How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
#61
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
If you have to 'deal with' your ISP you are doing it wrong! TPG direct debit the correct amount from my account every month, and I have had good fast Internet for all but about 4 days of the last decade (small issue of a construction worker putting a backhoe through the phone line). Changes to my plan can be made via website....
Who needs customer service gimps?
Who needs customer service gimps?
People new to the net do though. So TPG shouldn't be anyone's first ISP
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#62
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
didnt read the full thread so I dunno if anyone has mentioned this website
TVcatchup.com, Ive got it on my iphone so I can watch telly in my bedroom, brilliant site
TVcatchup.com, Ive got it on my iphone so I can watch telly in my bedroom, brilliant site
#63
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
.another groovy tool:
"AirVideo"
Run the free to download server on your media server (assuming all you good people have some sort of computer on your network thats sitting there doing all this downloading) and it'll convert and stream (on the fly) anything you've got over your network to be played on an iPad (using the very cheap app).
Awesome app.....
"AirVideo"
Run the free to download server on your media server (assuming all you good people have some sort of computer on your network thats sitting there doing all this downloading) and it'll convert and stream (on the fly) anything you've got over your network to be played on an iPad (using the very cheap app).
Awesome app.....
#64
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
.another groovy tool:
"AirVideo"
Run the free to download server on your media server (assuming all you good people have some sort of computer on your network thats sitting there doing all this downloading) and it'll convert and stream (on the fly) anything you've got over your network to be played on an iPad (using the very cheap app).
Awesome app.....
"AirVideo"
Run the free to download server on your media server (assuming all you good people have some sort of computer on your network thats sitting there doing all this downloading) and it'll convert and stream (on the fly) anything you've got over your network to be played on an iPad (using the very cheap app).
Awesome app.....
http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/
#65
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
Wow, BTjunkie have shut themselves down. I've been using them for years.
#67
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
You need to hide your IP address eg using hidemyass, then use their search to find catchuptv.
#68
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
This solution seems really good as I have multiple devices and I can change this on the router. For the xbox, do you need to get your AU xbox live gold account migrated to a US account so that you can access Netflix? Every time I sign in with my AU XL Gold account, the options for Netflix disappear. I guess I'm answering my own question!
LP
LP
Anyway, what I did is as follows:
create US (or UK now) account.
Sign in and download the netflix app
sign out and sign in using your AU account
go to the new Apps tab and view apps. It shows them all, including the netflix app. Once its on your machine it seems to be viewable by all users.
It doesn't affect game matchmaking either. MP seems as fluid as it can be in Australia, certainly no worse than before.
I might try configuring the router and seeing if that changes much.
#69
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
I am in Townsville QLD where it is taking time to catch up on things.
Can I access this also in that area.
Can I access this also in that area.
#70
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
you can do yes, but i have just changed the DNS settings on my xbox and playstation directly. It has had no perceivable effect on speeds at all. it can stream HD content from the states on xbox, so even if it has, its still pretty bloody good. browsing on the mac/tablet/iphone is still the same.
It doesn't affect game matchmaking either. MP seems as fluid as it can be in Australia, certainly no worse than before.
I might try configuring the router and seeing if that changes much.
It doesn't affect game matchmaking either. MP seems as fluid as it can be in Australia, certainly no worse than before.
I might try configuring the router and seeing if that changes much.
It worked well at first then Hulu appears to have recognised it as a dodgy IP and blocked it. I might try again this weekend.
Hide my Ass is proving too slow for me so I'm going to give these guys a go: https://www.vpnsecure.me/
I've also ordered a new router - http://www.netgear.com.au/home/produ.../wndr3800.aspx
To give me Wireless n. This router also has a "video mode" where in effect you can set up a separate 5Ghz wireless network just for video i.e. from the network to my wireless Netgear media player. Apparenly it works well, I'll have to wait and see.
#71
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
Your maths is a little wonky - the ISPs all give speeds in bits/s (small b), all downloads and uploads are in bytes (big Bs) - so it's actually 48 seconds
Still would be nice though ...
Still would be nice though ...
#72
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
He Also said...
"And to answer your question about actual download speed I've hit speeds up to 95MB/s....that's megabytes, not megabits.
After that it seems that it's pretty much the hdd that is the bottle neck"
Last edited by PaulandNic; Feb 8th 2012 at 11:20 am.
#73
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Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
Hi Guys
I originally started this thread yonks ago. Alas with 2GBs a month that was shaped to snail speed after 4 days I had to give up.
The good news is that we now have 200GBs per month, so I'll re-read all the replies, get started and let you know how I get on
I originally started this thread yonks ago. Alas with 2GBs a month that was shaped to snail speed after 4 days I had to give up.
The good news is that we now have 200GBs per month, so I'll re-read all the replies, get started and let you know how I get on
#74
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
My iinet cap is now 400Gb with no on/off-peak (shaped is 512k now as well, so not too bad). Even I, as a download fiend, struggle to use that in a month!
#75
Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?
Damn you sensible people, I am still with BigPond ... I know it's expensive but it's reliable and I'm loath to change.