Nearly three years ago we reviewed a service called Unotelly which allowed people outside the United States watch things like Netflix, Hulu and other streaming options and ever since that day my TV habits have changed completely.
It didn’t take long before I cancelled my Premium DSTV subscription and besides the lack of sporting options I have never looked back.
The way it works is really simple, you sign up for a Unotelly account, either a standard account that I use for $3.94 a month or a Gold account with an added VPN option for $4.93 a month. No contracts or long-term commitments – you can just cancel anytime if it doesn’t work for you.
Once you’ve signed up then you update your DNS on your router or device to their DNS settings and you are done. Compatible devices include Smart TV’s and Blu-Ray players, consoles, tablets and dedicated streaming units.
If you are going to then use one of the many streaming services, then Unotelly will fake your location to allow you to watch the streams and if you are going to normal sites like Lazygamer.net then it doesn’t change anything.
Your speed doesn’t change at all and you can watch steaming quite easily with anything that has a 2mb download or higher.
My current internet is a 4mb Sprintnet connection and right this very second I’m watching Netflix stream on my Xbox One while my wife is hiding in the bedroom streaming Hulu and both of us are receiving HD content.
So what are you missing out on if you aren’t doing this? Here’s my current favourites by stream and the costs of the stream. All are being paid using my South African credit card
Netflix – $7.99
Netflix is home to a massive back catalogue of movies and series but it is also now creating some incredible original content and I spend around 40% of my time watching their shows.
And many many more including some truly terrible movies like Zombeavers, Tracers and Mortal Kombat. And some truly fantastic shows like House of Cards, Scandal, Greys Anatomy and Agents of Shield to name but only a few
Hulu – $7.99
Hulu is more well known for brand new content that is often streaming before it even lands on DSTV in South Africa. My current Hulu addiction is being catered for by:
Along with a ton of other shows like Arrow, Wayward Pines, Tyrant and The Flash.
HBO Now – $15
HBO Now is a new entrant into the race and I’m paying them right now so that I could get my Game of Thrones fix which airs 1 day after it is shown in the US. They also have a great back catalogue that I am going through including Rome, Band of Brothers and True Blood
On top of that, you’ll also unlock a world of music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora. Geofencing sucks.
Competition
So while I enjoy rambling on about the shows there was a reason for this post. The guys over at Unotelly know how much we love them and so they got in contact with us to run a competition to give away some One Year Gold subscriptions to their service.
We have 5 of these to give away and the way we are going to do it is pretty straight forward.
We are going to give away 3 in the comments section below and to enter all you need to do is make sure you have a registered disqus username with a valid email and then leave a comment saying what you would like to watch if you won. We’ll pick winners next week after the E3 bedlam has calmed down to a mere panic.
Then we will give one away on our Facebook page so make sure you like that page so you will see when we do it.And lastly the official twitter account will be giving one away so follow on us on twitter as well (@Lazygamernet).
That’s it. And remember if you win you can watch anything on Hulu and Netflix for free as they both give away a free month when signing up so.
Last Updated: June 19, 2015
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:07
Is this better than Torrents? (Not that I download torrents. But in all honesty, I would love to know how many people on this site torrent their series/movies.)
RamblingPenguin
June 19, 2015 at 10:16
Since I started using this method for streaming video content I find no need for torrents 😉 Netflix is very convenient for binge watching and Hulu wil cater for the latest releases. It is actualy more convenient than using torrents and maintaining a local library of stuff you will never watch again on your pc.
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:20
It’s rather annoying creating a list of movies on Netflix and finding out their gone the next month when they add new movies. Like when I wanted to watch the first Avengers before seeing the second.
Allykhat
June 19, 2015 at 10:20
Yeah I’m in the same boat hey. I used to torrent and download a heck of a lot of stuff. Got an Apple TV for my biffday last month and I havnt had to download anything since. Purely been streaming
ElimiNathan
June 19, 2015 at 11:30
Another good option is using Plex with unofficial channels. Let Me Watch This is a good example. They pretty much have everything you can think of on there and its free
Viking Of Science
June 19, 2015 at 10:11
Gimme Unotelly.
kthxbai!
