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$50 Media Hub credit for those who ordered prior to 10/31!!!

http://forum.androidcentral.com/sprint-epic-4g/44376-free-50-media-hub-credit-epic-users.html
I confirm that it works.

Mediahub blows. I tried it once and bought a Tosh.O episode and midway through the encoding on the video was jacked up. Picture went unviewable and the player stopped. I was forced to hunt and peck on the timeline to resume after the botched section of the video.
Never touched it again after that. Besides, content is overpriced.
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Thanks OP.

styckx said:
Besides, content is overpriced.
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This simply confirms my theory that you can give every body gold bars and some people will still complain that they didn't get silver or platinum.
I have my code and it's a nice way to get folks to try out the features. Perfect for a plane ride, or better yet, a delay.

Thank you OP. I was a little pissed that I couldn't get my $50 when I heard about this promotion. I don't care if the content is crappy, it should pass by slow nights on IT call.

Good luck with mediahub, folks.
With bittorrent, any price above $0 for broadcast entertainment is overpriced, to me. I get all -- 100% -- of my TV via bittorrent downloads, and virtually always available before anything shows on commercial pay-for-media methods.
Now, with bittorrent clients available for android itself, you can eliminate the step of having to first download to your PC, then transfer to your phone. Just as convenient as MediaHub.
In fact, even more so. Set up an RSS feed from EZTV, PBay, or other torrent aggregators, and you're phone will grab your favorite show as soon as the torrent is available -- again, usually within a few hours of airing.
Finally, with tasker you can set things up to only download when there is a wifi connection, saving you from on-air data charges.
That's how I've got all this set up -- I see no reason to use MediaHub at all.

Was there suppose to be a phonecall or jsut a text message?cause I got some call which I missed from an 866 number >.> was that it?
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Good luck with mediahub, folks.
With bittorrent, any price above $0 for broadcast entertainment is overpriced, to me. I get all -- 100% -- of my TV via bittorrent downloads, and virtually always available before anything shows on commercial pay-for-media methods.
Now, with bittorrent clients available for android itself, you can eliminate the step of having to first download to your PC, then transfer to your phone. Just as convenient as MediaHub.
In fact, even more so. Set up an RSS feed from EZTV, PBay, or other torrent aggregators, and you're phone will grab your favorite show as soon as the torrent is available -- again, usually within a few hours of airing.
Finally, with tasker you can set things up to only download when there is a wifi connection, saving you from on-air data charges.
That's how I've got all this set up -- I see no reason to use MediaHub at all.
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Except what your doing is illegal and should nyo be discussed on this forum?

Ads = profit for companies and payment for actors = incentive for them to make more stuff.
I'll pay for media, though I am not against downloading somethings. But non the less cheap bastards DO ruin industries. "Oh its just me and my $10 bucks, they won't miss it" Eventually with enough people it adds up and they will miss it. Not to mention I personally know people who have had homes raided by FBI over stuff like that.

gTen said:
Was there suppose to be a phonecall or jsut a text message?cause I got some call which I missed from an 866 number >.> was that it?
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No - no calls.
I emailed them my name and phone number (to verify my purchase), they emailed me the code a few days later.

how d idyou get mediahub to work? i cant get it to recognize my zip code

styckx said:
Mediahub blows. I tried it once and bought a Tosh.O episode and midway through the encoding on the video was jacked up. Picture went unviewable and the player stopped. I was forced to hunt and peck on the timeline to resume after the botched section of the video.
Never touched it again after that. Besides, content is overpriced.
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Agree content is absurdly overpriced, still I sold two of my free $50 codes for $20 a piece, $40 in my pocket for 5 minutes work.

dwallersv said:
Good luck with mediahub, folks.
With bittorrent, any price above $0 for broadcast entertainment is overpriced, to me. I get all -- 100% -- of my TV via bittorrent downloads, and virtually always available before anything shows on commercial pay-for-media methods.
Now, with bittorrent clients available for android itself, you can eliminate the step of having to first download to your PC, then transfer to your phone. Just as convenient as MediaHub.
In fact, even more so. Set up an RSS feed from EZTV, PBay, or other torrent aggregators, and you're phone will grab your favorite show as soon as the torrent is available -- again, usually within a few hours of airing.
Finally, with tasker you can set things up to only download when there is a wifi connection, saving you from on-air data charges.
That's how I've got all this set up -- I see no reason to use MediaHub at all.
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whoa this guy is so cool he is a rebel!!!!!111

