of my NZ credit cards even with billing addresses changed to US Addresses. I purchased a gift card from Card Maximus (US$50 was the best value with a 4% commission charge by the vendor). The code was delivered via email a short time later. This was uploaded to my Xbox account and was available to be used as currency for any Xbox video (or game or music) purchase.
(Note: for this to work you must have your Xbox console region and your Gamertag account region set to US)
I did not test Paypal but this may also work as a previous poster mentioned.

So now I am a happy camper - except for having to pay for a Unotelly subscription (it would be nice if Orcon fixed this) and a 4% commission to my voucher dealer.

As an added bonus Vudu also works on the Xbox One using Unotelly (also does not work with Globalmode).

Amazon sell them for no commission

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Gift-Card-Online-Game/dp/B00F4CF7L6/ref=sr_1_3_twi_8_sof?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1426631384&sr=1-3

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#1261605 18-Mar-2015 12:53

nathan:

Amazon sell them for no commission

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Gift-Card-Online-Game/dp/B00F4CF7L6/ref=sr_1_3_twi_8_sof?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1426631384&sr=1-3

Good to know - thanks!

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#1261872 18-Mar-2015 18:14

I use Getflix with Xbox video. I remember when Xbox Video US just worked without any DNS/VPN setup until last year in NZ. Then Xbox payments/Video just went full region lock.

Do whatever you want to do man.