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Old 04-04-2014, 08:11
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You can now switch off the forced subtitles on regions like Mexico and Brazil which are often on more recent films. Underneath the region picker there is a switch which says captions on or off. Move it across to switch them off. Apparently works on yellow colour subtitles only.

However there seems to be a software bug. I went to Brazil and tried to play The Butler. With captions on it plays but with forced subtitles. Switch captions off and it plays for about five seconds then displays error loading content. But it clearly had no subs while it was playing. I tried The Call as well and same problem. This is on Apple tv. Anyone else tried this feature and having the same problem. Not sure if you switch captions off before switching to the region or after.
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Old 04-04-2014, 09:46
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You have to re launch netflix once you choose
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Old 04-04-2014, 20:17
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Can anyone confirm that this works? On a ps3 and wdtv?

Might have to cancel overplay and move back to unblock us
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Old 04-04-2014, 20:39
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It works fine.

I had to start the film, switch them off and restart the film - but they had gone.
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Old 04-04-2014, 20:41
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Have tested it on my wii and it is working on all regions
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Old 04-04-2014, 21:59
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Can anyone confirm that this works? On a ps3 and wdtv?

Might have to cancel overplay and move back to unblock us

Yeah it seems for the time being at least that Unblock-Us is the way to go, someone over at AVForums posted this just a moment a go.
I asked Overplay if they were going to implement the same thing. This was their reply...
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Hello,

It's possible to accomplish, but it's not something we will be able to do in the near future."
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Old 04-04-2014, 23:13
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Yeah it seems for the time being at least that Unblock-Us is the way to go, someone over at AVForums posted this just a moment a go.
Thanks. Moving back to unlock us!
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Old 05-04-2014, 00:28
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Since the chnage I haven't been able to use Netflix in Latin American countries (haven't tried other non-English versions yet) on my iPad. Just says Title can't Play.

Strangely enough if I click the chromecast button and then play it works fine on my chromcast its just directly playing it from the ipad app to the ipad
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Old 05-04-2014, 01:32
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You can do this with Adfreetime as well which also happens to be cheaper than Unblock US.
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Old 05-04-2014, 09:29
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It works fine.

I had to start the film, switch them off and restart the film - but they had gone.
Just tried this and still it logs straight out with the error loading content message. I have E mailed Unblock who are trying to resolve the problem but they have also sent me this message:-

We have identified an issue with the caption blocker, we are currently looking into it and hope to have it sorted as soon as possible.

We have tested, and it is important to note that the caption blocker is still working despite the website itself indicating otherwise.

So it looks like there is a general problem that needs sorting.
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Old 05-04-2014, 12:13
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You can do this with Adfreetime as well which also happens to be cheaper than Unblock US.
Wow that's cheap. Never heard of them... Might need to do a trial to see if it's any good
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Old 05-04-2014, 13:08
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Wow that's cheap. Never heard of them... Might need to do a trial to see if it's any good
I don't think they have an option for a trial anymore but it's always worked well for me. Excellent value for £1.25.
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Old 05-04-2014, 14:11
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I don't think they have an option for a trial anymore but it's always worked well for me. Excellent value for £1.25.
Signed up and working well so far! Thanks for the info
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Old 10-04-2014, 09:32
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You can do this with Adfreetime as well which also happens to be cheaper than Unblock US.
Decided to give Adfreetime a try. set it up and seems to work perfectly. just cancelled Unblock. There is even an app for this as well to change regions. Oddly it does not seem to like the uk region and keeps saying unavailable. but I have the UK service only on my tv and only have adfreetime on Apple tv. Only really use USA and Canada and both load fine. Also tried the caption unlock on Brazil and that was fine too. And at currrent conversion rate its just £1.20 per month. And it blocks ads too. But presumably has to be set up on your pc to do this. Anyway thanks for the tip.
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Old 10-04-2014, 10:17
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^^ What Ads, Netflix doesn't have any.
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Old 23-04-2014, 11:48
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Apparently the new Roku 5.4 firmware is causing bother with the unblockus / netflix region switcher! .... Click here & follow the instructions! .... It's easy 2 fix took me about 60 seconds via my netgear router!
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