Allykhat
June 19, 2015 at 10:18
Seriously guys…. You want us to list what we want to watch… well for starters, I’m only using Netflix at the moment, moving to Hulu once I’ve caught up on my current series.
So here is a shortened list of which I wish to watch:
Supernatural
Vampire Diaries (for the lady in my life)
Futurama
Family Guy
Daredevil
Orange is the new black
CSI: Miami
I could honestly keep going, but I think this is enough 😛
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:20
I can’t stop watching Futurama atm
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:23
Don’t feel bad about watching Vampire Diaries. 😉
Allykhat
June 19, 2015 at 12:04
I’ve watched an episode or two over the brim of my vita now and then. It really isn’t that bad to be honest. My SO gets pissed when I call out the cliche’s and obvious plot twists though… because its so predictable its scary lol
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:20
MY favourite thing about Netflix is how they don’t actually care people are using VPNs to access content that major studios prefer to be region-blocked. Because price gouging. Whoops, I meant freedom & choice.
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:22
I know right, it’s another $8 in their pocket every month. It doesn’t seem like a lot but I bet if you count all the subscribers that makes use of VPN it might be a nice sum.
Cat
June 19, 2015 at 11:34
I read somewhere that they have about 40% of total subscriptions outside of the Country of the free.
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 11:38
O_o that’s way more than I would have guessed
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:23
SABC must be like “What is this Netflix thing. Is it another DSTV channel?”
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:23
Would love this. If I had proper bandwidth.
Supernatural, NCIS, The Strain, Falling Skies and the list goes on.
eyesuc
June 19, 2015 at 10:24
Been a subscriber to Unotelly for almost 2 years now. Great service! Oh and Lazygamer is cool too
Jonah Cash
June 19, 2015 at 10:24
I would love to watch the last season of Justified… If I am to wait for DSTV, it might only happen in 2017 or something. That show is criminally underrated. I think season 1 and 2 went straight into my top 5 seasons of all time of any show.
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:25
I just started watching it last week, didn’t expect it to be so light-hearted.
Jonah Cash
June 19, 2015 at 10:26
Oh it becomes one hell of a good show. I watched season 1 and 2 more than once… The characters feel real and some of the best bad guy performances ever!
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:44
I was watching Sons of Anarchy before it. I gave up during season 5? when they start dealing with the cartel. I’m quite happy to root for anti-heroes and whatnot, but they’re all just terrible people.
Spathi
June 19, 2015 at 10:25
PLEASE pick me! I’m stuck with SABC 2 currently 🙁
Jonah Cash
June 19, 2015 at 10:25
Holy shit pick him!!! Nobody should be watching that crap!!
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:26
I don’t even have the antenna plugged in.
PS3, 360 and Media PC are the only inputs into my TV
Matthew Holliday
June 19, 2015 at 10:32
PC and PS3 for me.
didnt bother with a media PC, just duplicate screening from my main.
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:33
I like having all the media on one and gaming on proper PC separate.
Plus the network is set up so that I can stream anything from the gaming PC to the TV anyway.
Matthew Holliday
June 19, 2015 at 10:28
is that an STD?
i dont know what an sabc2 is.
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:30
Generally a STD is better than sabc2.
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:30
Yes. Because at least you will have proof you got laid at least once!
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:28
I’d rather participate in the Bataan Death March than watch SABC. You poor poor soul
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:29
I’d rather have my penis mutilated by a rabid Boston Terrier than watch SABC 2
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:30
I’d rather date Snooki for a month than watch SABC for a day.
Brady miaau
June 19, 2015 at 10:31
did you not do that last week?
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:31
rofl
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:32
No. Last week I was falling in love to the Sounds of Gypsy King’s Tu Quieres Volver
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:34
Is that a Croatian STD? 😛
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:35
No. It’s a panty melting song…
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:37
I would have taken you for a commando type of person…
At least now we know.
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:38
#NoLineFriday
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:39
No wonder JJ is so quiet.
Trevor Matrix
June 19, 2015 at 10:42
Where is the Admiral?
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:43
First day back at work… Must be catching up on email.
