Netflix works on ES7005 but how on C650?

[RipaRapa]

Hi,

Netflix started in Finland and I'm a user now. It works so nicely on my new ES7005 that I would like run it also on my C650 which is somewhat older TV. Samsung provides Netflix app to ES series but not C. Any ideas how I could also run it on C650? I could easily change the region to US but I don't expect it to be that easy?

[juusso]

i found one netflix widget for C series, download it and install using instructions. Despite it contains US as name part, i hope it will work...

[RipaRapa]

I have not tried the above yet but yday I put the TV to US settings with ff 289 rw after which the tv installed some applications, one of them was Netflix but no luck; starting the application made the screen black and I had to reboot the TV. Tried once more and then changed to normat settings.

I red somewhere that possibly the DRM is different here in Europa. But I will keep trying and looking, I'm able to run netflix thru PS3 but samsung app would be nicer.

[aktuls1]

i found one netflix widget for C series, download it and install using instructions. Despite it contains US as name part, i hope it will work...

juuso's linked Netflix USA doesnt work on finnish(EU) C7705, the screen goes black and after restart the widget is lost from tv. My problem is I tried to change the country, managed to go as far as hotel mode enable, but on boot to service menu the option for country is dimmed. Also the CI authentication dialog jumps up and to browse the service menu, should reboot again.

My FW is 3009. I looked up the forum and asked around Samsung tv owners. 3015 is the latest fw? My assumption is upgrading isn't making the Netflix any more available than with any other fw. The TV just is too old, enough for Samsung to dismiss Netflix for 2010 model owner(s). I heard some D-models don't have working Netflix either though they have smarthub.

I was thinking of getting a bluray device, not entirely because of a must to have Netflix but I don't own a bluray player. However I'm puzzled about the quality and prices of the Samsung devices.

[RipaRapa]

I've learned that US Netflix works here in Europe if you use US DNS server. Therefore I might try setting DNS address to 190.58.107.53 or something else closer US. I figure US netflix app should work? At least on PC side this works I have tried (but not with the above server). Once I have more leisure time I will try.

[RipaRapa]

Partial success: >> 289 << with US DNS server ip from playmoTV and now
- HULU plus from US works.
- vudu HD Movies does not work, seems that it checks something else and says "invalid location".
- Netflix still makes the screen black = TV jammed until reboot
- HBO GO already starts then says "is unavailable at this time. Please try again later"
video stops on HULU every now and then. Maybe I should retry we US is at sleep.

[Verplrke]

Same problem here. Did you manage to solve it? I noticed the TV reports 0KB as size of the installed app?

[tomt6100]

I have tried to make netflix work on tv, changing country to US produces same result as installing it from my own server, i managed to change everything so that it at least starts up but it still doesnt want to connect to internet, from what i have seen in wireshark it doesnt even send any packets. As for vudu, it got check for tv model in index.html, if someone got newest netflix and vudu apps that are confirmed to work in US, I could try to make them work in EU models too, I will probably be able to sniff download links from tv, but it would be much easier if someone could post newest one in here, I know you got easier methods