Google Chromecast now available in Ireland via Amazon - see mod note post #1

Fresh Pots · 15-10-2013 9:13am

As of 6:54 this morning my chromecast is aboard a courier vehicle. Should have it today so.

MrStuffins · 15-10-2013 10:13am

Me too, was picked up just after 7am and is on the way!

Atomic Pineapple · 15-10-2013 10:21am

I have this on my tracking page:

Unfortunately, your parcel was misdirected when sent from our pickup depot and is not out for delivery with the local courier

MiCr0 · 15-10-2013 11:04am

balls - wish i'd ordered one now :-(

Gryzor · 15-10-2013 11:25am

Just delivered!! In the warehouse at work, so haven't got my paws on it yet...

Fresh Pots · 15-10-2013 11:50am

Gryzor wrote: »

Just delivered!! In the warehouse at work, so haven't got my paws on it yet...

Same here. Only took 6 days.

MrStuffins · 15-10-2013 11:59am

Same here. Haven't opened the envelope but I have it here on my desk

Fresh Pots · 15-10-2013 12:53pm

If anyone can get this working with a upc Thomson router could you let me know how? I keep getting a can't find network message. After googling the problem it seems I'm not the only one to have problems connecting.

god's toy · 15-10-2013 1:05pm

Got mine today. Can't wait to have a play now.

MrStuffins · 15-10-2013 1:10pm

Everything is in the box. Lovely, can't wait to have a mess about when I get home.

It'll actually be worth subscribing to Netflix now

god's toy · 15-10-2013 1:27pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Everything is in the box. Lovely, can't wait to have a mess about when I get home.

It'll actually be worth subscribing to Netflix now

Make that US Netflix...

Ardennes1944 · 15-10-2013 2:00pm

Ok i have it, now what the hell do i do with it? :P

Kenno90 · 15-10-2013 2:31pm

Got it, we all must of been on the same shipment :P

MrStuffins · 15-10-2013 2:33pm

god's toy wrote: »

Make that US Netflix...

I got a Nexus 7 last Christmas and took the 1 month subscription and sorted it out as US Netflix.

Should I pick up my sub now does anyone know if US Netflix continues?

Kenno90 · 15-10-2013 6:21pm

Ok got it set up.

I couldn't set it up by phone, my phone had trouble finding the CC (S4). Set up worked on the laptop though and since i can send thing from the laptop/phone to it.

Its a nice piece of kit, i've been using my Playstation for youtube/netflix. Its very similar.

Though how do you try it off ?? Do you just leave it on constantly

JohnMearsheimer · 15-10-2013 7:04pm

TheTechGuy wrote: »

If anyone can get this working with a upc Thomson router could you let me know how? I keep getting a can't find network message. After googling the problem it seems I'm not the only one to have problems connecting.

Any joy getting it to work TheTechGuy? Mine hasn't arrived yet but we have a UPC Thomson router as well.

Fresh Pots · 15-10-2013 7:11pm

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

Any joy getting it to work TheTechGuy? Mine hasn't arrived yet but we have a UPC Thomson router as well.

No, seems the only way to get it working is by buying a second router and setting the upc Thomson to modem only mode. I may just sell mine off, haven't decided yet. Got it working by using the fox-fi app on my phone as a router but that only works off my 3g connection so that's obviously not good enough for HD etc.

Nolimits · 15-10-2013 7:45pm

Mine arrived today, it took some time to connect to my wifi but got it eventually. Has anyone figured out how to watch US Netflix yet?

god's toy · 15-10-2013 7:50pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

I got a Nexus 7 last Christmas and took the 1 month subscription and sorted it out as US Netflix.

Should I pick up my sub now does anyone know if US Netflix continues?

I think they are screening Netflix content as US stuff is coming up as an error over chromecast but plays fine on tablet, pc, phone and Google TV box.

Will look into getting round thus.

god's toy · 15-10-2013 7:53pm

Kenno90 wrote: »

Ok got it set up.

...

Though how do you try it off ?? Do you just leave it on constantly

Don't think it turns off. European Union would have a huge issue with that...

I have mine powered off the TV itself, so when the TV is off the CC is off too.

Gryzor · 15-10-2013 7:55pm

Can't get mine to connect to wifi :mad: D-link router...

Fresh Pots · 15-10-2013 8:11pm

Gryzor wrote: »

Can't get mine to connect to wifi :mad: D-link router...

Pity Googles only response to this problem is "try restarting the router".

Telchak · 15-10-2013 9:30pm

Anybody having any issues with UPC's Cisco EPC3925 modem?

Have the Chromecast set up with my phone and all, and it connected to the network without any problems. I can cast from the phone and laptop no problem, but my desktop PC can't find the device. It's connected to the modem via Ethernet (over some Homeplugs along the way).

