Amazon Prime Video, General Discussion [Ireland]

Larsso30

cathy427 wrote: »

Thanks, ya on the laptop I signed up for the free trial and it says IP recognised and I changed the region setting for amazon prime to UK.

I asked a lot of questions and got answers on a thread over on bargain alerts so to be fair I better not duplicate it here.

Have you a link to that thread mate, trying to set it up myself!

killbillvol2

PespiChallenge wrote: »

Any chance a moderator can put a sticky thread on how to break copyright restrictions for Prime, Disney and Netflix and DNS and VPNs and all that crap. It just gets boring coming into this threads for recommendations on what to watch or find out what news only to read pages of the same crap about bypassing regional restrictions!

You understand the term "general discussion"? Just a random idea but maybe try the recommendation thread for, well, recommendations.

joe40

Full_Circle_81 wrote: »

I really feel like Amazon is unfairly getting a bit of a bad rap here over the past few pages.

I get that some are annoyed at losing access to the UK version of Prime Video, but even the Irish version of Prime Video has an insanely large library of movies (over 10,000) and tv shows (over 1,200) now. I honestly feel like Prime Video gets far more (and better) movies added to its roster each month than Netflix has been lately.
Granted, the Prime Video interface is a mess (shows split into seasons and 4k titles shown separately to HD titles is nonsense), but thats the only downside I can see.

I pay for a full Prime sub (about €9 a month) and thats nearly half the price of my current Netflix sub (top tier to get 4k).
So apart from just the video you also get:

• Free shipping from the UK (I'm sure shipping times will return to normal once Brexit madness has settled). Also with no VAT on items under €22 till mid-year, you are saving 21% on smaller items!
• Amazon Music (2 million songs for free to stream).
• Prime Reading (thousands of books and comics to read on Kindle).

How is that not fantastic value?

My amazon prime account has very little on now, every single movie i have tried to watch has come up not available.
I have set location to Irish republic but it doesn't seem to help. Am i missing something.

I'm pretty clueless about VPN or DNS stuff.
Is there something I'm missing with the conventional route to amazon prime. As it stands it is definitely not worth it for me.

Sleepy

joe40, logging into primevideo.com, changing location to Ireland and rebooting the FireTV stick as suggested earlier in the thread seems to have worked for us.

joe40

Sleepy wrote: »

joe40, logging into primevideo.com, changing location to Ireland and rebooting the FireTV stick as suggested earlier in the thread seems to have worked for us.

Thanks for that. I don't have a firestick just an account from amazon. Maybe that makes a difference.

Thanks anyway.

Hurrache

Shouldn't make a difference, change it in Primevideo.com and log out and back in again of whatever method you're using.

Full_Circle_81

joe40 wrote: »

My amazon prime account has very little on now, every single movie i have tried to watch has come up not available.
I have set location to Irish republic but it doesn't seem to help. Am i missing something.

I'm pretty clueless about VPN or DNS stuff.
Is there something I'm missing with the conventional route to amazon prime. As it stands it is definitely not worth it for me.

Could I ask what device you are watching it on?
If you were previously down as UK, maybe you could speak to an Amazon customer service agent? I've found them very helpful in the past. You can actually get them to ring you rather than just chat over their text service. They called me so fast it was scary!

Quackster

joe40 wrote: »

Thanks for that. I don't have a firestick just an account from amazon. Maybe that makes a difference.

Thanks anyway.

Are you trying to watch from amazon.co.uk? Don't!

Always use primevideo.com

Agent Coulson

All seasons of The Shield added.

PhiloCypher

Agent Coulson wrote: »

All seasons of The Shield added.

Fantastic, been gagging for a rewatch of this for ages .

ShamoBuc

The Shield.... great show,, looking forward to getting stuck into it.

cathy427

Larsso30 wrote: »

Have you a link to that thread mate, trying to set it up myself!

Still trying myself!!! Still havent got it to work

This is the thread

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=115816883&posted=1#post115816883

artvanderlay

ShamoBuc wrote: »

The Shield.... great show,, looking forward to getting stuck into it.

I loved The Shield when it was first on TV3 years back, but I tried watching it recently on the Channel 4 app and the one thing that stood out for me was the lack of bad language in such a gritty show. I think the worst thing that anybody ever said was "p*ssed off". In these more profane times, it did make it seem a little tame for me and I gave up watching it. They should re-dub it and insert some cussing because it was a great show.

Sebastian Dangerfield

I dont understand why even Prime original content like Little Fires Everywhere is now restricted. Surely they dont have copyrights on their own content?

Agent Coulson

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I dont understand why even Prime original content like Little Fires Everywhere is now restricted. Surely they dont have copyrights on their own content?

It's actually not a Prime original it is made by Hulu/Disney, Amazon just brought the rights to show it here before they all decided to have there own worldwide streaming channels.

Sebastian Dangerfield

Agent Coulson wrote: »

It's actually not a Prime original it is made by Hulu/Disney, Amazon just brought the rights to show it here before they all decided to have there own worldwide streaming channels.

Thanks!

Prime was worth the few quid a month with the account set to UK. Wont be paying for the Irish content - absolutely woeful!