So did anyone get this to work who bought an epic before oct 31? I bought 3 epics in october and this would be awesome.

cnuckols1 said:
So did anyone get this to work who bought an epic before oct 31? I bought 3 epics in october and this would be awesome.
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I bought mine launch day and it worked for me, got my code in email today.
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AndrewZorn said:
whoa this guy is so cool he is a rebel!!!!!111
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You bet, Homer!

gTen said:
Except what your doing is illegal and should nyo(sic) be discussed on this forum?
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Ill have you know sir, that downloading TV shows online, through whatever medium, is not considered illegal filesharing. A judge ruled that sharing TV shows over the internet is the same as giving someone a VHS tape back in the day. It is not illegal and can be distributed anyway the people who record it please. Be it hard mediums or digital. Now, if one were to say download a DVD copy, THAT would be copyright infringement, but we are talking about downloading 0 day shows from EZTV - which is perfectly well within your right to do.

Xaeonis said:
Ill have you know sir, that downloading TV shows online, through whatever medium, is not considered illegal filesharing. A judge ruled that sharing TV shows over the internet is the same as giving someone a VHS tape back in the day. It is not illegal and can be distributed anyway the people who record it please. Be it hard mediums or digital. Now, if one were to say download a DVD copy, THAT would be copyright infringement, but we are talking about downloading 0 day shows from EZTV - which is perfectly well within your right to do.
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Can you provide us with the source for the ruling? I have followed this issue for a long time but never heard of such ruling.
How about uploading TV shows, which is what torrent does? Isn't it illegal to upload files, if you don't have copyrights?

Xaeonis said:
Ill have you know sir, that downloading TV shows online, through whatever medium, is not considered illegal filesharing. A judge ruled that sharing TV shows over the internet is the same as giving someone a VHS tape back in the day. It is not illegal and can be distributed anyway the people who record it please. Be it hard mediums or digital. Now, if one were to say download a DVD copy, THAT would be copyright infringement, but we are talking about downloading 0 day shows from EZTV - which is perfectly well within your right to do.
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In this case he was talking about movies..which is 100% illegal..
That said I'd like to hear your source..only place I heard similar to what you said was ruled in Canada..not the USA..can you link to it?

gTen said:
In this case he was talking about movies..which is 100% illegal..
That said I'd like to hear your source..only place I heard similar to what you said was ruled in Canada..not the USA..can you link to it?
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I would also like to know

cnuckols1 said:
So did anyone get this to work who bought an epic before oct 31? I bought 3 epics in october and this would be awesome.
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I got my three on launch day, no problems getting 3 credits.

PlayOn Streams Netflix, Hulu to Android

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/PlayON-Netflix-Hulu-Plus-Froyo-video-streaming,news-10188.html
thats right !

Cool dude, thanks for the heads up. Its a little pricey but I'm checking out the free trial now. This will work until Netflix gets their **** together and releases an app.

I'm not diggin the way this program operates, seems a bit convaluted. Patiently awaiting the arrival of a Netflix app

TJBunch1228 said:
Cool dude, thanks for the heads up. Its a little pricey but I'm checking out the free trial now. This will work until Netflix gets their **** together and releases an app.
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Unfortunately netflix app won't work due to hardware limitations of the snapdragon. But newer snap dragon processors will work. This app makes it possible for us unless Qualcomm is lieing about the hardware limitation.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/qualcomm-promises-netflix-streaming-support-on-future-android-d/

DaSmittyman said:
Unfortunately netflix app won't work due to hardware limitations of the snapdragon. But newer snap dragon processors will work. This app makes it possible for us unless Qualcomm is lieing about the hardware limitation.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/qualcomm-promises-netflix-streaming-support-on-future-android-d/
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Well that takes some wind out of my sails..

