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Firestick general discussion thread

TheDriver · 2020-06-19 09:38:36

Following from the thread in Bargain Alerts, this is for discussion in general FAQ Which firestick should I buy? 4K is not just for 4K. The 4K firestick is a better purchase than non 4K stick But it won't shop to Ireland? Use parcel wizard/motel/addresspal etc etc What can I do with the firestick? Well the world is your…

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#3002 13-05-2025 09:11PM

Nigzcurran

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The iPlayer is an absolute pita to use sometimes for no apparent reason as is the channel 4 player

Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.

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#3003 13-05-2025 11:02PM

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try a different uk location also maybe the static ones on surfshark

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#3004 14-05-2025 11:45AM

JMcL

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I get that and other errors regularly on iPlayer, as Nowso says try a different location. Note I also get the same behaviour on an Nvida Shield on the main TV.
The dance I find helps is to launch iPlayer, then launch the VPN, and go back to iPlayer. If I do it the other way (VPN first) invariably I get the error and have to come out and change location. It'll sometime happen again after watching an episode, in which case change the location.
I'm using NordVPN - not sure if there's any difference with others.

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