COBUSNEL
June 19, 2015 at 10:27
This is one great prize to win !! Thumbs up to Lazygamer !!
Aries
June 19, 2015 at 10:28
Well just need to watch Orange is the new black
Matthew Holliday
June 19, 2015 at 10:30
its… different…
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:30
I got bored in Season 2.
Matthew Holliday
June 19, 2015 at 10:31
didnt finish season 1 myself, but have a few friends who put it up there with GoT etc.
Guild
June 19, 2015 at 10:31
I wouldn’t mind trying out this service and seeing what all the fuss is about. Yip, I still have a DSTV premium subscription with the Explora and the newish little internet module you have to buy separately that they released to try and compete with Netflix. Cost about R750 now and I get probably about half the content that everybody gets via Netflix and Hulu. So really would nice to test drive something else and see if it’s worth it. DSTV need just a sports package then we are set.
Busy watching:
iZombie
Messengers
Forever
Scorpion
Grimm
Black List
The following
Stitchers
12 Monkeys
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:32
DSTV wont ever do that because they’d lose a ton of cash.
Guild
June 19, 2015 at 11:01
Ya I know even though people been begging for it
Matthew Holliday
June 19, 2015 at 10:35
gave up on scorpion around ep 15
only my sister watches grimm
didnt bother with izombie
12 monkeys looked terrible
and even dropped the following on the current/latest season, too much of a good thing…
Guild
June 19, 2015 at 11:07
Scorpion I’m on ep 8 so far enjoying it but can be annoying.
I watch most series with my wife, spending time together, Grimm is one of her favorites.
iZombie is another wife favorite.
12 Monkeys got boring towards the middle of the first season but got better and I enjoyed the final few episodes.
The following also got boring then got better again with the intro of the new character so I am enjoying it again.
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 10:38
Oh please no, Stitchers is terrible. I hope you’re only watching it as part of some self-loathing/drinking game mash-up. 😉
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:39
Drinking is no game, it’s a serious professional sport.
Guild
June 19, 2015 at 11:07
When am I not drunk? Only watched the first episode so far. Seems alright. I’ll see if it gets better
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 19, 2015 at 14:17
I liked the main character, she was entertaining, but the rest of it… I could feel my brain cells dying. BUT I at least managed to watch the entire episode, which is more than I can say for Aquarius & Proof.
Aquarius commits the cardinal sin of being BORING & only got half way through the pilot, not even David Duchovny being awesome in it could save it.
And Proof. Oh Proof. I hate Proof. So much. After only 15/20 minutes of watching it. Because it takes itself so seriously when it’s actually so… incredibly… stupid. I get angry just thinking about it.
The “highlight” was when skeptical surgeon trope is summoned by eccentric billionaire trope and he demands she research life after death and after the verbal equivalent of sparring with pool noodles the smartest guy in the world earnestly says that even if her research uncovers nothing, he wants proof of nothing. And there goes another brain cell, I sacrificed it for everyone reading this so you don’t have to experience it yourselves.
Of all the new shows I’ve watched the pilots of so far Dark Matter seems pretty cool, and Mr Robot blew my tiny little mind.
Graeme Selvan
June 19, 2015 at 10:36
My wife watches all her girl shows and it’s messing with my recommended playlists. 🙁
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:36
Mine recommended lists are filled with anime I don’t get round to watching XD
DiegoZicoB
June 19, 2015 at 10:40
Create another profile just for her?
Graeme Selvan
June 19, 2015 at 10:42
Hulu (unless I am wrong) does not have profiles not that I have seen on the consoles
DiegoZicoB
June 19, 2015 at 10:49
Oooooh. Just assumed you were referring to Netflix. That sucks. Would it work if she logs in using another profile on the console itself and then goes into Hulu?
Graeme Selvan
June 19, 2015 at 11:05
Sadly not 🙁 For now I guess the bachelor is going to feature on my recommended lists until they bring in profiles lol
Hammersteyn
June 19, 2015 at 10:37
Started watching Ascension last night on Netflix. Interesting premise so far
HairyEwok
June 19, 2015 at 10:40
What sucks is I’ll still need a TV-license and fast internet speed to watch any of the material.
