Fire tv stick

seanin4711

popped into maplins for a 50c capacitor and low and behold fire tv stick for 36€.
i know its 25 gbp on amazon but B&M shop and no postage factored in.i think its a good deal.

bought it and now hacking the bejaysis out of it.

GallowsGreen

great price.
What are you sideloading onto it ??

Kolido

Kodi Id imagine.

They are 25e on amazon.de if you can get a reasonable courier.

Invincible

Kolido wrote: »

Kodi Id imagine.

They are 25e on amazon.de if you can get a reasonable courier.

If you spend €4.01 extra, you qualify for free delivery.

AS1890

https://www.maplin.ie/p/amazon-fire-tv-stick-with-alexa-voice-remote-control-a97xj

jimmycrackcorm

seanin4711 wrote:

popped into maplins for a 50c capacitor and low and behold fire tv stick for 36€.

Maplins, the new Lidl...

the_syco

Kolido wrote: »

Kodi Id imagine.

They are 25e on amazon.de if you can get a reasonable courier.

Nice price, but how can you get it delivered to Ireland when they say "This product is only available for deliveries within Germany and Austria"?

brighterdays

Really want to buy one of these off the UK site but do they not work? I read you can just cast Amazon Prime from an app?? Or does Netflix/Youtube work? Not to be asking anything illegal... Just curious before spending

judeboy101

Great price but still makes no sense why you can't control your fire stick using Alexa on your echo.

the_syco

brighterdays wrote: »

Really want to buy one of these off the UK site but do they not work? I read you can just cast Amazon Prime from an app?? Or does Netflix/Youtube work? Not to be asking anything illegal... Just curious before spending

From https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23934;

Netflix is available on the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick in the US, the UK, Germany, Austria, Japan, and India.

But as Ireland isn't on that list, it won't work here.

Don't see why YouTube wouldn't work. Plex will install on it.

Snotty

Netflix does work on one in Ireland.
Also side loading is very simple, between Netflix and an IPTV account, these are all the TV stations I need in the house.

Kolido

the_syco wrote: »

Nice price, but how can you get it delivered to Ireland when they say "This product is only available for deliveries within Germany and Austria"?

Need to use a service like mailboxde.com

Got 2 delivered before for under a tenner.

Mantis Toboggan

brighterdays wrote: »

Really want to buy one of these off the UK site but do they not work? I read you can just cast Amazon Prime from an app?? Or does Netflix/Youtube work? Not to be asking anything illegal... Just curious before spending

Works well. You can sideload it easily with the illegal content. Comes with Alexa pre installed so that's handy. Netflix and YouTube works grand. Only problem is amazon prime is terrible in Ireland.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I find Fire TV Guru is much easier and slicker than Kodi.

I have the Fire Tv (new 2017 version) and use it for Netflix, Fire Guru, Modbro and YouTube.

Reynoldo7

I know its already been mentioned but just to 100% confirm that Netflix does indeed work on this straight out of the box in Ireland?

Lenny

Reynoldo7 wrote: »

I know its already been mentioned but just to 100% confirm that Netflix does indeed work on this straight out of the box in Ireland?

Why wouldn't it, netflix is a seperate app to Amazon....

2nd Row Donkey

brighterdays wrote:

Really want to buy one of these off the UK site but do they not work? I read you can just cast Amazon Prime from an app?? Or does Netflix/Youtube work? Not to be asking anything illegal... Just curious before spending

Bought one last Xmas and it was the best 50quid I spent in 2016. Put it on my non smart TV in the bedroom and loaded modbro and showbox on it, that along with preloaded YouTube and Netflix makes it a no Brainer for me.

muffler

Reynoldo7 wrote: »

I know its already been mentioned but just to 100% confirm that Netflix does indeed work on this straight out of the box in Ireland?

Yes it does. My wife watches it every day.

You have to get a Netflix account obviously but the Fire stick is basically just a vehicle to get your online viewing from your hub/modem to the telly. The fact that its made and sold by Amazon is irrelevant.

Reynoldo7

muffler wrote: »

Yes it does. My wife watches it every day.

You have to get a Netflix account obviously but the Fire stick is basically just a vehicle to get your online viewing from your hub/modem to the telly. The fact that its made and sold by Amazon is irrelevant.

Cheers, thought as much but had read conflicting reports.

prince20

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Bought one last Xmas and it was the best 50quid I spent in 2016. Put it on my non smart TV in the bedroom and loaded modbro and showbox on it, that along with preloaded YouTube and Netflix makes it a no Brainer for me.

Can I ask how do you put these on it?

