Amazon Prime Video - free 7 day trial, 6 mths at €2.99

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Amazon Prime Video now available in Ireland

Free 7 day trial, then 6 mths @ 2.99 instead of 5.99

www.primevideo.com

jaykay74

Its not clear from the link but I guess it can be used with the fire stick ?

bittihuduga

jaykay74 wrote: »

Its not clear from the link but I guess it can be used with the fire stick ?

why not??
it will be tied with your amazon account.
if the same account is on your firestick, then it will work.

NaNaNa1

I just signed up thinking "Brilliant, finally a chance to use something like the UK version" but.... is it just me or is there nothing on it?

The tv show list is very, very small and the range of films aren't exactly incredible. Will they get around to adding more of the content the UK version gets I wonder? (Or will damn licencing get in the way)

FobleAsNuck

I have Prime and tried to watch something and still getting error about restrictions

darkestlord

Been watching prime UK for years. Use a vpn

stimpson

darkestlord wrote: »

Been watching prime UK for years. Use a vpn

+1

I use this one:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057675723

adox

NaNaNa1 wrote: »

I just signed up thinking "Brilliant, finally a chance to use something like the UK version" but.... is it just me or is there nothing on it?

The tv show list is very, very small and the range of films aren't exactly incredible. Will they get around to adding more of the content the UK version gets I wonder? (Or will damn licencing get in the way)

So you are saying its not the same catalogue as Prime Video in the UK?

That would be a strange move.

ted1

adox wrote: »

So you are saying its not the same catalogue as Prime Video in the UK?

That would be a strange move.

No it wouldn't be. It would be perfectly normal. Digital media distribution rights vary from country to country.

Amazon could have a licence for A show in the UK and apple or Netflix may have the rights in Ireland.

adox

ted1 wrote: »

No it wouldn't be. It would be perfectly normal. Digital media distribution rights vary from country to country.

Amazon could have a licence for A show in the UK and apple or Netflix may have the rights in Ireland.

Yeah actually only thought of that after I typed.
Just signed up for the trial there and yeah its a fairly small offering. wont be keeping it.

Berty

It's €2.99 a month for 6 months. At that price it's worth a go. Good bargain.

I have a fire stick as it is using Kodi as it is.

tonic wine

stimpson wrote: »

+1

I use this one:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057675723

Does it work to sign up with Irish address and credit card and use smart DNS set to UK to get full content?

Hugh Cream

Can it be steamed on chrome cast?

OldMrBrennan83

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Del007

Sign up with an account for a month (you get a free month), cancel it. Then after 1 month, open up another amazon account with a new email address and do the same

givecredit

Berty wrote: »

It's €2.99 a month for 6 months. At that price it's worth a go. Good bargain.

I have a fire stick as it is using Kodi as it is.

Yes, and three users can stream at same time, so effectly just 1 euro each per month if you share with family/friends.....

Ro-76

I have a UK prime subscription. Can I watch content in Ireland now without a VPN?

willwe

I had a look at this and what am I getting for the fee?
It list 3 or 4 shows but what else is there?

Berty

Off the phone with Amazon.

Gas. Doesn't work on the Fire stick.

EDIT Spoke to a different team. 1st team was some Irish crowd and gave me false information in the end after 32 mins on the phone. Requested a fresh call and got some other team, fixed in minutes.

Mickeroo

Is the 2.99 a full prime membership or literally just prime video?

muffler

Mickeroo wrote: »

Is the 2.99 a full prime membership or literally just prime video?

Just Prime Video it seems

ted1

Mickeroo wrote: »

Is the 2.99 a full prime membership or literally just prime video?

Primevideo.com

It's in the name

Corholio

Berty wrote: »

Off the phone with Amazon.

Gas. Doesn't work on the Fire stick.

EDIT Spoke to a different team. 1st team was some Irish crowd and gave me false information in the end after 32 mins on the phone. Requested a fresh call and got some other team, fixed in minutes.

So it does work on the Fire Stick?

ted1

sweetie wrote: »

Would PayPal cover you if this was shut down?

If what was shutdown ? You can cancel your monthly subscription anytime

Yggr of Asgard

Ro-76 wrote: »

I have a UK prime subscription. Can I watch content in Ireland now without a VPN?

You can watch selected UK content, namely the "TV to Watch While Abroad" selection, you can't watch the Irish selection of Primevideo or the full UK content.

When you log on to Primevideo with an active UK Prime membership you get this:

Do you live outside of the United Kingdom?
As an Amazon Prime member, you can watch a limited selection of videos on Amazon.co.uk. If you live outside of the United Kingdom, you may also be able to access PrimeVideo.com by contacting Customer Service to update your account.

