So, I signed up for free 1 month Aussie trial yesterday and tried it out at home last night.
Firstly, picture quality was great. It's streamed direct from Netflix by the looks of things, via an app on the FetchTV menu, so doesn't look like Fetch or iiNet are monkeying around with the feed. The Netflix PQ via FetchTV is as good as the USA one via AppleTV and better than the other FetchTV channels.
Sound - sound through the FetchTV box is also delivered in 5.1 DD, (this will probably be an issue for Fetch now as they have always said they couldn't serve up their feed in DD due to bandwidth, yet Netflix via FetchTV do it (with better PQ) with no problems. Now, although the sound was 5.1DD it not quite as good as the 5.1DD through USA Netflix & AppleTV, not that it's bad, just not "as good". That is likely down to FetchTV hardware though I;d guess.
Content wise. there seemed to be a few new movies on there that aren't on USA, (like Captain America Winter Soldier and Shooter), but a lot of missing series. There were other series on there that were not on USA though, like Fallen Skies.
So, I was saying to Emma maybe we need USA and Australia accounts and we'd just monitor it for the free month, see if it's worth another $9 on top of the $10.xx USA one.
Just in case people didn't know.....your netflix accounts are usable in all regions. ie: one account fits all - it all depends on what your ip address is as to what content you're served up.
You are a LEGEND. I hadn't quite paid enough attention to hat you said here until last night. We got half way through Captain America and I suddenly remembered your post for some reason. So, I exited the Aussie Netflix app on FetchTV and signed out. I signed back in to AUSTRALIAN Netflix on the FetchTV app using my USA credentials, and sure enough, it let me in no problem. I have all my favorites etc and it offered up the AUSTRALIAN content. We watched the rest of Captain America with no issues, then I switched on the ApplTV & USA Netflix, same credentials still worked and all the USA content was offered up. The ling of and short of it means it looks like you would be able to sign up for $8.99 Aussie Netfliz and watch it however you like, (AppleTV, streamed from PC or via an ISP & FetchTV) AND grab a geoblock subscription and watch the USA version through an APpleTV similar for NO EXTRA COST (aside form your geoblock subs) on the same login details,. What a great result.
I didn't do a full comparison of what wasn't on Aussie Netflix out of what we watch in the end as now I know we can get both regions for no extra payment there's no need, but for those interested, a very quick comparison showed that on my USA feed I have 55 shows & movies in my "list" but only 5 of them show up in my list when logged into the Australian stream, that's a massive difference even in a small sample pool.
I use "StreamGuide-Netflix Worldwide" app on a lot of ocassions to see whats available. (both android/apple)
This will be very handy now I know we'll have access to both regions, but I couldn't find it. I found one called iStreamguide at $2.49, was it that one? Doesnt look like they list Australia yet but no doubt it will get added.
