chromecast

kaahooters

amazon.com now ships chromecasts world wide, so for those looking for one you cna get it from there.

mine came to €41.37

donegal.

good find, U.S. site is much cheaper.
Can it used for anything other than netflix and youtube?

Basq

Great price..

.. very tempted though have a Smart TV downstairs and a "less-smart TV" upstairs connected to an Apple TV.

Nice spot though!

madmoe

donegal. wrote: »

good find, U.S. site is much cheaper.
Can it used for anything other than netflix and youtube?

Kinda wondering the same here as well!? I do know that streaming of local content was hacked into it and then Google came along and updated the device and blocked this much needed functionality :-(

Cheers,
M

Atomic Pineapple

More info in the Android thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057056609

donegal.

for €99 one of these would be a lot more versatile :

http://www.4ife.ie/smart_stick.html

get access to all the apps on googleplay

kaahooters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK4u6wm-HIk

youtube about the chromecast and stuff to do with it.

Rigor Mortis

if you get an IP blocker you can use it to stream stuff from lots of places, like BBC player etc. I got mine a month ago. Definitely worth it.

AlanS181824

Nice, might get one of these thanks!

JTMan

kaahooters wrote: »

amazon.com now ships chromecasts world wide, so for those looking for one you cna get it from there.

mine came to €41.37

Do import duties come on top of that? thanks.

flynnlives

just be warned this isnt compatible with eircoms old router.

have had to order the newer one they have.

Fresh Pots

Fungus wrote: »

Do import duties come on top of that? thanks.

All charges are included in the Amazon price

kaahooters

Fungus wrote: »

Do import duties come on top of that? thanks.

think there was a €7,75 import duty calc done by amazon for it.

batistuta9

flynnlives wrote: »

just be warned this isnt compatible with eircoms old router.

have had to order the newer one they have.

what's the issue(s) with it?

razor12345

Has anyone been able to order one from amazon.com,

DubDJ

razor12345 wrote: »

Has anyone been able to order one from amazon.com,

Orders are no longer working for some strange reason.

JohnMearsheimer

razor12345 wrote: »

Has anyone been able to order one from amazon.com,

I just tried ordering one for my Dad, looks like it's not shipping to Ireland anymore.

jamesd

I ordered mine earlier in the day yday with no issues.

MrStuffins

jamesd wrote: »

I ordered mine earlier in the day yday with no issues.

Yeah me too.... at least no issues thus far!


Edit: Just got a mail saying it's shipped!

Zynks

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

if you get an IP blocker you can use it to stream stuff from lots of places, like BBC player etc. I got mine a month ago. Definitely worth it.

Could you point me in the right direction to find out how to do this? I have a Chromecast and am on UPC (so no DNS changing, etc). I am not sure what you mean by IP blocker. Thanks.

Eponymous

Ordered yesterday, e-mail this morning said it's shipped.

mada999

donegal. wrote: »

for €99 one of these would be a lot more versatile :

http://www.4ife.ie/smart_stick.html

get access to all the apps on googleplay

what are these like, does it play video in sync? How is the wifi strength??

DERICKOO

Important Message

Google Chrome cast HDMI Streaming Media Player cannot be shipped to the selected address.

Dudda

DERICKOO wrote: »

Important Message

Google Chrome cast HDMI Streaming Media Player cannot be shipped to the selected address.

Please ensure you are on Amazon.com and purchasing from Amazon and not on Amazon.co.uk purchasing from Third Party sellers.

You'll get more help in the Android Forum in the Chromecast thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057056609

Eponymous

Dudda wrote: »

Please ensure you are on Amazon.com and purchasing from Amazon and not on Amazon.co.uk purchasing from Third Party sellers.

You'll get more help in the Android Forum in the Chromecast thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057056609

I had a look back on Amazon.com this morning, was thinking of getting another as a gift for someone and I got the same message at checkout.

No biggie, I can get it shipped to family and they can post it on.

Fresh Pots

DERICKOO wrote: »

Important Message

Google Chrome cast HDMI Streaming Media Player cannot be shipped to the selected address.

Something must have changed as I'm getting that error now too but I was able to order no problem yesterday afternoon.

Atomic Pineapple

DERICKOO wrote: »

Important Message

Google Chrome cast HDMI Streaming Media Player cannot be shipped to the selected address.

Dudda wrote: »

Please ensure you are on Amazon.com and purchasing from Amazon and not on Amazon.co.uk purchasing from Third Party sellers.

You'll get more help in the Android Forum in the Chromecast thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057056609

They are no longer shipping it outside of the US for some reason, either it was a mistake by Amazon or there was too much demand, it looks like people from all over Europe have been ordering them, so not sure if that's the issue, it looks like they have honored anyone who did manage to get an order in though.

groom

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

if you get an IP blocker you can use it to stream stuff from lots of places, like BBC player etc. I got mine a month ago. Definitely worth it.

