Chromecast available in Argos now. €40

dowtchaboy · 08-06-2014 06:40PM

Those who were hesitating about splashing out on this Chromecast might hesitate further with the release of the Roku-on-a-stick for $49:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/roku-streaming-stick-review-giveaway/

degsie · 08-06-2014 07:07PM

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Those who were hesitating about splashing out on this Chromecast might hesitate further with the release of the Roku-on-a-stick for $49:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/roku-streaming-stick-review-giveaway/

The use case is somewhat different for each device, so not a like for like comparison.

The roku stick is a condensed roku STB so no different from the regular roku stuff except more compact.

bromley52 · 08-06-2014 08:43PM

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Any advice on setting up eircom efibre modem with the chromecast?

It just won't connect to wireless for me.
I've tried it on 2.4ghz(?) and tried disabling QoS and neither worked.

I don't have an e fibre modem but my only issue was my modem wouldn't come up on the list. After many hours of messing with it I them remembered my SSID was hidden. The chromecast doesn't give the option to add a network so had no choice but to make it visible.

Another thing you could try is changing the channel on the router. Someone at the beginning of this thread mentioned that the Chromecast only working from channels 1-10.

_Whimsical_ · 08-06-2014 10:29PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Not sure, I've the efibre modem from Eircom and it works no problem.

Hmmm. I wonder what you're doing right then.

bromley52 wrote: »

I don't have an e fibre modem but my only issue was my modem wouldn't come up on the list. After many hours of messing with it I them remembered my SSID was hidden. The chromecast doesn't give the option to add a network so had no choice but to make it visible.

Another thing you could try is changing the channel on the router. Someone at the beginning of this thread mentioned that the Chromecast only working from channels 1-10.

Thanks for your reply. My SSID is visible and I only can avail of channels 1-10 on my modem.
Any suggestions from you or anyone else very welcome.
I hope I won't have to send it back .

Borderfox · 14-06-2014 09:22AM

No sign of the chromecast in Argos now, did they pull them?

clickhere · 14-06-2014 10:08AM

Might be out of stock, I only bought one there on Thursday.

Ste- · 14-06-2014 10:15AM

Anywhere else to get these. Bricks and mortar I mean. I know Amazon and the likes. Wanted to get one this weekend.

brian ireland · 14-06-2014 10:16AM

Borderfox wrote: »

No sign of the chromecast in Argos now, did they pull them?

I getting a no item result.

Banjo String · 14-06-2014 10:32AM

Weird.

Argos seem to have removed any trace of them from their Irish site.

What's with that???

moodrater · 14-06-2014 11:04AM

Could be loads of returns too I know a lot of people were expecting miracasat it still a very limited device.

brian ireland · 14-06-2014 11:09AM

moodrater wrote: »

Could be loads of returns too I know a lot of people were expecting miracasat it still a very limited device.

You were not allowed to return it
. It was excluded from 16 day thingy.

Banjo String · 14-06-2014 11:34AM

Stranger still, still readily available on Argos UK

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchMobile?storeId=10151&catalogId=24051&langId=110&searchTerm=249%2F3897+

Y2KBOS86 · 14-06-2014 12:12PM

How is Rte Player playback?

Does the Live playback work on it?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 14-06-2014 12:22PM

it works but it's..... watchable

streaming streams direct from a browser tab is always a little slow and jerky. at high quality for me it still plays fine on the tv but there's this constant noticeable...jerkiness to the video that just drives needles into my brain and I can't deal with it.

14-06-2014 12:23PM

Nooooo

had it in my mind to buy one today. Does any other bricks and mortar store stock them; I don't really want to buy it online (delaying gratification and all that jazz)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 14-06-2014 12:27PM

probably a few on adverts

ElBarco · 14-06-2014 02:58PM

You can still get them in store. Just picked one up in tallaght. They turn up when you search for them on the kiosks in the shop.

mcw92 · 14-06-2014 03:30PM

Banjo String wrote: »

Weird.

