Mine is currently in New York 
Even better. :-p
Well, it’s not fraudulent … 
Crackle is the only one I like - it has a good mix of movies … 
I had a look at Popcornflix but found none to my liking … 
I just signed up with a gmail account.
Excellent … now play a Crackle movie and see if you can pause/restart it …
Did you have to go through this rigmarole?
"
Why do we ask you for your billing information?
Because we are only licensed to distribute our content to certain countries, we ask that you verify your mailing address by providing us with a valid credit card number. We GUARANTEE that NO CHARGES will be applied for validating your account. No charges will appear on your credit card statement unless you upgrade to a Premium Membership or make a purchase."
You also need to supply an American Zip code - I guess a UK Postcode would give the game away. 
Was that with Crackle … :?:
I suppose you could borrow a zip code from Google Maps
Yes I can.
I didn’t get asked for any of that.
Yup - Crackle movie streaming. No way am I giving out my CC details no matter how good their intentions are.
What was your VPN location? Mine was set to New York but I can’t see that being an issue.
OK … Thanks for trying … 
I don’t know, just somewhere in the US. I did have to turn off my ad blocker though.
Well, that’s a start … but I was unable to display any video controls on-screen (perhaps I should have said that … ;-))
So last night, I tried again - another favourite - “Lake Placid” … 
This time, video quality was excellent and, while watching, I was idly pressing my mouse when the video controls appeared at the base of the screen … 
IIRC, I left-clicked under the video but above the taskbar - minimal (but useful) controls were displayed … :shock:
I tried “Popcorn Time” last night - a slightly different movie service:
Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player. The applications provide a free alternative to subscription-based video streaming services such as Netflix. Popcorn Time uses sequential downloading to stream video listed by several torrent websites, and third party trackers can also be added manually.
Downloading “Sully” took about 5 minutes - video quality was excellent and the controls were readily available …
I tried “Popcorn Time” last night but hit a snag - because it’s based on a P2P service there were no seeds for the film I wanted, which, admittedly, was not a latest release.
The previous night I watched “Lost In Translation” via Crackle with no such problems.
NordVPN persistently refuses to work on the latest versions - it closes down immediately on “Loading”.
Reloading the original version means that it works but, obviously, without all the latest security patches and modifications … 
I have been in touch with NordVPN and performed various diagnostic exercises to assist in their investigation but to no avail … 
I am now thinking of trying another service, ExpressVPN, which has very good reviews. Has anyone used this provider … ?
I have found Private Internet Access consistently reliable over several years. They have outlets in all the countries with good data protection laws never had any problems with them at all.
They also offer a suitable proxy for programs like UTorrent so the whole computer doesn’t have to be connected to the VPN service.