Gryzor · 15-10-2013 10:36pm

Got mine connected, had a netgear router lying around. Tried that, chromecast connected straight away...

Tried turning on or off all the settings like multicasting etc on the d-link that i could find...just wouldn't play ball with the chromecast...

dregin · 15-10-2013 10:41pm

DNS settings are hardcoded into the Chromecast. You have to either hax it at the router or do some ARP poisoning.

dendof · 15-10-2013 10:45pm

Anyone any luck with new UPC Horizon all-in-one router with tv etc? When I get to set-up apparently it can't see my wifi network as it's not 2.4 Ghz.

MrStuffins · 15-10-2013 10:48pm

Kenno90 wrote: »

Ok got it set up.

I couldn't set it up by phone, my phone had trouble finding the CC (S4). Set up worked on the laptop though and since i can send thing from the laptop/phone to it.

Its a nice piece of kit, i've been using my Playstation for youtube/netflix. Its very similar.

Though how do you try it off ?? Do you just leave it on constantly

Thanks for this post. Was going nuts trying to get it working on my phone. After setting it up on the laptop it works perfectly on the phone now.

Nolimits · 15-10-2013 11:08pm

Telchak wrote: »

Anybody having any issues with UPC's Cisco EPC3925 modem?

Have the Chromecast set up with my phone and all, and it connected to the network without any problems. I can cast from the phone and laptop no problem, but my desktop PC can't find the device. It's connected to the modem via Ethernet (over some Homeplugs along the way).

Haven't tried it with a laptop, but same problem with a desktop. There are no homeplugs here, wired directly to the router, have turned off my firewall and still nothing.

steve_r · 16-10-2013 9:42am

Messed around with it last night. No isses with setting up on UPC (dunno what modem type).

Streaming from Netflix was a bit laggy, not as good as ps3. Apparently there's a view of viewing local files through Chrome, but I couldn't get it to work

philthrill69 · 16-10-2013 10:18am

Hey guys I got mine yesterday and if I'm to be completely honest I'm totally underwhelmed and disappointed.
I know I should have read the recent reviews and opinions but one of my buddys was in the states and I rushed in.
I read early reviews where there was a work around so you could cast local images and videos off your device.
I set mine up last night and connected my phone and all I could do was play a YouTube video. Big whoop di do!
I don't watch Netflix and I tried to cast a Web page from my chrome browser and found out that I can only do that from my laptop. Does this gadget have any practical uses?

Fresh Pots · 16-10-2013 10:27am

steve_r wrote: »

Messed around with it last night. No isses with setting up on UPC (dunno what modem type).

Streaming from Netflix was a bit laggy, not as good as ps3. Apparently there's a view of viewing local files through Chrome, but I couldn't get it to work

Is it the white router you have? The one with 2 antennas on it?

steve_r · 16-10-2013 11:50am

philthrill69 wrote: »

Hey guys I got mine yesterday and if I'm to be completely honest I'm totally underwhelmed and disappointed.
I know I should have read the recent reviews and opinions but one of my buddys was in the states and I rushed in.
I read early reviews where there was a work around so you could cast local images and videos off your device.
I set mine up last night and connected my phone and all I could do was play a YouTube video. Big whoop di do!
I don't watch Netflix and I tried to cast a Web page from my chrome browser and found out that I can only do that from my laptop. Does this gadget have any practical uses?

It was fairly underwhelming. I'm hoping more apps/functionality will be added.

For the price, and for what it does do, I'm happy with it.

Just on the router, its not the white one. I was in a rush last night so I couldn't check the actual make but I know loads of people are on UPC so I wanted to let people know that it can work.

MrStuffins · 16-10-2013 12:02pm

I agree that it's underwhelming but t's exactly what I thought it would be when I ordered it.

When (if?) it opens up it'll be a nice little purchase. BUt even for now, if all I use it for is to stream You Tube & Netflix to the TV, it's still worth €40!

Atomic Pineapple · 16-10-2013 12:27pm

Nolimits wrote: »

Haven't tried it with a laptop, but same problem with a desktop. There are no homeplugs here, wired directly to the router, have turned off my firewall and still nothing.

Your PC has to be on the Wi-Fi network for it to find the Chromecast, it wouldn't find it for me when plugged in via the Ethernet cable but did when I moved to the Wi-Fi network.

Riesen_Meal · 16-10-2013 12:28pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

I agree that it's underwhelming but t's exactly what I thought it would be when I ordered it.

When (if?) it opens up it'll be a nice little purchase. BUt even for now, if all I use it for is to stream You Tube & Netflix to the TV, it's still worth €40!

Its worth it for what it is IMO, tried the mirroring from chrome on the Mac and it was fairly choppy but its still in Beta....