Wrongway1985

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I dont understand why even Prime original content like Little Fires Everywhere is now restricted. Surely they dont have copyrights on their own content?

Little Fires Everywhere is actually a Hulu original,hence why it's titled an Amazon exclusive and not Amazon original.

Nevertheless It's still on Irish Prime.

ixoy

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I dont understand why even Prime original content like Little Fires Everywhere is now restricted. Surely they dont have copyrights on their own content?

'Little Fires Everywhere' is available for me (Irish account).

Sebastian Dangerfield

ixoy wrote: »

'Little Fires Everywhere' is available for me (Irish account).

I assumed they found a way around my account being set to UK. Maybe its the opposite - my account is still UK, but the series is Ireland only. Will give it a go

Full_Circle_81

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I dont understand why even Prime original content like Little Fires Everywhere is now restricted. Surely they dont have copyrights on their own content?

While it may disappear at some point to go to Star within the Disney+ app, it is still currently available through Prime, and its in HDR as well!

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Thanks!

Prime was worth the few quid a month with the account set to UK. Wont be paying for the Irish content - absolutely woeful!

Apart from obvious stuff like sport, is the Irish version really lacking in comparison to the UK one? What are we missing out on from the UK one really?
I find theres more stuff than I can possibly keep up with watching on the Irish one as it is. I recently finished Little Fires Everywhere and just started back into the latest season of Vikings and will then get cracking on The Expanse.

Full_Circle_81

artvanderlay wrote: »

I loved The Shield when it was first on TV3 years back, but I tried watching it recently on the Channel 4 app and the one thing that stood out for me was the lack of bad language in such a gritty show. I think the worst thing that anybody ever said was "p*ssed off". In these more profane times, it did make it seem a little tame for me and I gave up watching it. They should re-dub it and insert some cussing because it was a great show.

I actually didn't find the lack of swear words too bothersome when watching the Shield. It was when watching Sons of Anarchy that I used to find it a bit too noticeable (both on the FX network). But in saying that, its still preferable to watching a show and having the bad language dubbed or bleeped out (like in Southland and Animal Kingdom). That used to take me out of the moment every single time!

bennyineire

Full_Circle_81 wrote: »

While it may disappear at some point to go to Star within the Disney+ app, it is still currently available through Prime, and its in HDR as well!



Apart from obvious stuff like sport, is the Irish version really lacking in comparison to the UK one? What are we missing out on from the UK one really?
I find theres more stuff than I can possibly keep up with watching on the Irish one as it is. I recently finished Little Fires Everywhere and just started back into the latest season of Vikings and will then get cracking on The Expanse.

Nope very little in the difference IMHO, some people just like to be outraged

Sebastian Dangerfield

Full_Circle_81 wrote: »

While it may disappear at some point to go to Star within the Disney+ app, it is still currently available through Prime, and its in HDR as well!



Apart from obvious stuff like sport, is the Irish version really lacking in comparison to the UK one? What are we missing out on from the UK one really?
I find theres more stuff than I can possibly keep up with watching on the Irish one as it is. I recently finished Little Fires Everywhere and just started back into the latest season of Vikings and will then get cracking on The Expanse.

Havent compared in a while but when I got Prime first, I added around 15 movies to my watchlist and as I went through them, every single one was unavailable. Could be wrong but I think Mr Robot was an example of a series, and possibly Preacher too

mossie

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

I assumed they found a way around my account being set to UK. Maybe its the opposite - my account is still UK, but the series is Ireland only. Will give it a go

Available for me on UK account.

Sleeper12

Full_Circle_81 wrote:

Apart from obvious stuff like sport, is the Irish version really lacking in comparison to the UK one? What are we missing out on from the UK one really? I find theres more stuff than I can possibly keep up with watching on the Irish one as it is. I recently finished Little Fires Everywhere and just started back into the latest season of Vikings and will then get cracking on The Expanse.

I think a lot of posters that are very disappointed with the Irish content are actually still on uk content without realising it. That means that they are only getting the reduced amazon original roaming stuff as they need to be in the UK to have full content.

Sebastian Dangerfield

bennyineire wrote: »

Nope very little in the difference IMHO, some people just like to be outraged

Who said anything about outrage? Just an observation!

Quackster

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I think a lot of posters that are very disappointed with the Irish content are actually still on uk content without realising it. That means that they are only getting the reduced amazon original roaming stuff as they need to be in the UK to have full content.

This in a nutshell.

Sebastian Dangerfield

Low Winter Sun is another I see as restricted. Can people access in UK or Ireland accounts?

eposhea

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I think a lot of posters that are very disappointed with the Irish content are actually still on uk content without realising it. That means that they are only getting the reduced amazon original roaming stuff as they need to be in the UK to have full content.

Completely agree. While there is definitely less content on the Irish version, who needs 20000 movies anyway? Just added about 30 movies to my watchlist on the firestick app and a benefit now is all the content you see, yo can watch on prime!

Sleeper12

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote:

Low Winter Sun is another I see as restricted. Can people access in UK or Ireland accounts?

UK prime have 2 listing for this for some strange reason. For one it says not available. The other listing plays no problem. I don't know about Irish prime