Eir TV

i was hoping this app improved. I found it really easy to get lost in the guide. like i was travellig thru time and days, instead of defaulting to current time. anyone have it think its improved??

I'm told that eirTV is now available with eir on NBI Broadband. I cannot confirm with certainty, as it was via a third party. If true the online ordering system has yet to be updated.

Yes - the refurbished Apple TV boxes are still working perfectly. I also recommended that site to several friends, and their boxes are working perfectly also. There is nothing to break down in the Apple boxes because they are solid-state and do not have hard disks like the legacy eir vision boxes or the boxes used by other TV providers.

€59.99 is a brilliant price for the additional boxes, and allows you to have multiroom eir TV for €9.99pm for the whole house. Each year when I renew my contract with Eir, they have renewed the TV and mobile discounts so TV & mobile stay at €9.99pm each.

Note that the refurbed boxes come with the original Apple remote, whereas eir now ship their free contract box with a more conventional eir branded remote. I suspect that a lot of their customers didnt like the Apple remote. You can also buy the eir branded remotes. It's not a big deal, and you can also programme the Apple box to accept any old remote that you have (such as the eir Vision remote), if you dont like the Apple remote.

Recording on Apple TV box is in the cloud rather than on a hard disk like in the eir Vision box. The UK channels allow cloud recording , which is important, as BBC iPlayer is not licenced in Ireland. However, RTE & VM don't allow cloud recording in Ireland, forcing you to use their player apps on the Apple box (and watch their ads!). I think Sky Glass has the same experience, and other TV providers will probably face the same issue if they upgrade to cloud boxes.

Thanks a lot for replying.

All positives really so from what you are saying. Must order one of them over the weekend and sure will have it made up in 6 months really if consider multiroom a tenner a month!

I have the Eir branded remote and is extremely easy to use so maybe when I order might make a note to see can I get one of these sent out rather than Apple own one if it is a bit harder to use. Will be very handy too so if recordings can be watched on either original box or say refurbished box all going well.

I got two recently and they were actually new units in their original sealed boxes. We don't use the Apple Remote, at all. Each AppleTV is controlled from the respective TV remote. With the LG and and Samsung TV I configured the TV settings to go to the correct input on startup. Both TVKs came with a quality remote and Wifey is VERY happy with the setup. I presume the same is possible with the Philips, but I haven't looked at it yet. (It's a bedroom TV and we don't use it much.j

Is this still the case?

I use Google Wifi with the Virgin Media box basically in Bridge Mode.

If I replicate the same set up with Eir, will that mean I can’t access EirTV on the Apple TV?

It's approx 20 seconds. Saw it myself this past weekend, had Kerry v Derry on the EirTV in one room, and on aerial connection in another and there the eirtv was around 20 seconds behind - maybe a little less.

The level of delay is not constant. I have seen delays from 2-3s to 20s, or more. Even the difference in delay between 2 TVs in our house, set to the same channel, can be substantial.

It would appear that any AppleTV will work, I use a total of three.

I don't have access to the technical details of the platform, so cannot give a definitive answer. However, I would be very surprised if your setup didn't work.

It would appear that eir are using a third party TV platform, similar, if not the same, to that used by some TV companies in the UK. It then comes down to how program rights are managed. The TV platform holds information about your subscription and what programmes/channels you are allowed to access, if any. That subscription is linked to specific devices.

With AppleTV, the TV Provider feature is used to log you on to the eirTV service. It would appear, from a rudimentary test and from eir statements, that such logins are only allowed from the eir Brodband network. When you use bridge mode you are still on the eir Network, so should work, once you have a valid eir Tv subscription.

Hi

I have eir tv and I was previously on eir broadband

Got sky broadband installed today, its working fine and lots of devices connected to it

on my eir tv apple box I entered the new sky broadband credentials and its connected to the new sky broadband wifi network

Prime video works and all other apps are fine on the apple box

However when I go to view Eir tv, it gives this error: "Due to content restrictions, this content is unavailable in your current location"

any ideas?

Did I hear something before that eir TV will only work with the eir broadband network

eir TV on the Apple TV 4K box only works if you have an eir TV subscription, which you probably had as part of your eir Broadband bundle. If you have ceased the bundle, then you no longer have a subscription. The Apple box will continue to work for other apps, but the eir TV app needs a subscription. The eir TV subscription at €9.99pm is very good value, and it supports multi-room (if you buy additional boxes yourself). I find eir are always willing to renew this and their mobile subscriptions also at €9.99pm each year - but you have to phone them up to re-negotiate. Sky have introduced a similar product - Sky Stream - but it is considerably more expensive than eir particularly if you add multi-room, doesn't have as good recording functionality, and the box is proprietary, so you can't use it after you leave Sky.

How is that possible, unless you have a second line? Eir only offer TV as part of a Broadband bundle?

My multiroom refurb box came from eir. Great value for 59 euro. Few scratches on box but nothing u would notice or care about

Any idea which model of Apple TV and remote they are shipping out?

See they've taken off the music channels in the last few days from the basic subscription 😔