Amazon Fire Stick Launch Sale Tomorrow Morning [Amazon]

Allyall

Amazon Fire Stick goes on sale on Amazon Tomorrow morning.

It is going to be €19 on Amazon Germany and after tomorrow will rise up to the 'normal' price of €39. I haven't found the information stating how much it will cost on Amazon UK yet, but it will be heavily discounted.

I'm speculating it will be around £15 and £30 at full price.

and it has been semi-confirmed to be
€19 on Amazon Germany

http://www.aftvnews.com/international-fire-tv-stick-pre-orders-start-tuesday-march-24th/#more-5685


Links

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2472402,00.asp
http://uk.pcmag.com/amazon-fire-tv-stick/36928/news/as-fire-tv-launches-in-the-uk-amazon-announces-fir
http://www.engadget.com/products/amazon/fire/tv-stick/
http://www.techhive.com/article/2854343/amazon-fire-tv-stick-review-a-cheap-quick-and-dirty-path-to-prime-instant-video.html

Johny_cash

this or cast?

Dozen Wicked Words

Can't say no at that price, don't actually have telly that needs it but won't eat anything. Can you sideload the more dubious streaming apps to this I wonder? It seems like DNS can be changed so more useful for those who want Netflix from other regions than the Chromecast which is a pain in the hole in that regard. Cheers OP, hopefully your guess at the price is right.

Allyall

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Can't say no at that price, don't actually have telly that needs it but won't eat anything. Can you sideload the more dubious streaming apps to this I wonder? It seems like DNS can be changed so more useful for those who want Netflix from other regions than the Chromecast which is a pain in the hole in that regard. Cheers OP, hopefully your guess at the price is right.

It should be a yep to sideloading...;) It's the same as the Fire TV but 1GB and Dual-Core instead of 2GB and Quad-Core.

Hopefully. But they may match Euro for Pound, which would put it at £19.
I'm guessing they'll have to launch it at a competitive price as the Chromecast 2 is due out this summer and Dell have a stick coming too.

I have a friend in Germany, so 2 x €19 would be impossible to refuse .

Also the Nexus Player is being released this week.
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Ardennes1944

Can I be really ignorant and ask what are the true benefits of something like this?

I have a Sony Smart TV if that makes an explanation any easier

bittihuduga

Can This be delivered from Germany to Ireland?
Never bought from Amazon de

god's toy

At that price its worth a punt just to test it out and/or have in a 2nd TV.

Can it run Netflix or have they gimped it for prime use only?

Anyone use here in Ireland?

DoYouEvenLift

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Can I be really ignorant and ask what are the true benefits of something like this?

I have a Sony Smart TV if that makes an explanation any easier

Is there an app on the TV for streaming content from your PC/phone/tablet? If yes, not many extra benefits to be honest. Although if it's possible to change regions for apps like above posts mentioned that'd be a big advantage.

bajer101

god's toy wrote: »

At that price its worth a punt just to test it out and/or have in a 2nd TV.

Can it run Netflix or have they gimped it for prime use only?

Anyone use here in Ireland?

Yeah, it will run Netflix. Definitely worth grabbing at this price.

http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stick/dp/B00GDQ0RMG

NATLOR

bittihuduga wrote: »

Can This be delivered from Germany to Ireland?
Never bought from Amazon de

Probably not, they don't deliver the fire TV to Ireland so presume it will be the same with the stick

Capt'n Midnight

Johny_cash wrote: »

this or cast?

It depends.

If you get movies from Amazon Prime then this is a no brainer.

NATLOR

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It depends.

If you get movies from Amazon Prime then this is a no brainer.

You can sideload Kodi, that makes it a no brainer for me specially at that price

jester77

Netflix have hardcoded the Google DNS IPs into their app for performance reasons, so changing the DNS on this thing probably won't work. But for €19 I am willing to try this out and see.

zarquon

jester77 wrote: »

Netflix have hardcoded the Google DNS IPs into their app for performance reasons, so changing the DNS on this thing probably won't work. But for €19 I am willing to try this out and see.

Absolutely nothing to do with performance reasons, it's purely for licensing reasons

blackplum123

any direct link to it to buy ?
thanks

jester77

zarquon wrote: »

Absolutely nothing to do with performance reasons, it's purely for licensing reasons

Maybe licensing reasons were part of it, but a lot of US ISPs provide routers to their customers with substandard DNS settings through their own servers, so by hardcoding the Google DNS settings into the app, this gives non-technical people a huge performance increase.

soirish

Can it run Plex?

thomqs

how much is postage to here or uk?

bajer101

soirish wrote: »

Can it run Plex?

Yes.

jester77

soirish wrote: »

Can it run Plex?

It can, but you will be limited to stereo sound and there are a lot of issues.

You can look around their forums for info.

Allyall

thomqs wrote: »

how much is postage to here or uk?