What about non snapdragon based system on chips?
I am fascinated and captivated by the vibrant screen on my epic galaxy s.

Just flashed bionix-v today on my vibrant. I was using bionix fusion 1.2 before and that was great, but so far this rom is amazing and has FROYO!!!
I recently cancelled my cable tv and have replaced it with Netflix and PlayOn. What's even better is that PlayOn streams Netflix, Hulu, my Amazon VOD, and all the other great channels and plugins right to my phone now from anywhere!
I didn't buy PlayOn right away because of the price, but signed up for their newsletter and jumped on a deal for 1 free month and $20 for the first year and then just $20 every year after that.
Can you tell i'm just a little excited?

Unimpressed. All this does is stream from those websites to your PC which then streams to your phone. Yawn. I can already do this with RDP/PC and access all websites that can stream to my PC.
Would be great if it streamed direct to phone via WIFI/3G.

BALivindream said:
Just flashed bionix-v today on my vibrant. I was using bionix fusion 1.2 before and that was great, but so far this rom is amazing and has FROYO!!!
I recently cancelled my cable tv and have replaced it with Netflix and PlayOn. What's even better is that PlayOn streams Netflix, Hulu, my Amazon VOD, and all the other great channels and plugins right to my phone now from anywhere!
I didn't buy PlayOn right away because of the price, but signed up for their newsletter and jumped on a deal for 1 free month and $20 for the first year and then just $20 every year after that.
Can you tell i'm just a little excited?
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Watch out for the data throttle cap... it'll get ya doin that and you'll be back on edge service at 56k in no time and NOTHING will load

jrathbun27 said:
Watch out for the data throttle cap... it'll get ya doin that and you'll be back on edge service at 56k in no time and NOTHING will load
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Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't up to date on the data cap. Can't wait until cell phone companies and ISPs merge to meet the demands that will inevitably be plaguing them so that they can better fulfill the needs of their media hungry customers.

tried to watch a rented movie...

actually tried to download it for offline viewing. would not complete - error fetching license or something. Completed a form asking for a refund - and this is the response.
"Sorry you encountered this error on your first attempt to view an Android
Market movie. This error occurs if you attempt to play a movie on a rooted
device. Rooted devices are currently unsupported due to security reasons.
I've gone ahead and refunded you for your purchase. Thanks."

I'll answer you, but there are literally 3 threads on this.
If you are rooted, it ruins the DRM encryption and won't play the movie. There is not a work around ATM.

i still cant see paying 1.99 when i can pay 99 cents at redbox... i wish netflix would become available for the xoom... pLEASE

BiGMERF said:
i still cant see paying 1.99 when i can pay 99 cents at redbox... i wish netflix would become available for the xoom... pLEASE
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conservatively:
Current avg for gas: $3.98/gal
Your car's MPG: 24mpg
Distance to Redbox: 3mi (6mi roundtrip)
Gas burnt: .25 gal
Gas cost: $0.96
Consider wear and tear on the vehicle as well (tires, oil, engine, etc), I'm pretty sure it'd rise well above the $1 you are spending to have it.
Not to mention the convenience of having it instantly. I understand the quality may be lower, you may rather watch it on the big screen instead of the Xoom, etc. But as far as price goes... you aren't paying $1 more overall.
That being said - I'm with you. I'd kill to have the Netflix app working on my Xoom.

i got my 3.1 update but no damm movie tab.. I erased the cache but dont see it.. im stock, no root ever.

BiGMERF said:
i got my 3.1 update but no damm movie tab.. I erased the cache but dont see it.. im stock, no root ever.
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May not be available on Wifi Xooms

Kcarpenter said:
May not be available on Wifi Xooms
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Is that what it is? I can't see it on my Wifi Xoom either. Lame.

I see it fine :O)

yep. Google confirmed it's not available on the wifi Xoom. We will getting it in a few weeks. It will also be available for other devices. Wonder if Google had some kind of agreement with Verizon? Don't see why it wouldn't work on the wifi Xoom.