So option a.) [insert appropriate method to make amazon believe you are in the uk] or b.) to sign up for primevideo with a different address to gain access to the limited Irish content.

Nollog

sweetie wrote: »

Would PayPal cover you if this was shut down?

It's amazon.

Berty

Corholio wrote: »

So it does work on the Fire Stick?

Yes, but appeared to have needed a lot of Amazon interaction. Made me do a factory reset so had to load Kodi back on afterwards.

Both now working.

sweetie

sweetie wrote:

Would PayPal cover you if this was shut down?

/\/ollog wrote:

It's amazon.

Wrong thread sorry!

Yggr of Asgard

Berty wrote: »

Yes, but appeared to have needed a lot of Amazon interaction. Made me do a factory reset so had to load Kodi back on afterwards.

Both now working.

But that is with a primevideo subscription you took out, not a UK prime subscription?

VictorRomeo

darkestlord wrote: »

Been watching prime UK for years. Use a vpn

Not working anymore on Fire TV. Geoblocked.

_Whimsical_

VictorRomeo wrote: »

Not working anymore on Fire TV. Geoblocked.

Did you enter a UK address as your home address in amazon?
You have to do that too as well as the vpn.

VictorRomeo

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Did you enter a UK address as your home address in amazon?
You have to do that too as well as the vpn.

Yes. I'm a Prime user for a long time now and a Fire TV user sine the 4K version came out. For the record, I can access all content on my PC when DNS'd/VPN'd. However, the Fire TV and Sony TV app no longer work. I can only access content designated 'Watch When Abroad'. I'm also hearing other Smart platforms have the same issue.

With this new roll out comes a lot of new issues to work around.

So, buyer beware - especially if you have a Fire TV.

harr

That's a pain ...I only got a fire tv stick in the last few weeks and signed up to prime ...all good using it on laptop with a vpn so I was happy out when I heard prime video was now available in Ireland...not to be reset my fire stick and still no content on fire stick...only the Watch abroad section is a very poor selection...can still access prime on laptop through vpn
Rang twice today one person told me full content is available through fire stick and just log out reset and log back in ...when that didn't work I rang back and was told the uk content is definitely not available in Ireland...

Berty

Stopped working again. It's a 7 day trial. If Amazon can't get it working for me then I won't continue into a full subscription.

Error 5505 every time.

VictorRomeo

harr wrote: »

That's a pain ...I only got a fire tv stick in the last few weeks and signed up to prime ...all good using it on laptop with a vpn so I was happy out when I heard prime video was now available in Ireland...not to be reset my fire stick and still no content on fire stick...only the Watch abroad section is a very poor selection...can still access prime on laptop through vpn
Rang twice today one person told me full content is available through fire stick and just log out reset and log back in ...when that didn't work I rang back and was told the uk content is definitely not available in Ireland...

It's not just the UK content that can't be viewed - Their own content - if it's not designated 'watch abroad' - can't be viewed on a Fire TV... Even with a new Irish account... Am trawling the web for a resolve...

Berty

On ohone to Amazon. Here's the thing.

The Fire stick I have is for UK residents.

This €2.99 trial is not .co.uk but from prime video.com so not supported as they're geoblocking me. Hence why things show up "watch while abroad" which don't work anyway.

That's that trial ended so.

Back to using Kodi only so

harr

Berty wrote: »

On ohone to Amazon. Here's the thing.

The Fire stick I have is for UK residents.

This €2.99 trial is not .co.uk but from prime video.com so not supported as they're geoblocking me. Hence why things show up "watch while abroad" which don't work anyway.

That's that trial ended so.

Back to using Kodi only so

So will they have a stick for the Irish market or tv apps ....surely the stick should work when you reset it and we log in with Irish prime details...very poor launch with very little info...

El Inho

NaNaNa1 wrote: »

I just signed up thinking "Brilliant, finally a chance to use something like the UK version" but.... is it just me or is there nothing on it?

The tv show list is very, very small and the range of films aren't exactly incredible. Will they get around to adding more of the content the UK version gets I wonder? (Or will damn licencing get in the way)

There's a few different threads on this, but I thought the same. Quick call to customer care and they'll update your account. Simples!

VictorRomeo

El Inho wrote: »

There's a few different threads on this, but I thought the same. Quick call to customer care and they'll update your account. Simples!

Can you advise how you're viewing content? And more to the point, are you using their Fire TV/Stick?