I'd guess postage to the UK will be free.
Not sure how much it might be to Ireland, but probably qualifies for Free Super Saver Delivery at £25.

soirish

Without Amazon Prime TV in Ireland this thing doesn't look so great.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Will xbmc run on it?

NATLOR

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Will xbmc run on it?

Yes,needs to be side loaded, plenty of tutorials if you google it

Kleine Hundin

You can use a service like smart dns and set it directly on the device unlike chromecast and open up a lot of apps like PBS, iplayer, Hulu Plus,

I have a fire TV already, and it is relatively easy to mix apps from different amazon stores and side load them. But even without smartdns, netflix would work since it is available in Ireland. Kodi (formerly XMBC) can be side loaded

soirish

Does XBMC require a local server like Plex on your PC to run the apps?

ablelocks

Courtesy of BA, I already have an xbox 360, xbox one, chromecast, NOW TV/Roku box (rarely used) and an apple tv (US refurb)

apart from it being only €19, there really is no rational reason to buy this, is there?

NATLOR

Allyall wrote: »

I'd guess postage to the UK will be free.
Not sure how much it might be to Ireland, but probably qualifies for Free Super Saver Delivery at £25.

Is parcel motel from UK site going to be the only delivery option on this as Amazon UK and .DE won't ship the fire TV outside the respective countries

groom

ablelocks wrote: »

Courtesy of BA, I already have an xbox 360, xbox one, chromecast, NOW TV/Roku box (rarely used) and an apple tv (US refurb)

apart from it being only €19, there really is no rational reason to buy this, is there?

I don't think any of those run xbmc? This does

groom

soirish wrote: »

Does XBMC require a local server like Plex on your PC to run the apps?

No

groom

Is mailbox.de a runner for this?

km79

I am in process of setting up the old 360 to a mice computer monitor in the spare room
would this be a useful addition to it or can I run internet TV through the 360 as it is with whatever XBMC is

mailforkev

I have one of these from the US in our bedroom tv.

I don't have Prime (which the Fire TV is really set up for) but I have Kodi loaded into it and we use it for Netflix also.

Kodi was very easy to sideload and you can set it up with its icon on the home screen quite easily too.

It's a significantly quicker performer than the ATV2 I have on my main tv.

Would recommend.

junglecliff

Link to buy??

NATLOR

junglecliff wrote: »

Link to buy??

Available from tomorrow as per OP :rolleyes:

groom

junglecliff wrote: »

Link to buy??

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Fresh Pots

Have a chromecast, but kinda tempted to buy one of these and sell the chromecast to cover the cost. Is it worth it? Someone decide for me!:P

dashcamdanny

Tempted by this, But the NowTV roku box does everything I need.

Comes down to Plex Vs Kodi surly .

Moyglish

Anyone know if we'll have to use Parcel Motel to get this, IICR Amazon only shipped the Fire TV to UK addresses when it was first launched.

Or anyone reckon/know if the Fire Sticks will be OK to send to ROI?

Also, I wonder will we have to sign up to Amazon Prime to get this at the discounted price, like they did with the Fire TV pre-orders last October?

Thanks OP, wouldn't have known about this otherwise!

laurenhiggins

Thanks for the tip

Fresh Pots

£35 unless you want prime. I'll stick with chromecast for now I think.

jester77

Nice, just got one for €19 but it won't be delivered until April 15th

Allyall

jester77 wrote: »

Nice, just got one for €19 but it won't be delivered until April 15th

Yeah, seeing this, and €7 prime?

Not really as good as I thought it would be.

€19 but nearly a month to deliver? :mad:

jester77

Allyall wrote: »

Yeah, seeing this, and €7 prime?

Not really as good as I thought it would be.

€19 but nearly a month to deliver? :mad:

Don't know about the €7 prime, already a prime customer for a few years now. It went up quite a lot this year and now costs €49.

Lads where are ye seeing it for €19?

Falcon L

Not seeing the Fire Stick for €19 on Amazon. Dunno why.:(

Fresh Pots

Deleted User wrote: »

Lads where are ye seeing it for €19?

If you're a prime subscriber you get it for £19 and then the refund you another £12 after.

Its £35 for us plebs.

jakdublin

Only available to UK customers and discount only available to customers signed up to Prime.

Allyall

jester77 wrote: »

Don't know about the €7 prime, already a prime customer for a few years now. It went up quite a lot this year and now costs €49.

Deleted User wrote: »

Lads where are ye seeing it for €19?

Front page, and if you are new to prime, or already a Prime customer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.de/



Reeks of desperation, just to get the sale before others release theirs.

Allyall

Not worth Sh*t.

jester77

Allyall wrote: »

Front page, and if you are new to prime, or already a Prime customer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.de/


Reeks of desperation, just to get the sale before others release theirs.

Ah, didn't realise you were referencing the UK site, here is the German offer: