I am not entirely sure. Will try the method proposed above first. Sounds plausible.

I don't think that netflix can target specific devices.

Actually, I dont mind paying more if netflix has a worldwide plan that can let you view all of their international content.

I just feel that Netflix Malaysia has very limited content. Just look at the amount of movies under the horror category.

Yup. The movies for local Netflix is quite limited. However, I think the series offered are quite decent, at least it is more than what I can consume. However I do miss Netflix Canada which has quite recent movies. Hope this VPN/DNS thing gets resolved quickly.

In the meantime, I am watching the series available (Better Call Saul, Sense 8...)

Just tried getflix, worked great for me

It's a game of cat & mouse between those smart dns provider and Netflix.

Netflix will blacklist certain smart dns IPs from their servers, hence blocking out the smartdns services until the provider change their dns to a new IP

then again, once Netflix detected a new dns IP, blacklist and block again

provider change IP again, Netflix block again, change, block, change, block....

till provider ran out of IPs to change, Netflix wins

So enjoy your smartdns while you can, sooner or later it gonna get blocked again

Actually Netflix loses when people unsubscribe. Hopefully Netflix thinks like Google and just put up an act of complying only.

The best things in usa content for me are the documentaries and foreign movies.

Hollywood movies and tv series, can find easily elsewhere.

Local content not good enough.

So, agree, will quit.

To return when there is more for me.

They don't care if some unsubscribe

IMO those will unsubscribe due to region blocking is just small amount, negligible loss to them

Majority of their users are US based anyway, and most international users are still depending on local contents.

So yeah, very minimal financial impact on them

Getting sued by those licensing company or license holders are a lot more costly for them.

Tried using your advice, however the list of countries in the LG options are limited to countries in the asia region and australia.

I guess all LG TVs in Malaysia have this region lock down encoded in their system.

I would strongly encourage anybody who's planning to use VPN/unblocker to watch netflix to avoid LG TVs.

I have 2 of them at home, and both are the same.

Haih..should have bought a samsung instead lol.

Netflix cannot even offer their own self made content fully to our region.

Haha netflix stinks...spotify still better...hahahaha...whatever songs are mostly available except some

Its all LICENSING!!... Think TM's Hypptv vs Astro... Astro has broadcasting rights for EPL games in Malaysia... Without express permission from Astro, no other company/individual can legally offer the same content within Malaysia, without getting sued and losing cash in the process.

Take House of Cards Season 4, I'm guessing either TM or RTL CBS Entertainment HD (under Hypptv) has broadcasting rights; rights that were probably sold to them before Netflix expanded to Malaysia and now can't be offered by Netflix. Could also be some other restriction in place (cough gove..m..net..cough). So yeah, to those thinking about unsubscribing and all that... I've got news for you:
1. Netflix offers a full 30 day trial period.. Pretty generous if you ask me... So test, if you don't like... Quit! That's the point of a trial period...
2. The inbound revenue from amount of people threatening to or down right quit, is wayyyyyy less than it would cost for Netflix to fight just one court case. Reputable international law teams do NOT come cheap.
3. Most major DNS services offer a trial period, so use that to test out your devices before dropping cash. Also, if your are technical enough, free working DNS servers are readily available on the internet. Sorry, please don't PM me about this... . As it's not a one time thing.
4. The entertainment industry is big business.. Big media control is a thing ... Netflix has been dealing with licensing restrictions etc for years, so they know their stuff... One only needs to see that the amount of Netflix-owned shows & movies have been on the increase. This is them, trying to regain control... It'll take awhile.
5. There's always iflix...

today surprisingly everything goes normal. can stream 2160p on Netflix smoothly without interruption. hopefully this will last despite the undersea cable problem.

No one is broadcasting House of Cards Season 1 now and yet Netflix cannot offer their very own content. How long those licensing deal going to last? No one broadcasts also cannot offer.


Already watching Netflix btw, with ahem unblocking (fingers crossed).

HoC S1 - S3 is on Netflix MY bah...


am I missing something here?

no, u r right.

perhaps he meant s04.

well, not so difficult - i got all epis of s04 1080p easily elsewhere.

and i just cancelled netflix, will wait until local content improves.

I see HOCS4 advertised on Hypptv(although I am not a subscriber) so perhaps they own the exclusive rights for Malaysia, quite an error on Netflix's part if this is true. They must have planned their rollout for quite some time, so it would have been a strange decision.

Perhaps there's a censorship approval required for new releases? I seem to recall reading that Malaysian Netflix content is subjected to Malaysia's censorship board.

This post has been edited by pltan: Mar 9 2016, 11:15 AM

Yup.. Massive error there.. One I don't think Netflix would have done unknowingly or had no alternatives. So something is definitely up, quite strong too.. Well, we can only speculate.. Perhaps someone could have a chat with Netflix CS for an official response? Share their response..

This post has been edited by voncrane: Mar 9 2016, 11:48 AM

Our suspicions are correct, Hypptv has exclusive rights for Malaysia for House of Cards S4.

http://www.colourlessopinions.com/2016/03/...sia-hypptv.html

They also had the exclusive rights for season 3 , so it's some kind of legacy deal.

This post has been edited by pltan: Mar 9 2016, 12:10 PM

yes, hypptv been running HoC s04, day and night, all epis.

that probably is the reason netflix is not "allowed" now.

Im really noob on how to use such service like Netflix and what kindda device i required. Can anyone share a short highlights on what is Netflix and how to use the service?