Guild
June 19, 2015 at 11:09
TV-license? What’s that?
Shan
June 19, 2015 at 10:41
I would definitely watch “The 100”. Amazing mix of sci-fi, survival, and post apocalyptic awesomeness.
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:41
YES. And a very interesting premise.
Ilden Webber
June 19, 2015 at 10:42
I already have a subscription, but a free one would be even better!
hubble19
June 19, 2015 at 10:47
The Strain. Read all the books and I really want to watch the series now. Those vampires don’t glitter, they **** you up.
Lord Chaos
June 19, 2015 at 10:48
Agreed. About time vampires got back to gory fucked up roots.
Johann
June 19, 2015 at 11:00
I would watch EVERYTHING! But seriously, I’ll definitely watch Daredevil.
David Dyason
June 19, 2015 at 11:08
Awesome – anything that can keep the kids busy 🙂
Gerhard Davids
June 19, 2015 at 11:14
For those just getting into Netflix.
Do yourself a favor and watch the Korean films. In general they are brilliant films. Especially the action/thriller genre.
Naudran
June 19, 2015 at 11:23
Would love to do a rewatch of Firefly whenever I want.
Keagan Allan
June 19, 2015 at 11:24
I love Netflix.
Orange is the New Black
X-Files
Futurama
Family Guy
Archer
Are my staples.
I have also enjoyed some of the lesser known films:
Ragnarok
Troll Hunter
For those that really get stuck with what to watch, I suggest:
http://flicksurfer.com/#/
It really helps find what is or isn’t on Netflix’s catalog, which they update constantly!
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June 19, 2015 at 11:27
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ElimiNathan
June 19, 2015 at 11:28
I’ve been a subscriber for about 2 and a half years now.
My household entertainment runs primarily on a Roku 3 using Netflix, Hulu and Plex.
The list of shows I could mention would amount to this post being too long to meet Disqus length requirements 😛
I would love me some free Unotelly
Cat
June 19, 2015 at 11:31
Awesome Stuff guys
konfab
June 19, 2015 at 12:07
House of cards
South Park
eNCA -even though it is a South African channel…
Futurama
Though if win, my perfectly adequate capped account will have to be upgraded to uncapped.
FoxOneZA
June 19, 2015 at 12:10
I’d like to watch re-runs of the Simpsons
xMATTx
June 19, 2015 at 12:25
I’m already on Netflix and loving it but I’m currently using one of Unotelly’s competitors.
If I win then I’ll give Hulu a try.
My wife would love to have recent master chef episodes!
Happy Meal
June 19, 2015 at 12:59
I would love to go through the huge backlog of old series on Netflex Fringe
Raidz19
June 19, 2015 at 13:36
I would start watching iZombie! it looks so intriguing and has gotten really good reviews. And yes, mostly I have to watch it because it contains the word zombie 🙂
QuantumStateMdT
June 19, 2015 at 13:51
The Flash, Arrow, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead. Hmmm, so many to watch 😛
Guava_Eater
June 19, 2015 at 15:17
I’ve been using this to watch netflix for almost 3 years. never looked back. DSTV is about as useful as e-tolls.
aj_nator
June 19, 2015 at 17:59
I’ll start game of thrones purely because I’m tired of not getting the memes that come with each season!
Francois Knoetze
June 22, 2015 at 09:43
This service is awesome. Been with Unotelly for quite a while and couldn’t be happier.Mostly netflix here and Hulu is just bloody riddled with ads that it pisses me off. and CrunchyRoll is my anime fix 🙂
Scienide
June 22, 2015 at 18:38
Well to be honest. If I won , I would watch Game of Thrones.
Yes, yes. I have not watched 1 single episode of it yet, so it would be a great time!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Robert Gilbert-Warsop
June 22, 2015 at 18:41
I would like to win because it means I can watch oitnb over and over again
Kesh1911
June 23, 2015 at 12:38
Spiderman Series, Movies
Marvel & DC Series
Leroy Brown
June 24, 2015 at 10:01
Got to get this to get my fix of Ruby Rose. Yes please