2014-04-05, 13:39
(2014-04-05, 13:01)garvani Wrote:(2014-04-05, 12:29)~Craig~ Wrote: Also highly unlikely that this question is answerable but what would happen in terms of the services on the box itself, i.e I assume back here in the UK they would be unusable?This is actually very easily done. All you need to do is subscribe to a DNS service such as unblock.us, you then add the dns entries they give you into your firetv. This basically tricks your box into thinking its in the US. Netflix, Amazon, etc etc, they all work as you would expect. They give you a free trial, so sign up and try it on your pc before you by the firetv.. nothing to lose
I assume they are software based so is it likely if and when it launches here they could be changed to what the UK will be offered?
I know that last question is pretty much impossible to answer but perhaps someone with better knowledge than me may have some insight into it (Perhaps through previous Amazon products?).
(2014-04-05, 13:02)thezoggy Wrote:(2014-04-05, 13:01)garvani Wrote:(2014-04-05, 12:29)~Craig~ Wrote: Also highly unlikely that this question is answerable but what would happen in terms of the services on the box itself, i.e I assume back here in the UK they would be unusable?This is actually very easily done. All you need to do is subscribe to a DNS service such as unblock.us, you then add the dns entries they give you into your firetv. This basically tricks your box into thinking its in the US. Netflix, Amazon, etc etc, they all work as you would expect. They give you a free trial, so sign up and try it on your pc before you by the firetv.. nothing to lose
I assume they are software based so is it likely if and when it launches here they could be changed to what the UK will be offered?
I know that last question is pretty much impossible to answer but perhaps someone with better knowledge than me may have some insight into it (Perhaps through previous Amazon products?).
or use vpn?
Thanks for both the suggestions, That was something I had considered and would be a good solution to use before a UK launch happens.
When that does happen I ideally would like to set it to access UK content but that's where the situation becomes a little more unclear, After a search I found the original kindle never worked well for those who imported but some later hardware versions which did get a worldwide release were issued a software update to default it to their region.
I guess the question is if the same would happen with the Fire TV and nobody at this stage will know (Probably not even Amazon )