Argos seem to have removed any trace of them from their Irish site.

What's with that???

Still rakes of stock everywhere so they are defo still available for sale.
Just take the catelogue no to a till/kiosk and it will go through.

Ste- · 14-06-2014 04:29PM

Yep just picked one up in the omni.

14-06-2014 06:10PM

ElBarco wrote: »

You can still get them in store. Just picked one up in tallaght. They turn up when you search for them on the kiosks in the shop.

I got one! 17 left in stock in Limerick. Happy days

AlanS181824 · 14-06-2014 06:23PM

What's the catalogue number for it?

Will try to pick one up soon from Carlow.

14-06-2014 06:27PM

Argos catalogue # = 249/3897

AlanS181824 · 14-06-2014 06:29PM

SmallTeapot wrote: »

Argos catalogue # = 249/3897

I found it as soon as I posted as I had the page bookmarked!

But thank you nonetheless!

Alanstrainor · 14-06-2014 09:18PM

SmallTeapot wrote: »

Argos catalogue # = 249/3897

Was just about to post this. Just punch this in/give it to the cashier, and you'll get one. 19 in stock this afternoon in Argos Nutgrove.

andersat2 · 17-06-2014 03:36PM

41 in stock in blanch. so plenty of them
the only thing: completely removed it from catalog

AlanS181824 · 17-06-2014 05:32PM

I wonder if the sudden removal of all Chromecasts from Argos hints to the release of the Chromecast from Google officially?

Seeing as though IO begins next week this seems very likely IMO.

Dudda · 17-06-2014 05:56PM

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I wonder if the sudden removal of all Chromecasts from Argos hints to the release of the Chromecast from Google officially?

Seeing as though IO begins next week this seems very likely IMO.

I was thinking the same thing. Probably one or two additional locations you can purchase it along with the Google Play store online. Don't think it will make a huge difference as it's easy enough to get now either via Amazon or Argos.

It's the bonus stuff that comes with a release that could be more interesting. Do you think we could be lucky enough to get an official release of an app? eg It launched with Netflix and a few others in the USA and the BBC iPlayer in the UK. Same thing for Japan, Spain, Germany, etc who all had local apps launch with Chromecast support. Could we get the RTE Player with chromecast support or Google Movies in Ireland?

AlanS181824 · 17-06-2014 06:20PM

Dudda wrote: »

I was thinking the same thing. Probably one or two additional locations you can purchase it along with the Google Play store online. Don't think it will make a huge difference as it's easy enough to get now either via Amazon or Argos.

It's the bonus stuff that comes with a release that could be more interesting. Do you think we could be lucky enough to get an official release of an app? eg It launched with Netflix and a few others in the USA and the BBC iPlayer in the UK. Same thing for Japan, Spain, Germany, etc who all had local apps launch with Chromecast support. Could we get the RTE Player with chromecast support or Google Movies in Ireland?

Google Play Movies seems kinda likely as a few days ago Google Play made a post like they usually do when a service comes to a new country but it was realeased too soon so they took it down pretty quick.

Not sure but maybe Ireland was on that list of new countries?

Be good to have RTE/3 Players with Chromecast support or maybe even SkyGo but that probably won't happen.

I'd hope we'd get official Chromecast availability and support from Google.

wobbles · 17-06-2014 06:25PM

These are now available to buy in Tesco. Bought one myself last friday. Still playing around with it. Same price as Argos

Zr105 · 17-06-2014 08:38PM

Armelodie wrote: »

Just wondering zr105 how do you use yours? Is there any latency issues with streaming stuff?

Sorry only after seein this now, main use for me is streaming netflix, it's very handy, just flick through netflixs on the phone app then tap stream and it pops up on the tv, our internet wouldn't be wonderful at times but I've rarely had problems with fit streaming, think only once it lagged a bit during playback. Other than that an odd time pop on music vids from YouTube as its handy, you can que up the videos and they just play through the list then.

Chromecast available in Argos now. €40

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