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Tiana Dubree

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Aug 2, 2024, 10:52:50 AM8/2/24

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I just received a new Apple TV 64G as a gift. I want to use my new Apple TV and my iPhone 5s while in my RV to stream Netflix (without any WIFI). However, I am one of those individuals who is still grandfathered into unlimited data through ATT, and therefore using my phone as a hotspot is disabled by ATT (so using my phone as a hotspot is not an option). I have been searching the Internet, and have not seen anything promising... Before I actually open the Apple TV package (keeping my option of returning the gift), I am trying to determine if there is any confirmed solution to the "streaming with no wifi/no hotspot" problem? This was my reason wanting the Apple TV.

I am hoping for a resolution that will allow me to use just the Apple TV and my iPhome 5s, however, I have seen suggestions about using a router to simulate a WIFI that is connected to nothing.... Is this a workable solution? Thank you.

I travel in my camper and have unlimited data also and I use my iPhone/iPad to stream and just connect with a dongle direct to the TV - about a 20 foot cable I can sit almost anywhere in the camper and control the screen. Unfortunately the ATV has been designed and marketed as a streaming device I don't think we'll see the ATV work without a network connection...

The Apple TV 4 is very much built around the internet, it needs an internet connection every time it is turned on (although it may in cases be subsequently turned off). It would be extremely difficult to use it in your situation, if indeed you were able to use it at all. I wouldn't take the idea any further if I were you.

I have the ATT grandfathered plan as well and the 64GB ATV4, an Airport Express and an iPhone6S and was going to try and make your idea work to see if it would. It sounded great until I thought about it more. I believe the flaw is the idea that you could set up a network, connect the iPhone, ATV4 and AirPlay Netflix to the ATV. Once you direct the iPhone to connect to the WiFi, it looses its cellular data connection and does not bridge one network to the other.

I do not think it is a technical problem for Apple, it's more of an emotional one. If they did, they would have some angry carriers and cable companies. The carrier would not get the hotspot fee and many cable carriers would loose the business. The customers would love it!

I think Protodd has the cheapest solution and in a trailer or rv the cable should fill your requirements to watch Netflix on the big screen. I bet it will be alot more reliable and easier to maintain and the best part is you use unlimited data and it does not cost you a penny more.

I'll have to look into the dongle/hdmi cable option... I honestly was not aware that this was an option... So, you are saying that with the dongle, I can see on the TV exactly what is on my phone screen? Apparently I have been WAY over-thinking this.

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Looking for a VPN app for my iPad, so that I can watch Netflix or other US streaming apps in Europe. Any real world experience and recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
Don't need flames or moral judgments about why I want to watch Netflix (or any other streaming app) while in Europe. I am going to be there for 6 weeks and I be won't visiting tourist sites in the late night and would like to catch up on my shows.

Alternatively, can you just download before leaving US? It saves on streaming speeds, and (possibly) eating up someone else's monthly wifi allotment. (When staying in a short let apartment, this used to be a problem).

I had Hulu and Netflix on my phone and tablet if I had internet access I could watch both of them in France, Austria and Germany. I also downloaded a few shows so I could watch off line. Like you said sometimes in the evening before going to sleep you might like to watch a something.

I have my own VPN setup at home. (It's fairly easy if you are a techie.) Consider asking someone to set up a home VPN for you before you leave. If you have to pay someone to do it, at least you won't have to pay for the VPN, and you will not have to rely on a third party for VPN support. Some home routers already support a VPN. If not, a spare router that supports VPN can be set up with VPN and can be added to your home network. Again, I assume the average person is not tech savvy enough to do this so that you'd need to have someone set it up for you. It wouldn't be worth paying $500 to have it set up, but it might be worth $100 - or buy dinner for a tech savvy friend who does it for you.

Me too. I am currently in Spain and watching Netflix on my iPad most nights. My threshold for dubbed episodes of Bonanza, CSI, Rizzoli and Isles and Crossing Jordan is pretty low and the only English language options are CNN and BBC Global.

I watch a lot of travel vloggers and they all pitch Surfshark (obviously because they are paid to do so). Each vlogger also offers a discount code. Try finding one at Paul Lucas Winging It, for example.

Notwithstanding Netflix's machinations over password sharing, a VPN is not going to be necessary to stream Netflix in Europe. The VPN will certainly allow you to get the US Netflix catalog and your saved list uninterrupted. Plus there are US only streaming services that a VPN would work for.

But the problem with streaming in the US is that the market is structured to the point that every little production house believes their catalog is worth being paid for through their own streaming service and are stingy with licensing in the US. It truly becomes a matter of quantity over quality. The US Netflix catalog just blows. On the other hand the European Netflix catalog is superior with content not licensed to Netflix in the US, is licensed to Netflix in Europe.