HavocXphere
Honorary Master
I'm on UK turf with a smart TV so Netflix etc is easy here....but has also left me a little clueless on the tech side.
I want to share the love with family when visiting. Not 100% familiar with what sorcery I need to make this work though. I gather some of these devices have hardcoded DNS @ chromecast specifically?
Device wise...I need something that is on UK Amazon ideally. I heard they took chromecast off amazon a couple days ago.
Can make a plan on that front though if there is a significant advantage in chromecast over roku?
Fam side we're working with a 40" dumb Samsung TV (free HDMIs ports) and a ADSL router @2mbps. (router stats can push 4-8 if memory serves, exchange is 20 or 40 I think)
I gather I need:
1) A device...Roku? Chromecast? (No HTPC stuff pls)
2) Some kind of Unotelly type deal (Will this work @hardcoded DNS?)
3) Possible speed upgrade necessary?
No ethernet near the TV but good wifi (b/g...not sure n..think yes) and needs to be pretty foolproof. Cost isn't a real factor...anything reasonable will do...IF I can carry the cost my side. Don't want family paying but that seems unavoidable @ ADSL.
To what extent can I legally share a netflix account? I know I'm on a 1 device at a time, but does the fancier plan allow legal sharing across family? I've got an Amazon prime video subscription as well. Can that be shared? (Legally)
Also thoughts on data usage would be appreciated. I jammed the fam onto some kind of capped WA business product to minimize problems before I left but that wasn't calculated for streaming (20 gigs biz quality data I think). Been out of the SA ADSL game for a year so some pointers there would also be cool (Please don't make this the primary topic of responses though...I can figure this part out myself if need be).
I want to share the love with family when visiting. Not 100% familiar with what sorcery I need to make this work though. I gather some of these devices have hardcoded DNS @ chromecast specifically?
Device wise...I need something that is on UK Amazon ideally. I heard they took chromecast off amazon a couple days ago.
Can make a plan on that front though if there is a significant advantage in chromecast over roku?Fam side we're working with a 40" dumb Samsung TV (free HDMIs ports) and a ADSL router @2mbps. (router stats can push 4-8 if memory serves, exchange is 20 or 40 I think)
I gather I need:
1) A device...Roku? Chromecast? (No HTPC stuff pls)
2) Some kind of Unotelly type deal (Will this work @hardcoded DNS?)
3) Possible speed upgrade necessary?
No ethernet near the TV but good wifi (b/g...not sure n..think yes) and needs to be pretty foolproof. Cost isn't a real factor...anything reasonable will do...IF I can carry the cost my side. Don't want family paying but that seems unavoidable @ ADSL.
To what extent can I legally share a netflix account? I know I'm on a 1 device at a time, but does the fancier plan allow legal sharing across family? I've got an Amazon prime video subscription as well. Can that be shared? (Legally)
Also thoughts on data usage would be appreciated. I jammed the fam onto some kind of capped WA business product to minimize problems before I left but that wasn't calculated for streaming (20 gigs biz quality data I think). Been out of the SA ADSL game for a year so some pointers there would also be cool (Please don't make this the primary topic of responses though...I can figure this part out myself if need be).
See it on the website now but somehow missed it earlier.