Only cost me 25 euro though as the sis was over in the states....

Telchak · 16-10-2013 12:40pm

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Your PC has to be on the Wi-Fi network for it to find the Chromecast, it wouldn't find it for me when plugged in via the Ethernet cable but did when I moved to the Wi-Fi network.

Just for the initial setup; after that it should be fine to use a wired connection (but for me isn't).

dregin · 16-10-2013 1:04pm

People moaning about paying $35 for a device that does exactly what it says on the tin and who haven't read what it actually says on the tin before buying are hilarious.

Howlin1 · 16-10-2013 8:17pm

Is it possible to play videos from your laptop onto the tv via this (I know there was an android app that did that, but google blocked it so it won't work anymore)?

Atomic Pineapple · 16-10-2013 8:19pm

Howlin1 wrote: »

Is it possible to play videos from your laptop onto the tv via this (I know there was an android app that did that, but google blocked it so it won't work anymore)?

No, it will only mirror your chrome browser at the minute.

Telchak · 16-10-2013 8:44pm

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

No, it will only mirror your chrome browser at the minute.

Chrome can actually play a decent amount of videos if you click and drag them into your browser, so you can do it that way.

philthrill69 · 17-10-2013 8:27am

dregin wrote: »

People moaning about paying $35 for a device that does exactly what it says on the tin and who haven't read what it actually says on the tin before buying are hilarious.

As I said I researched the product when it was originally released when you could use allcast to stream your local media.
When I realised my friend was coming home from the states I rushed in and asked him to get me one, not knowing Google had released an "update" to block this feature.
Glad my comment was hilarious though. Really love Cheering up fandroids who don't have the time to read original posts properly.

MrStuffins · 17-10-2013 10:06am

philthrill69 wrote: »

Glad my comment was hilarious though. Really love Cheering up fandroids who don't have the time to read original posts properly.

Ugh!

philthrill69 · 17-10-2013 10:21am

MrStuffins wrote: »

Ugh!

Just in case you think I'm an apple fan in here trying to rile up android enthusiasts, then to couldn't be more wrong.
I never have or never will own an apple product.
I'm just unbiased enough to comment realistically about any operating system or manufacturer.

MrStuffins · 17-10-2013 10:29am

How can you say "I will never own an Apple product" and then say you are unbiased?

philthrill69 · 17-10-2013 10:43am

MrStuffins wrote: »

How can you say "I will never own an Apple product" and then say you are unbiased?

I personally don't like Apple but if they come out with a genuinely good product (apple tv) then I won't let my dislike for them to cloud my judgement in recommending said product to someone else.
I won't blatantly Slam their products and promote android over them just because of my personal preference.

DubDJ · 17-10-2013 11:06am

philthrill69 wrote: »

I personally don't like Apple but if they come out with a genuinely good product (apple tv) then I won't let my dislike for them to cloud my judgement in recommending said product to someone else.
I won't blatantly Slam their products and promote android over them just because of my personal preference.

Yeah because Apple have never released a good product before? Also wouldn't they be Chrome fanboys as this isn't an Android dongle?

philthrill69 · 17-10-2013 11:38am

DubDJ wrote: »

Yeah because Apple have never released a good product before? Also wouldn't they be Chrome fanboys as this isn't an Android dongle?

The only reason it's not droidcast is because Google didn't want to alienate ios users and also might have something to do with $$$$$$$

MrStuffins · 17-10-2013 11:46am

philthrill69 wrote: »

I personally don't like Apple but if they come out with a genuinely good product (apple tv) then I won't let my dislike for them to cloud my judgement in recommending said product to someone else.
I won't blatantly Slam their products and promote android over them just because of my personal preference.

You don't think the Apple iPhone is an awesome product?

Why are you even bringing fanboyism into this conversation?

The Corinthian · 17-10-2013 11:55am

Let's keep on topic guys and not let this degenerate into an Apple versus Android argument.

stevestevenson · 17-10-2013 12:24pm

Dudda wrote: »

The Google Chromecast streaming device is now available in Ireland.

You can purchase the Chromecast on Amazon.com now and it ships to Ireland

This is the cost for one but I just purchased two for 76 euro.
Items: EUR 26,79
Shipping & handling: EUR 6,88
Total before tax: EUR 33,67
Estimated tax to be collected: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit EUR 7,75
Order total: EUR 41,42

Estimated delivery: Oct. 22, 2013 - Oct. 30, 2013

They're telling me they won't ship to Ireland?

"Buyers outside the U.S. cannot purchase the following types of items from sellers: video games, toy and baby items, electronics, cameras and photo items, tools and hardware, kitchenware and housewares, sporting goods and outdoor equipment, software, and computers."

What's the workaround here?

Google Chromecast now available in Ireland via Amazon - see mod note post #1

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