Deagol

Signed up for the free trial and was gobsmacked at the lack of content. I'll be cancelling it on the 6th day I think, it's not worth €2.99.

uck51js9zml2yt

At full price its €20 cheaper than a full Prime Account with all the extras.
I'm not sure I see the benefit.
Is the the Full Prime account videos available here without the need for a VPN now that they've released primevideos?

El Inho

VictorRomeo wrote: »

Can you advise how you're viewing content? And more to the point, are you using their Fire TV/Stick?

Laptop and Android App. All you have to do is call their customer care and explain you are an Amazon.co.uk Prime member and you want to access PrimeVideo.com.

Deagol wrote: »

Signed up for the free trial and was gobsmacked at the lack of content. I'll be cancelling it on the 6th day I think, it's not worth €2.99.

There's loads of content if you do the above. Definitely enough to justify the €2.99 with Man in the High Castle starting back in two days too!

DubDJ

I've had a Prime account the last week or so mainly for the delivery and exclusive items. I tried signing in earlier to take advantage of the Prime Video but the content wasn't right and two shows would only play, both exclusives.

Logging into the site prompted me with a message to contact support and ask them to change my account to Ireland. Got onto chat, first agent said they couldn't help, I got disconnect and the second agent sorted it out in minutes.

It works as advertised now. I agree with the above, the collection is terrible. Looks like 100 or so films and less than that for the shows. Handy if you pick up a 59 Sterling Prime sub while it's discounted but I wouldn't even pay 2.99 for what's there now, wouldn't touch it at 6 Euro.

VictorRomeo

El Inho wrote: »

Laptop and Android App. All you have to do is call their customer care and explain you are an Amazon.co.uk Prime member and you want to access PrimeVideo.com.

That's never been my issue unfortunately. I have no problem viewing any and all content via browser or mobile device (via my UK Prime account or my new Irish Prime Video account). And, as it stands, I'd never use those sorts of devices for home viewing. I view it all on my TV - and for Amazon Video - a Fire TV - which does not fully work. Further, the app is not available yet in the Play Store for my Android TV box or available for my Sony Smart TV.

So in short, Amazon have released a service globally with significantly reduced content and serious access and viewing limitations. Not good. I have a ticked logged with Amazon support regarding Fire TV functionality. Spent an hour on the phone this evening with them. They had no idea. So, we shall see how they get on before the 21st when the free trial ends...

For now, the missus is doing her nut as we're two episodes into the current season of Mozart.... May have to 'acquire' elsewhere....!

Hugh Cream

Del007 wrote: »

Sign up with an account for a month (you get a free month), cancel it. Then after 1 month, open up another amazon account with a new email address and do the same

You realize it's €3 a month?

Hugh Cream

My fire stick has vanished, what can I watch it on?
I have a roku, it's supposed to be on that but it's not.

Nollog

Hugh Cream wrote: »

You realize it's €3 a month?

She's talking about actual prime which gives you a 30 day trial.

This prime video gives you 7 days of a trial.

Deagol wrote: »

Signed up for the free trial and was gobsmacked at the lack of content. I'll be cancelling it on the 6th day I think, it's not worth €2.99.

You can cancel right now and still get your 7 days free. I did earlier. Everything on it I've seen that I'm interested in pretty much.

harr

Can I ask what number people are using to contact Amazon...I rang a uk number and they were about as useful as a chocolate teapot...i sent a email them to set my fire stick up...and I got a email back with a list of benefits of joining prime and to contact them to join ...even though I am paying for prime..

DubDJ

harr wrote: »

Can I ask what number people are using to contact Amazon...I rang a uk number and they were about as useful as a chocolate teapot...i sent a email them to set my fire stick up...and I got a email back with a list of benefits of joining prime and to contact them to join ...even though I am paying for prime..

I contacted the chat service on the website.

Dave..M

El Inho wrote: »

Laptop and Android App. All you have to do is call their customer care and explain you are an Amazon.co.uk Prime member and you want to access PrimeVideo.com.



There's loads of content if you do the above. Definitely enough to justify the €2.99 with Man in the High Castle starting back in two days too!

This is all extremely confusing, most people seem to be saying the Irish content vs the UK is drastically reduced when taking just prime video however are you saying that if you have full UK Prime access and contact Amazon to perform some hokum that you end up with content similar to the UK? Your posts are just a bit unclear.

harr

I have been on the phone with them the last 20 minutes still no joy ....now my firestick is not working at all...no content what so ever...a problem with registration ...still the same on web browser as in unable to play prime videos...with my account .they are having issues transferring my prime account over to the Irish one...the reason being is my account details are registered for uk prime...