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  • “Repo the Genetic Opera” Review (available on Netflix & Amazon Prime)

    (Note: those of you outside of the US might want to give unblock-us a try to watch this movie, either on Netflix or Amazon) So, this movie showed up in my Amazon Prime recommendations this weekend, and I see that it is available on Netflix as well, as of a few days ago. “Repo the […]

  • Hola VPN under fire: Hola VPN Selling users’ bandwidth as botnet

    What is Hola VPN “Free”? You might have heard about Hola VPN, a decentralized system that allows its users to bypass geolocation blocks (I personally use and advocate for unblock-us). It’s not unusual for Internet users to want to watch services that are blocked in their countries: spotify, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, sometimes even youtube […]

  • Unblock-us vs UnoTelly. Which one’s the best to watch your favorite US shows?

    Unblock-us vs UnoTelly. Which one’s the best to watch your favorite US shows?

    Unblock-us and Unotelly are both “Smart DNS” systems. They’re designed as low-cost, high performance services to let you access US services even when you don’t live in the US. What is Unblock-us/UnoTelly? Specifically, if you’re trying to access Netflix from Spain, or Australia, or Canada, etc… these are the services you’ll want to use to […]

  • First Episodes of Game Of thrones Season 5 leaked online, expected to be downloaded millions of times before HBO’s premiere

    This is a blow for HBO, mere hours before Game of Throne’s highly awaited Season 5 premiere, the first four episodes of the show have been leaked online. According to Torrentfreak, the leaked episodes have been downloaded more than 100’000 times less than 3 hours after the leak, and are expected to be downloaded millions […]

  • Winter is coming, and unblock-us now supports HBO Now! Here’s how to watch Game Of Thrones outside of the US

    This will probably be interesting to you if you live in one of the 195 countries in the world that do not have access to HBO (yes, there are 196 countries in the World), you’ll be happy to know that my favorite “media unblocker”, unblock-us, support HBO NOW, the online HBO service which is currently […]

  • Netflix in Spain: how to

    Netflix is the most popular streaming service in the world, and for a good reason: it has a huge catalog. Unfortunately, it is only available in a few countries, and only its US offer is really amazing. As of 2015, Netflix is not available in Spain, although discussions to bring the service there are ongoing. […]

  • how to watch amazon instant video in Australia

    I’ve recently switched from Netflix to Amazon Instant video. My switch was mostly motivated by the fact that I moved to the US and could get much more value from Amazon Prime than from NEtflix, for a similar price. However, Amazon Prime is still a good value outside of the US, with free access to […]

  • How to do tethering with the ZTE Zinger

    Note (2015/03/19): Today only, the application we mention in this article, “EasyTether”, is Free on the Amazon Appstore. Get it now! We like to talk about non TV related stuff once in a while on this site, and today we’re going to talk about a particular smartphone, the ZTE Zinger. The ZTE Zinger is one […]

  • Turn TV into Smart TV: the 2015 guide

    Turn TV into Smart TV: the 2015 guide

    A couple years ago we started this website with the intent of helping people who want to turn their TV into a smart TV. I was myself looking for a perfect answer to that question. I have found the setup that matches my needs (for now, it’s a cloudnet go CR13 box connected to my […]

  • My TV is not an HD TV, how do I make it HD?

    This guide is for people who have an “old school” analog TV and are looking for ways to make it compatible with HD signals. You cannot “turn a non HD TV into an HD TV” because of the physical limitations of your TV’s screen, but you can use converters to make HD signal compatible with […]