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Do you use more than one streaming service?
View Poll Results: Do you have more than one streaming service?
Yes 2 21 37.50%
Yes 3 12 21.43%
Yes 4 4 7.14%
Yes 5 or more. 9 16.07%
No 7 12.50%
Other- please state in thread. 3 5.36%
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Old 07-12-2015, 01:19   #31
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

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There's nothing wrong with sharing accounts. If Netflix didn't want you to share then we wouldn't be able to add profiles. If Amazon didn't want people to share then you wouldn't be able to add accounts to your Prime.
Netflix Profiles are so that people in the same household can have separate lists.
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Old 07-12-2015, 14:41   #32
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

What about the person in post 2 who is paying to use his neighbours wi-fi...
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Old 07-12-2015, 16:12   #33
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

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What about the person in post 2 who is paying to use his neighbours wi-fi...
What about me?
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Old 07-12-2015, 18:25   #34
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Has there been any difference to Blinkbox since Tesco sold it?

Do those with more than one different streaming service just plug their sticks into various HDMI sockets and toggle between them with the TV remote? Does it get confusing having lots of remotes for the streaming services on top of the cable box, TV remote etc?

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What happens with streaming services when a programme or film is about to expire?

If you start watching a film, say, at 11.30pm that expires at midnight, does it cut you off or let you watch it until the end?

If the system crashed I imagine that you'd miss the ending, which would be very annoying.
its a bit more complicated to store the dvd/blurays you have bought but otherwise it works just as well and saves taking our favorite films with us when we go away ( for the rainy days of our lovely summer )

most films are still hired if you hire for 3 days and if you start watching even at the end of the time it shows it till the end

wauki one is very similar to and i get free films from ee on there too

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Netflix Profiles are so that people in the same household can have separate lists.

nope just read my TOS no restrictions other that how many screens you can use simultaneously as long as you are not selling on or using it commercially .

I often watch my account at other places on their main tv and until i log the screen off they could watch with out breaking the the TOS as far as i can see
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Old 07-12-2015, 18:45   #35
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

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Do those with more than one different streaming service just plug their sticks into various HDMI sockets and toggle between them with the TV remote? Does it get confusing having lots of remotes for the streaming services on top of the cable box, TV remote etc?
Just one box for all the services - Roku
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Old 07-12-2015, 19:04   #36
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

oh i missed that bit we have lots of duplication the smart tv's can use most services but the chromecast tends to move around a bit and travels to when my daughter goes out lol the fire stick tends to be in the kitchen or bedroom ( non smart tvs lol ) but the xboxes (360s) and the xbox one also can use most of the services too we have remotes though chromecast and firestick are mostly run from apps
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nope just read my TOS no restrictions other that how many screens you can use simultaneously as long as you are not selling on or using it commercially .

I often watch my account at other places on their main tv and until i log the screen off they could watch with out breaking the the TOS as far as i can see
Technically it should be just the household (but that doesn't mean that a household member can't access it in a different location)

However it seems that the services are pretty lax (for various reasons) about enforcing it.

http://time.com/money/4043147/hbo-ne...ount-password/
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Old 07-12-2015, 19:27   #38
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Technically it should be just the household (but that doesn't mean that a household member can't access it in a different location)

However it seems that the services are pretty lax (for various reasons) about enforcing it.

http://time.com/money/4043147/hbo-ne...ount-password/
it doesn't mention household it does say i have "To maintain control over the account" then goes on about passwords and account details which if logged in to watch programs are not available to tv unless you reinput password but you would still be able to view as the password is saved for viewing. so as long as i have control over it it seems inside the TOS and i can switch off any screen ( i can use 4 ) from the account console (going to check it hasnt changed latter on my nephews tv but last time i couldnt access the account from the tv without reinputting password )

read article havnt looked at my prime TOS for a while lol
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Old 07-12-2015, 20:04   #39
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

I subscribe to the following: Netflix, Amazon Instant, Now TV Entertainment and Google Play Music.

As for set up I have a Fire TV in the living room and a Android nexus Player in the bedroom with Kodi loaded on both, useful for streaming local content. I also seem to watch a lot of youtube some fascinating content on there tempted to take out a sub for the Screen Junkies network but there is no easy way to watch on my TV so won't until they sort that out.
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Old 07-12-2015, 21:25   #40
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Re: Do you use more than one streaming service?

i forgot youtube lol but its the kids who use that
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