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    Default Registered my my US Roku with aussie credit card

    Hi I unlinked my second Roku from my primary Roku US account and factory reset my Roku
    Set time zone to Europe - United Kingdom.
    Searched for Roku UK on google signed up a roku uk account said I was located in UK
    linked the reset Roku Player to UK Roku account
    billing method selected was to my Australian address with Australian credit card
    it was accepted and it loaded Netflix Vudu and Hulu Plus apps all working.
    Bought the "netflix browser search" app in roku channel Paid Apps store.
    Didn't get iplayer app though.
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    Can you get iplayer though? I have a US Roku.

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    No iplayer is definitely not possible on US Roku because it's different firmware from UK Roku. I bought a UK Roku to try out not delivered yet to see if iplayer works outside UK
    You need a UK VPN to signup to a UK Roku account roku.com/uk otherwise it'll fail to create a UK account and create a US account instead.
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    What are my other options of viewing bbc iplayer besides roku UK?
    Ipad?apple tv 3? xbox 360?

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    A $129 smart 3d Bluray Samsung player without wifi or $169 with wifi from Harvey Norman internet settings set to UK and UnoDNS works but not with Unblockus (which won't work with Samsung) or a Boxee works too.
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    Thanks. Does it work with xbox 360?

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    I don't think iplayer is supported on xbox 360 outside UK atleast with unblockus but possibly Unotelly might work you'd have to create a UK xbox gamertag
    try creating hotmail account and tell it your in the UK then login to xbox with it after setting up a trial for unotelly in router or dns settings of xbox.
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    Okay I tested and got Xbox 360 to work with iplayer on Unodns the main hurdle is that you need a UK VPN connected to your Xbox before microsoft will let download the iplayer app. After you create a Xbox Live UK gamertag account is you need a UK VPN shared over a second LAN card from your PC and connect your Xbox to the second LAN card I used BoxVPN as a UK VPN is included in BoxVPN's cheap package. Once iplayer is downloaded you can connect xbox back to Unodns and login to your aussie gamertag account to watch shows on iplayer on Xbox 360.

    Important to do Internet Connection Sharing called ICS on your computer most likely the third party software firewall will prevent ICS working disable the firewall or for Zonealarm set it to
    medium protection though Zonealarm can screw up your internet connected devices like my Ultraplus 900HD Internettv+ wouldn't work at all after I installed Zonealarm so I uninstalled
    it and went back to windows firewall for ICS
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    great work mate & thanks for sharing....
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    Thanks for the info pheggie. Is iplayer on xbox 360 worth persuing? is it as good as say on the PC ?

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    iplayer on xbox 360 is as good as on PC might buffer at peak times though.

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    ok thanks.

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