Netflix, Hulu and similar other websites are the best way to legally watch movies and TV series. There is only one problem with such services. Mostly they are not available outside America. Earlier I had showed you how to watch Netflix, Hulu outside USA in Ubuntu. In this article I’ll show you how to watch Netflix, Hulu outside USA on PS3.

There are some prerequisites for this tutorial but you can always get them if you don’t have them already:

• You need to download and install Hulu or Netflix. For this to be possible, your account needs to be linked to USA. If your existing account is in your native country, it is advised to create a separate account in Play Station USA.
• You need to change the network settings of your PS3. For this to be possible, you need to know the IP address of your PS3 (you can see it in the network settings), and the IP address of your router. Usually the IP address of the router should be 192.168.1.1.

Once you have these two requirements, lets see how can you use Neflix, Hulu outside the US in PS3.

Watch Netflix outside USA on PS3:

To keep the article confined, short and readable, I am not including the pictures for each and every step. I assume that since you are willing to do this, you are advanced enough to follow the instruction in text mode. I have written the tutorial for wireless network but similar steps can be used for wired network as well.

Step 1: Change DNS in PS3

The main trick here is to change the DNS settings to make Netflix server believe that your IP is actually in America. We’ll be using the DNS from Tunlr here to watch Netflix outside USA on PS3.

• Start your PS3 and go to Settings ->Network settings -> Internet connection settings.
• Here out of Easy and Custom, choose Custom and then Wireless.
• In WLAN Settings, go for Enter Manually.
• The next screen should be IP Address Setting. Again, go for manually. Now comes the important stuff.
• To provide the information in IP Address Settings, you’ll need the IP address of your PS3. Use the same IP address which was used by your PS3. In fact you can use any IP address in your subnet.
  Subnet Mask .0 should be fine.
  Default router: IP address of your router
  Primary DNS: .9
  Secondary DNS: .109
• Just move on the next screens without making any further changes until you get the option of saving the settings. Save the setting and exit.

Now we are ready for the second part and that is to download Netflix or Hulu app from Play Station Store.

Step 2: Download Netflix or Hulu app in PS3

I assume that you have created a new account on Play Station US.We’ll be using it pretty soon. But before that you need to create a new user account in your PS3. Remember that you’ll not have access to your saved game data when you change the PS3 user. You’ll be able to access it if you change the user back to older one. All users will be available to choose from and you can change between them any time.

A very detailed article on using multiple user account in PS3 will help you for certain. Now go to Play Station Store with the newly created user. Since this is the first time for the new user, it will ask you to log in to Play Station Network. Use the account crated on Play Station US. Once logged in, look for Netflix or Hulu app in store. Download it and enjoy.

To summarize: Create new user on PS3, log in to PSN with US id, download the apps and enjoy

I hope it helped you. You can also read how to watch Netflix outside USA in Ubuntu. Any questions, suggestions are most welcomed.