Disney+ new streaming announced officially
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well that was sort of easy - i'm running Disney+ on tablet and laptop - just need to get it onto the TV
nothing illegal as such as i am paying for it!!!
basically - enrolled for a few months of a VPN - created a gmail account in the USA, loaded it with PLAY credit , on my tablet via USA VPN , created a new user based on the gmail USA account, went to play store, downloaded disney+ app, logged on using gmail for USA , paid with google PLAY credit for 6.99 a month, job done.
Once signed up, then my laptop will play it via the disney plus website (connected via VPN)
ROKU wont play ball without a factory reset and change of location when start up , but i'm not going to do that, i might get a cheap used 2nd roku and just have that as a "USA roku....."
rider73 said:
well that was sort of easy - i'm running Disney+ on tablet and laptop - just need to get it onto the TV
nothing illegal as such as i am paying for it!!!
basically - enrolled for a few months of a VPN - created a gmail account in the USA, loaded it with PLAY credit , on my tablet via USA VPN , created a new user based on the gmail USA account, went to play store, downloaded disney+ app, logged on using gmail for USA , paid with google PLAY credit for 6.99 a month, job done.
Once signed up, then my laptop will play it via the disney plus website (connected via VPN)
ROKU wont play ball without a factory reset and change of location when start up , but i'm not going to do that, i might get a cheap used 2nd roku and just have that as a "USA roku....."
Seems like a lot of effort.nothing illegal as such as i am paying for it!!!
basically - enrolled for a few months of a VPN - created a gmail account in the USA, loaded it with PLAY credit , on my tablet via USA VPN , created a new user based on the gmail USA account, went to play store, downloaded disney+ app, logged on using gmail for USA , paid with google PLAY credit for 6.99 a month, job done.
Once signed up, then my laptop will play it via the disney plus website (connected via VPN)
ROKU wont play ball without a factory reset and change of location when start up , but i'm not going to do that, i might get a cheap used 2nd roku and just have that as a "USA roku....."
I happily use and support Netflix and amazon and sky, I try to do the right thing and pay for content but if people like Disney have a good series like mandalorian and won’t release in the U.K. for a while then I might be tempted to watch it some other way.
irocfan said:
Which raises a good point. All these studios might develop rival streaming services to Netflix but are they going to have the same ease of use?. 
rider73 said:
well that was sort of easy - i'm running Disney+ on tablet and laptop - just need to get it onto the TV
nothing illegal as such as i am paying for it!!!
basically - enrolled for a few months of a VPN - created a gmail account in the USA, loaded it with PLAY credit , on my tablet via USA VPN , created a new user based on the gmail USA account, went to play store, downloaded disney+ app, logged on using gmail for USA , paid with google PLAY credit for 6.99 a month, job done.
Once signed up, then my laptop will play it via the disney plus website (connected via VPN)
ROKU wont play ball without a factory reset and change of location when start up , but i'm not going to do that, i might get a cheap used 2nd roku and just have that as a "USA roku....."
..wow...nothing illegal as such as i am paying for it!!!
basically - enrolled for a few months of a VPN - created a gmail account in the USA, loaded it with PLAY credit , on my tablet via USA VPN , created a new user based on the gmail USA account, went to play store, downloaded disney+ app, logged on using gmail for USA , paid with google PLAY credit for 6.99 a month, job done.
Once signed up, then my laptop will play it via the disney plus website (connected via VPN)
ROKU wont play ball without a factory reset and change of location when start up , but i'm not going to do that, i might get a cheap used 2nd roku and just have that as a "USA roku....."
I salute you sirrah
JagLover said:
irocfan said:
Which raises a good point. All these studios might develop rival streaming services to Netflix but are they going to have the same ease of use?. Disney will have launched this with aggressive top-down hard deadlines, so to be expected. Will be fine a little more down the line.
hyphen said:
JagLover said:
irocfan said:
Which raises a good point. All these studios might develop rival streaming services to Netflix but are they going to have the same ease of use?. Disney will have launched this with aggressive top-down hard deadlines, so to be expected. Will be fine a little more down the line.
...its on the TV now - HDMI cable from laptop
the tricky thing is to pay, once you have done that you can sign in to any device / laptop as long as its a USA VPN connection.
the interface isnt great for sure - plenty of old content and all the marvel / star wars you will ever need - the new stuff is thin on the ground just yet - but lots in the pipeline - although by that time it will be UK wide release anyway .
Its certainly going to be an interesting marketplace soon with all the streamers coming online (britbox another example) - i hardly ever watch anything on sky anymore - i wonder how long Sky's expensive subscription model will survive - thier NOW TV arm is much better for one off month subscription and binge watch anything of interest .
Sky will always be the sports go to though i guess which will keep people on it - and now they have bundled netflix on thier platform, makes me wonder if a merger might be on the cards for them , especially for producing entertainment content!
the tricky thing is to pay, once you have done that you can sign in to any device / laptop as long as its a USA VPN connection.
the interface isnt great for sure - plenty of old content and all the marvel / star wars you will ever need - the new stuff is thin on the ground just yet - but lots in the pipeline - although by that time it will be UK wide release anyway .
Its certainly going to be an interesting marketplace soon with all the streamers coming online (britbox another example) - i hardly ever watch anything on sky anymore - i wonder how long Sky's expensive subscription model will survive - thier NOW TV arm is much better for one off month subscription and binge watch anything of interest .
Sky will always be the sports go to though i guess which will keep people on it - and now they have bundled netflix on thier platform, makes me wonder if a merger might be on the cards for them , especially for producing entertainment content!
irocfan said:
It would be interesting if that reporter will re visit after a month or three to see what has changed from day 1. 10 million subs is a lot to deal with, it seems they exceeded expectations on numbers signing up.https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=sh...
Anyhoo, some reviews on Star Wars 4k. Jury is still out on picture quality it would seem, but favourable, awaiting comparison with hard copy if I read the review right but above 1080p.
https://www.highdefwatch.com/post/disney-4k-stream...
El stovey said:
irocfan said:
been hearing stories that now that the Mando is over D+'s subscribers are dropping out at quite a rate of knots - could this impact their UK model I wonder...
Yeah everyone in the uk has already seen it. 
Problem is Star Wars Skywalker stuff is all coming out on 4k hard copy and I like that but probably stick with it.
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