Solution to 'no movie rentals for root users' problem

I was just thinking about the whole movie rental thing not being available to root users because they are lumping us all in with thieves. How's this for a solution?
Instead of making it where we can't rent movies, can't they just make it where we aren't able to download them to the device (in other words, no pinning.) and only make them streamable? I would be happy with that. I mean, it would suck for flights and stuff where you don't have a connection, but It'd be better than the solution that they've currently got going.
Thoughts?

screw that they get no money
the movie industry can continue to screw themselves over

Yeah I dont understand... it just gives people a REASON to Pirate movies.
"oh I cant rent this movie on my tablet? Fine then I'll just hit up a torrent site"

Expecting the media copyright holders to be reasonable might be a bit naive
Google has to go along with whatever crazy **** they demand to license their content.

I have no problem whatsoever paying for a rental. I pay for netflix, hulu and frequently comcast on-demand stuff already. If I want to watch a movie on my tablet though, and the easiest thing to do is hit up usenet, then so be it. It usually downloads faster that way anyway.
If they want my money, they just have to make it convenient or at the very least not annoying...

Botero said:
I have no problem whatsoever paying for a rental. I pay for netflix, hulu and frequently comcast on-demand stuff already. If I want to watch a movie on my tablet though, and the easiest thing to do is hit up usenet, then so be it. It usually downloads faster that way anyway.
If they want my money, they just have to make it convenient or at the very least not annoying...
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My sentiment exactly!

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Yeah I dont understand... it just gives people a REASON to Pirate movies.
"oh I cant rent this movie on my tablet? Fine then I'll just hit up a torrent site"
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Amen, brother.

Has anyone tried Amazon's video service? Not sure if it works on the Xoom / if it uses a special player.
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On another thread someone said that rooted Xooms could rent Google movies, just rent them through the web-based market. I haven't tried it yet.

web market works
Web market works for movie rentals through the native browser, helps to be logged into YouTube with the purchasing account through the browser as well. Also u have to set the quality lower if u didn't purchase the HD version. Works fine on my rooted 3.1 xoom. I have the hulu 10.3 and I believe the root 3.1 included the ua-string. I get errors trying to watch it through the native video app and I can't figure out how to open it in the native YouTube app, but full screen works fine through the browser streaming.
Same applies to watching it through browser on any computer too, we should get more then a day to watch it through...

Just purchase mega viewer pro... problem solved lol
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bored369 said:
Web market works for movie rentals through the native browser, helps to be logged into YouTube with the purchasing account through the browser as well. Also u have to set the quality lower if u didn't purchase the HD version. Works fine on my rooted 3.1 xoom. I have the hulu 10.3 and I believe the root 3.1 included the ua-string. I get errors trying to watch it through the native video app and I can't figure out how to open it in the native YouTube app, but full screen works fine through the browser streaming.
Same applies to watching it through browser on any computer too, we should get more then a day to watch it through...
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Does it allowed to be downloaded/pinned? I'd like to find a solution for watching offline as I travel often.

All this is going to do is make people want to pirate movies. If it isn't easy to just purchase the movie than people are just going to go through other routes to get it on their device.
They are targeting root users, root users are the ones that know how to get stuff on the device without having to go through the market. In my opinion they will for sure lose more money by doing this.

Only reason I would prefer ipad over transformer - NETFLIX!!

There is no NetFlix for Canadians in marketplace but it's so easily available on AppStore. Why? Oh Canada!!
Update: I was wrong....i now love my Transformer more then the ipad!! Thanks laslow.

Uh...check again. Netflix is available in Canada. I'm using it on my Transformer, with my Canadian Netflix account....
[Edit] It's also my my Nexus S. Definitely available in Canada.

laslow said:
Uh...check again. Netflix is available in Canada. I'm using it on my Transformer, with my Canadian Netflix account....
[Edit] It's also my my Nexus S. Definitely available in Canada.
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Are you sure? I cannot even see the Netflix app on my marketplace....also people are discussing on anther forum about it.
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-apps/5533-oh-canada-netflix-tf.html
did you download from Marketplace? Did you use VPN by any change?

Nope. I opened the market and installed it. No tricks, no VPNs, no market enabler - nothing. Worked on both Stock and Prime ROMs. Same with my phone, and, come to think of it, my wife's Nexus One.