How? Via the Chrome plugin or something else?

smackyB

I just got a dispatch notice for my order, shipping to Ireland

preddy

donegal. wrote: »

good find, U.S. site is much cheaper.
Can it used for anything other than netflix and youtube?

I got one a few weeks ago, no problem dragging any MP4 videos into chrome browser to view but AVI's dont work, browser seems them as a file download.

RTE players all seem fine as watched via the chrome browser.

TerrorFirmer

donegal. wrote: »

for €99 one of these would be a lot more versatile :

http://www.4ife.ie/smart_stick.html

get access to all the apps on googleplay

PC World sell this for 89.

Fresh Pots

preddy wrote: »

I got one a few weeks ago, no problem dragging any MP4 videos into chrome browser to view but AVI's dont work, browser seems them as a file download.

RTE players all seem fine as watched via the chrome browser.

Hi, since you have one you may be able to answer my question. Do you have an android device? When I open the play movies app on my phone it says it's not available in my country, how will I get around this when my chromecast arrives?

Nolimits

Also got a shipped email, thanks to the op for getting this up so quickly.

Ardennes1944

@nolimits when did you order? got an email confirmation yesterday from Amazon

ddubs

I posted this over in Tech but they are still available to be shipped to Ireland from the US via a third party seller, and still have it shipped by Amazon for €50.60 inclusive of estimated import tax. Its not as sweet a deal as €41 but it still beats coming from UK.

I just purchased this morning and received confirmation

maycondimas

kaahooters wrote: »

amazon.com now ships chromecasts world wide, so for those looking for one you cna get it from there.

mine came to €41.37

Just got one myself. Good price, but it's gonna take ages to get here. Estimated arrival: Friday, 25 October.

preddy

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Hi, since you have one you may be able to answer my question. Do you have an android device? When I open the play movies app on my phone it says it's not available in my country, how will I get around this when my chromecast arrives?

Ive only used it on my laptop.
I do have an android tablet but haven't tried it on there, i presume you installed the APP, I cant get the app downloaded for my iphone as its not available in ireland so that could be related.

Fresh Pots

preddy wrote: »

Ive only used it on my laptop.
I do have an android tablet but haven't tried it on there, i presume you installed the APP, I cant get the app downloaded for my iphone as its not available in ireland so that could be related.

I have the app on my tablet too but it says the same thing. 'not available in your country'. I'll have to do a bit more digging. Must be a way around it.

The Predator

Would it stream hulu plus to tv from a mobile phone that has vpn and works fine on the mobile?

Nolimits

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

@nolimits when did you order? got an email confirmation yesterday from Amazon

Ordered about half one yesterday afternoon, got the dispatch email about half eight this morning

DERICKOO

Na tried again no luck will not supply to my address anyone got a spare one coming. Important Message

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player cannot be shipped to the selected address.


This item cannot be shipped to the address you selected. You may either change the shipping address or remove the item by clicking Delete.

_Whimsical_

preddy wrote: »

I got one a few weeks ago, no problem dragging any MP4 videos into chrome browser to view but AVI's dont work, browser seems them as a file download.

RTE players all seem fine as watched via the chrome browser.

Does that mean it'll play anything you can play in the Chrome PC browser?

Fresh Pots

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Does that mean it'll play anything you can play in the Chrome PC browser?

Yeah but from watching YouTube reviews the playback can be a bit choppy.

DERICKOO

I tried VPN coming out of LA and resigned in to AMAZON.COM to no avail.
Can't beat the system so any one trying they plugged the hole.:(

JohnMearsheimer

I eventually got one from a third party seller (order fulfilled by Amazon) for €52. You have to play around with the third party sellers until you find one that will ship to Ireland.

JohnnyRoyal

I eventually got one from a third party seller (order fulfilled by Amazon) for €52. You have to play around with the third party sellers until you find one that will ship to Ireland. ...................

Hey , can someone not just name the third party seller where this works?

Rgds

JR

ddubs

JohnnyRoyal wrote: »

I eventually got one from a third party seller (order fulfilled by Amazon) for €52. You have to play around with the third party sellers until you find one that will ship to Ireland. ...................

Hey , can someone not just name the third party seller where this works?

Rgds

JR

I got one this morning for €51 including estimated import tax, again fulfilled by amazon and delivered to Ireland.

They seem to have since sold since out but maybe check back later.

www.amazon.com/shops/IDJNSales

JohnMearsheimer

JohnnyRoyal wrote: »

I eventually got one from a third party seller (order fulfilled by Amazon) for €52. You have to play around with the third party sellers until you find one that will ship to Ireland. ...................

Hey , can someone not just name the third party seller where this works?

Rgds

JR

I think I got mine off Z-Deals.

JohnnyRoyal

Great will check them out thks

smee again

They're still too dear, I have one coming home from the States on a plane in my Mothers pocket for the $35 they sell for over there

noodler

Is there still no EU/UK release date?

Christ almightyyyyyyyy