Invincible

prince20 wrote: »

Can I ask how do you put these on it?

Google it, can't be discussed on boards(for copyright reasons).

bladespin

prince20 wrote:

Can I ask how do you put these on it?

Downloader, many online guides, some of the best buys I've ever made, I have 3.

George Sunsnow

Does the fire tv stick have the Spotify app ?

Snotty

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Does the fire tv stick have the Spotify app ?

Open to correction, but any thing you can download to an android phone, then you can download it to the FireTV. You do need a link to the apk file rather than Google play store, but using the Downloader app, I've got every app I've needed.

torrevieja

the_syco wrote: »

From https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23934;

But as Ireland isn't on that list, it won't work here.

Don't see why YouTube wouldn't work. Plex will install on it.

Well if it doesn’t work here not much point in getting it ?

Patty O Furniture

AS1890 wrote: »

https://www.maplin.ie/p/amazon-fire-tv-stick-with-alexa-voice-remote-control-a97xj

muffler wrote: »

Yes it does. My wife watches it every day.

You have to get a Netflix account obviously but the Fire stick is basically just a vehicle to get your online viewing from your hub/modem to the telly. The fact that its made and sold by Amazon is irrelevant.

I'd believe the reviews given here, but can someone explain what Maplins mean below & what does it mean compatible if you're gonna use it on the telly?

Thanks

• Compatible with Fire, Android and iOS devices

N.B. This product cannot be used in the Republic of Ireland

Kenny Logins

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I'd believe the reviews given here, but can someone explain what Maplins mean below & what does it mean compatible if you're gonna use it on the telly?

Thanks

The Fire stick heavily promotes Amazon content but you can't access most of it without a VPN. Apps can be side loaded, but can also be installed directly from Amazon app store, if available.

A lot of people singing it's praises here, but I find it very slow and annoying. You have to dig past all the Amazon stuff to find your content every time you use it. I'm ditching mine for a Xiaomi TV box. Just not worth the hassle IMHO.

Kolido

just a few things I like about the Fire stick in case some folk are debating getting it, its a no brainer imo at the price.

BT remote
Can connect BT headphones, handy for keeping the noise down if you're watching a movie.
Spotify connect works, if you somehow have you're tv sound going to stereo speakers, can run spotify from your phone through it.
Kodi and other good apps run fine, not 4k obviously.

I got one a few years ago and picked up another one over the weekend, the new one now has alexa voice remote, though not sure how usefull it is.

BadTurtle

Saw on Amazon that the BBC iplayer and 4 players work on it - presumably not in Ireland without a hack/vpn?

Batesout

Firestick is a great piece of kit for the price.
As earlier there are plenty of tutorials on the web to get it working properly.

Nerdlingr

Mobdro, Kodi, Netflix, Spotify, IPTV etc all work on the firestick. Bought three of them a last year for family members. Still working great.

murphthesmurf

I got one a few months back, Netflix worked fine but couldn't watch any of the Amazon stuff as it kept showing an error. I contacted customer support asking why I can't watch Amazon Prime TV on an Amazon streaming device. Was told it will not work in Ireland, but said he would do something for me to get it working. He somehow managed to screw it up even more and now even Netflix wont work.
I contacted them through Facebook saying it is baffling that you cannot watch an Amazon streaming service through an Amazon streaming device. Chuckle Brothers kind of thinking. They said there are no plans to start allowing us in Ireland to start using their streaming devices for their streaming service which they sell here?!?!?

Kolido

murphthesmurf wrote: »

I got one a few months back, Netflix worked fine but couldn't watch any of the Amazon stuff as it kept showing an error. I contacted customer support asking why I can't watch Amazon Prime TV on an Amazon streaming device. Was told it will not work in Ireland, but said he would do something for me to get it working. He somehow managed to screw it up even more and now even Netflix wont work.
I contacted them through Facebook saying it is baffling that you cannot watch an Amazon streaming service through an Amazon streaming device. Chuckle Brothers kind of thinking. They said there are no plans to start allowing us in Ireland to start using their streaming devices for their streaming service which they sell here?!?!?

It's not available for delivery to Ireland unless you use a courier. They obviously don't have rights to the Irish market. If you pick these up by workaround, it's not their fault.

murphthesmurf

Kolido wrote: »

It's not available for delivery to Ireland unless you use a courier. They obviously don't have rights to the Irish market. If you pick these up by workaround, it's not their fault.

