[xiaofan]

imacbie wrote:

QQmusic premium (开通绿钻) i mean..
12 mths: 180 Chinese Yuan equals 35.98 Singapore Dollar
...
*note, i am on myrepublic fibre

Interesting to know QQ Music VIP works in Singapore without VPN.

I am using the free XiaMi Music 虾米音乐, not bad, can download quite some music too under both iOS and Android. Not paid for their VIP so I do not know if it really works or not but I think it should work too without VPN.

For Tencent Video腾讯视频, I think you need VPN.

For rooted Android TV box, I have used the app China Tunnel which seems to work in bypassing Geo blocking of some of the apps including Tencent Video腾讯视频.

On iPhone and Android TV boxes, free/paid VPN like Transocks穿梭and SpeedIn快帆 can be used as well. I have only tried a bit only — no time to watch so much videos, YouTube is actually good enough. And there are many apps to get access to Chinese Live TV or dramas, under iOS and Android, without VPN.

[badsector]

kira.yiktah wrote:

Bro are you able to get US Netflix streaming at 4K? Anyone able to do so with MyRepublic? Please teach.

i do not have netflix.
only watching 4k youtube video. becoz i work in china.

xiaofan mentioned chinatunnel. it's pretty good.
u can try the paid version call chinatunnel VPN.
it uses proxy. so you do not need to switch server when watching netflix and chinese video concurrently.

https://github.com/yanggis/ChinaTunnel

[badsector]

Charlie_Zhan wrote:

I'm using Asus ac86u running on Merlin WRT's OpenVPN client and have no issues hitting 200mbps up and down stream consistently.. so Netflix and YouTube 4k with 0 dropped frames is not an issue.

tats great. you have a good vpn provider and much better router.
i'm still using Asus N66 with 100mbps plan. haha

[batniss]

Charlie_Zhan wrote:

you need to manage your expectations when using a VPN..

Sent from Samsung SM-G965F using GAGT

Simi sai. Dont come talk bull if you never read properly bro.

[nats7798]

hotyrole wrote:

trying to see which VPN give good Black Friday deals

keep watch and post here !!!

Pls share....

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[xiaofan]

nats7798 wrote:

Pls share....

Google finds this but not sure if valid in Singapore or not.
https://www.vpnranks.com/black-friday-vpn-deals/

[-Synchronicity-]

Why not valid? Most VPN are paid in USD anyway

[xiaofan]

-Synchronicity- wrote:

Why not valid? Most VPN are paid in USD anyway

Because I do not know mah, never has the need to pay for a VPN anyway, not into western entertainment at all — first thing for my Android TV box is to delete the apps like Netflix, Mobdro or things like that and reset Kodi if the vendor already puts some stuff there.

[kira.yiktah]

Charlie_Zhan wrote:

I'm using Asus ac86u running on Merlin WRT's OpenVPN client and have no issues hitting 200mbps up and down stream consistently.. so Netflix and YouTube 4k with 0 dropped frames is not an issue.


I suggest you to contact expressvpn tech support with your debug log for them to assess. ac5300 have crypto hardware acceleration that is on par with my ac86u so 7mbps is really abit too low.. unless that's really what expressvpn is providing..

I previously also tried expressvpn but requested for refund within the refund period because the speed was much slower than PIA..

Sent from Samsung SM-G965F using GAGT

@Charlie_Zhan bro, which VPN are you using? Connected to which server? Is there a free trial? 200 up 200 down is good. That's fantastic. I want that life...

[Charlie_Zhan]

kira.yiktah wrote:

@Charlie_Zhan bro, which VPN are you using? Connected to which server? Is there a free trial? 200 up 200 down is good. That's fantastic. I want that life...

I've been using paid PIA for the past 2 years.. usually connected to SG server since it's set up on the router and is used more for ip masking and privacy purposes and i seldom use it for geoblocking.. if torrenting, I just use their desktop client on the torrenting PC and usually connect to their Canada or Germany servers so that there will be a port number given for me to open on my side.

you can refer to the screenshots below for my wireless speed on their SG server and US Silicon Valley server.. if you are looking for a VPN to unblock geoblocking for Netflix, this VPN is not for you.. it will be detected by Netflix..

SG Server



US - Silicone Valley Server



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[kira.yiktah]

So PIA doesn't work for unblocking Netflix's geoblocker. Darn. Anyone else able to stream US Netflix in 4K?

[xiaofan]

kira.yiktah wrote:

So PIA doesn't work for unblocking Netflix's geoblocker. Darn. Anyone else able to stream US Netflix in 4K?

I do not use Netflix myself but there is a thread here.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/h...n-5760776.html

Looks like not sure working solution — smart DNS and VPN may work for some but may not work for others — which means local ISP providers may play a part here.

[xiaofan]

xiaofan wrote:

I do not use Netflix myself but there is a thread here.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/h...n-5760776.html

Looks like not sure working solution — smart DNS and VPN may work for some but may not work for others — which means local ISP providers may play a part here.

Edit: wrong link
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/0...uild-your-own/

Edit: correct link, which proves a few VPN recommendations for Netflix VPNs with some disclaimer as following.
https://www.cloudwards.net/how-to-be...tflix-vpn-ban/

“Since losing money goes against the core principle of any business, Netfli id=x found itself under a considerable amount of pressure to prevent people from using a VPN, without just seeming to do so. In reply, the service set up what’s possibly the best VPN detection system outside of the People’s Republic of China to catch perpetrators.”

“Which brings us to a last point: in this cat-and-mouse game between Netflix and VPNs there are no guarantees. One day a server will work perfectly, the next you’re out of luck and you get a Netflix proxy error. All that helps is switching servers and praying that your old one will be back up sooner rather than later.”

I believe the only more likely to work longer solution is to have your own VPN — VPS on AWS or Google Cloud or other service providers.

Ref: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/0...uild-your-own/

I watched quite a bit of Chinese YouTubers who built VPS to bypass the Great Wall firewall in China. If the solution works for Great Wall, then I think it should work for Netflix.

The issue is whether it is worth the money or efforts to chase for the elusive 4k.

[-Synchronicity-]

xiaofan wrote:

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/0...uild-your-own/

“Since losing money goes against the core principle of any business, Netfli id=x found itself under a considerable amount of pressure to prevent people from using a VPN, without just seeming to do so. In reply, the service set up what’s possibly the best VPN detection system outside of the People’s Republic of China to catch perpetrators.”

“Which brings us to a last point: in this cat-and-mouse game between Netflix and VPNs there are no guarantees. One day a server will work perfectly, the next you’re out of luck and you get a Netflix proxy error. All that helps is switching servers and praying that your old one will be back up sooner rather than later.”

I believe the only more likely to work longer solution is to have your own VPN — VPS on AWS or Google Cloud or other service providers.

Ref: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/0...uild-your-own/

I watched quite a bit of Chinese YouTubers who built VPS to bypass the Great Wall firewall in China. If the solution works for Great Wall, then I think it should work for Netflix.

The issue is whether it is worth the money or efforts to chase for the elusive 4k.

Tried aws no go. Netflix blocked the whole range of ips from aws. I believe it's the same for most cloud providers.

Though to be fair I tried this back in 2017 when Netflix was really aggressive with this VPN crap.

Feel free to try your luck though as things might have changed now.

I gave up which is why I went for ivacy. At least I can VPN in and watch Netflix on the go.

[imacbie]

xiaofan wrote:

The issue is whether it is worth the money or efforts to chase for the elusive 4k.

one of the many reason pple would rather pirate than go thru all these ****.
they wanna throw money at the providers.. but.. the providers dun want the money.. lol