I'll give it another try tonight.....thanks.

I just looked at that thread - it's pretty old (newest replies are from September, when it wasn't officially available).
Here's the official announcement: http://blog.netflix.com/2011/10/expanded-android-support-now-available.html (note that it's from October).

...so you can rest assured that you'll be able to watch all twelve of Netflix's straight-to-video "Watch Instantly" releases on your Transformer. ;-)

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...so you can rest assured that you'll be able to watch all twelve of Netflix's straight-to-video "Watch Instantly" releases on your Transformer. ;-)
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I agree that the movie selection sucks, but if you want to stream television shows Netflix is pretty sweet.

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...so you can rest assured that you'll be able to watch all twelve of Netflix's straight-to-video "Watch Instantly" releases on your Transformer. ;-)
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They have Top Gear. That's all that matters to me!

philburkhardt said:
I agree that the movie selection sucks, but if you want to stream television shows Netflix is pretty sweet.
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Yeah, it was OK. I just couldn't justify the cost, when the TV stuff is so easy to see rerun on cable over and over, all day long. It's a shame, but once they doubled my price I cancelled Watch Instantly and went back to DVD-only.
It's hence rather annoying that, having removed the Netflix app (which helpfully doesn't let you manage your DVD queue), it's been forced back on me by the latest firmware when I don't have (and will never have) any use for it.
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They have Top Gear. That's all that matters to me!
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So does UKNova. ;-)

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I agree that the movie selection sucks, but if you want to stream television shows Netflix is pretty sweet.
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Agreed. It's all the old backlog of TV shows I've missed that keep me on Netflix. Once I get caught up on those, I might quit the service completely.

wynand32 said:
Agreed. It's all the old backlog of TV shows I've missed that keep me on Netflix. Once I get caught up on those, I might quit the service completely.
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It's going to get significantly worse, as well. Netflix lost their Starz deal, which means they'll be removing ~1,000 of their best movies from Watch Instantly as of early 2012.
The money they *were* paying for the Starz content (~$30 million per year for all ~1,000 movies together), they will instead be spending on Dreamworks content from 2013, priced at $30 million per year, PER MOVIE.
In other words, Netflix dropped 1,000 Sony and Disney movies through Starz, and used the same amount of money to pay for one single Dreamworks movie. And they'll be getting a grand total of three Dreamworks movies in 2013 -- which means they still need to find another $60 million worth of existing content that they can drop, to pay for the other two Dreamworks flicks.
Watch Instantly is rapidly spiraling down into a vortex of suck.

I'm confused. Wasn't Netflix available on the iPhone/iPad first?
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Yup. OP says iPad>Transformer
Transformer has Netflix. Netflix on mobiles isn't that old. It was first released on Apple Products then slowly released to Android. Whats the big deal? We could watch Netflix even before it was "officially" supported.

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I'm confused. Wasn't Netflix available on the iPhone/iPad first?
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Yup. OP says iPad>Transformer
Transformer has Netflix. Netflix on mobiles isn't that old. It was first released on Apple Products then slowly released to Android. Whats the big deal? We could watch Netflix even before it was "officially" supported.
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Yup, we could side load it pretty early on, ever since I have had my TF at least about 3 months. Im waiting for an official hulu+.
I bought most my employees ipad2s a few months back and fired one about a month ago so I had some time to play with a rooted ipad2. I must say that I was not impressed, I loved my TF more in just about every aspect. The only place the ipad was better was in battery life, but it also took 4 times as long to charge compared to my TF. Plus the TF paired with the dock leaves the ipad2 in the dust. I ended up giving the ipad2 to my church lol.
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Yup, we could side load it pretty early on, ever since I have had my TF at least about 3 months. Im waiting for an official hulu+.
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Not to mention that the recent tablet-specific UI update from Netflix came out on Android tablets first and it hasn't come out for iPads as of yet.
As for Hulu+, have you tried side-loading their app from a phone yet? I "harvested" the apk from my Glacier and installed it on my TF, and Hulu+ runs just fine on it. You just can't have any of the ad blockers running or your HOSTS file blocking anything.