I got it through Parcel Motel, the tv streaming service is available here. Primevideo I think they call it, I pay €2.99 a month for it. What puzzled me is that they do not allow the service to work on their streaming devices. My son has a smart tv in his room with the Amazon Primevideo app and works fine through that. I just wanted something to watch it with on main tv as its not a smart tv.

GallowsGreen

The Amazon stuff all works with a VPN , even the free ones.
STB Emulator is probably the best app to sideloading on for IPTV.
Plex is really brilliant and much better than Netflix if you have a good Plex server to use.

Bazsutto

For anyone living near the border, Argos stock it for £24.99.

http://www.argos.co.uk/search/fire-stick/

In stock in Newry at the moment.

Kolido

murphthesmurf wrote: »

I got it through Parcel Motel, the tv streaming service is available here. Primevideo I think they call it, I pay €2.99 a month for it. What puzzled me is that they do not allow the service to work on their streaming devices. My son has a smart tv in his room with the Amazon Primevideo app and works fine through that. I just wanted something to watch it with on main tv as its not a smart tv.

I was under the impression Primevideo didn't work here without a vpn, in that case, it is strange why it's not available on the stick.

Mickeroo

Kolido wrote: »

I was under the impression Primevideo didn't work here without a vpn, in that case, it is strange why it's not available on the stick.

Prime video we get here is a different service to the one on the stick.

Snotty

Kenny Logins wrote: »

I find it very slow and annoying. You have to dig past all the Amazon stuff to find your content every time you use it.

You do know you can rearrange/add app shortcuts to your homescreen? There should be no reason to go digging for anything, you just simply add it to the start of your menus

bladespin

Snotty wrote: »

You do know you can rearrange/add app shortcuts to your homescreen? There should be no reason to go digging for anything, you just simply add it to the start of your menus

Never had an issue with the Firestick OS itself, sometimes Kodi can be a bit laggy but you can tune it.

BadTurtle

BadTurtle wrote: »

Saw on Amazon that the BBC iplayer and 4 players work on it - presumably not in Ireland without a hack/vpn?

If someone could answer this, that'd be great.

Mickeroo

BadTurtle wrote: »

If someone could answer this, that'd be great.

Not sure on the 4 player (thought that worked but not sure) but you definitely can't use the iplayer here without a dns or vpn. You won't even be able to download the apps unless your amazon account is set to the UK.

bot43

Is this the first time in known history maplins have a bargain?

Also "this product cannot be used in Republic Of Ireland". Whats that all about?

IrishHomer

bot43 wrote:

Is this the first time in known history maplins have a bargain?

bot43 wrote:

Also "this product cannot be used in Republic Of Ireland". Whats that all about?

Maplin are sold out at moment

Kenny Logins

Snotty wrote: »

You do know you can rearrange/add app shortcuts to your homescreen? There should be no reason to go digging for anything, you just simply add it to the start of your menus

Thanks. I only use it for Netflix, Spotify and Plex now, but still see Clarkson's mug on it. :pac:

George Sunsnow

BadTurtle wrote: »

If someone could answer this, that'd be great.

The BBC iPlayer etc will work if you have a smart dns service
I have it working on the fire tv box

There is an issue with smart dns services on Éir’s ftth that I’m not sure about
It’s not that they don’t work but the set up is more complicated

I asked a question whether Spotify was available on the stick version as it would be handy in a bedroom for that

Mickeroo

Mr.S wrote: »

Which Smart DNS service do you use with the Fire TV stick? And is it at router level or just for the Fire TV?

I use Getflix, it works for american netflix too. Just on the fire TV not the router.

I presume we're allowed mention them here since this thread exists: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057675723

billbond4

I have been using SmartDns for years as well for the Iplayer and ITV

Patty O Furniture

bot43 wrote: »

Is this the first time in known history maplins have a bargain?

Also "this product cannot be used in Republic Of Ireland". Whats that all about?

Not a bargain, if they charge €10 for delivery,

IrishHomer wrote: »

Maplin are sold out at moment

I was enquiring a while ago, plenty came in last Fri for this w/end.

But was told that the offer is on until Thurs 30th

I was checking Harvey Norman, they don't look like they sell it either.

Amazon then, what's the Anpost version of Parcelmotel, as the postoffice is nearer to me or did i hear that ParcelWizard is cheaper
what are the costs anyway?

IrishHomer

I was in Maplin Blanchardstown yesterday Sunday and all stock sold out.

Patty O Furniture

IrishHomer wrote: »

I was in Maplin Blanchardstown yesterday Sunday and all stock sold out.

Here's the no. if you want to find out where you can get more?
01-8782800, you get through to UK, it just so happens i got a girl from Dublin living in Yorkshire :P