Eir TV

Did anyone who moved to eir on apple tv lose there tv service before the new box was sent out? Switched today told me on the phone evison box will work untill apple one arrives but tv has just gone on me,tech support said it's to do with the switch and they can't do anything untill new box comes.

I’m getting away from Eir on Friday after three years. It was a good experience and I made friends with the local Eir engineer and the two times I needed help I was able to get it within an hour. I’m switching to Vodafone as I hate the Apple box option.

Recording is my major issue. Followed by €50 a month for Vodafone for TV Broadband and landline for a year. In the meantime SIRO have confirmed they can connect the nine apartments where I live with FTTH and as I’m on the management committee I know it’ll take months for us to lay in ducting through the garden so I’ll be ready in 12 months to change to fibre.

HI, I recently got my apple TV box from eir but cant find the now tv app in app store? anyone else have this problem? doesnt show up when i search for it.

Annoying, was hoping to be able to use it for sport

Has anyone had any experience running the eir tv app on an Android TV?

I am an eir tv subscriber with the app running fine on the provided Apple TV box. I also use it on my Android phone and an Android tablet occasionally. I am thinking of getting an additional TV for the house and was considering an Android smart TV so I'd like to use the eir tv app on that rather than having to get a second Apple TV also.

I don't see the app listed on the Play Store for Android TV, but I would have thought it could be sideloaded?

I've been using it for couple weeks and haven't found it too bad, the menu button works as the back button, Apart from not been able to record some channels what are the many others things that you haven't been able to do?

No, I had a service right up until I physically changed the box.

Howdy Folks, currently with Sky for broadband and TV. I have the 1gig speed and basic tv. My discounts ran out this month and the new cost is ridiculous. No real haggling with Sky these days it seems. I am very tempted to switch to eir tv plus and broadband for 49.99 a month on a 12 month contract. Down care about sports that much and recording is not essential.

So looking for an up to date opinion if this is a good move.

I was with eir about 8 years ago and had a terrible time moving away form them and even had to invoice comreg. Have things improved? Are they still similar?

Broadband speed is 100megs (notguranteed). Its a house that have two folks working at home full time with three teenagers on devices and xbox etc. is this bandwidth enough? cheers

We have a similar set up. Except we have about 80Mps download speed.

Eir TV: We got it because it was only a tenner extra, we set it up in the sitting room, after about a week or so we seen that Sky where doing a deal on TV only so we went for that. If you want basic TV and all the streaming services then go for it. Of you want any other services which I can't mention here there is no way to sideload. I use the Eir TV upstairs now and for a tenner it's grand for herself watching the soaps or me watching sport. When it comes to TV SKY is the best of them all for channel selection, recordings, on demand and the fact it does not use bandwidth due to this dish is a massive help.

The Internet: First thing you may do is get a Google Nest WIFI router and an access point as the Eir Equipment is absolutely useless. We where with Vodafone perviously and I could cloud game using stadia very well upstairs with Eir however that became impossible. There was blind spots after our switch that we didn't have before. I have the Google Router and two access points which has improved things massively.

We have two people working from home, two Xboxes, myself using Stadia to play games and an IPTV subscription here and we rarely have a problem.

howdy, yeah Vodafone is an option I had it before but I hated their TV so if it came to the push I would just opt for the broadband. Having the SIRO is brilliant, but if I thought Id get away with 100megs I'd go with that swell. My past experiences with Eir have me reluctant. But I can't ignore the value of their package...

I rang the switcher number yesterday. 8 minutes into the call waiting for it to be answered I said nah. This is not good. I checked not eh Eir set what speed Id get at my house and it said 12mb. I have a SIRO line into the house. As much as Id love a new 4k Apple TV box to mess around with and a bill of only 49 euros maybe Im dodging a bullet here.

BBC recording is now working on the Apple TV 4K box. I held off upgrading to the new eir TV box until BBC allowed recording. Since BBC iPlayer is not allowed in Ireland, the lack of recording would have been a deal-breaker for me, if it hadn't been sorted. I don't care about lack of RTE recording, as I already use the RTE player instead of recording. Likewise for Channel 4 player etc, although Channel 4 does allow recording.

Overall I am pretty impressed with the Apple TV box used by Eir. It is very convenient to have all the other TV apps running on the same platform as the broadcast channels, and being totally wireless means you don't have to worry about cabling your TVs. Another nice feature, (which you won't find Eir advertising!), is that you can add additional multi-room boxes without paying the multi-room subscription - if you buy them yourself rather than paying the monthly subscription. Eir actually sell "refurbished" boxes from their store https://eir-store.ie/ - at €79.99 each. The units I purchased were brand new. Nice to get multi-room TV in several rooms, for a total household cost of €9.99 per month in your bundle.

Yes - if you want to run the eir TV app (you will need this for the Broadcast TV channels), you will need to use Apple TV 4K boxes. The original eir Vision box worked for a few days - to facilitate the changeover process - but then it died. You could use another box such as Chromecast or Android - but these won't run the eir TV app, so you won't get live Broadcast channels. The Apple TV 4k boxes are about €160 new. You can pick them up on Adverts.ie etc for as little as €50, but I suspect most of these are dodgy or stolen goods. The "refurbished" units being sold in the eir store are very good value at €79.99. There are no moving parts in these boxes, so very little to go wrong in a 2nd-hand box. Since you are buying online from Eir, you could always return your purchase if you were not happy with it.

Note - the "refurbished" units come with the regular Apple remote control, whereas Eir ship their new boxes with a branded Eir remote control. The Apple remote takes a little getting used to - the user interface is a bit like an i-Pod. I suspect that Eir were forced to provide a more conventional remote control for luddites who probably didn't like the Apple remote control. I actually quite like the Apple remote. You can also programme the Apple TV box to accept commands from any conventional remote - so this is not a major issue.

Actually you can broadcast live tv using the app and chromecast works for me anyway, granted I havent used very channel but certainly rte worked was watching ti last night in the bedroom. I love that the eir tv app also has the recordings means I can continue watching recorded shows in different rooms or even down at my parents when I visit

Crinkley - It is true that you can "cast" the eir tv channels to any TV with Chromecast, even if you are away from home. It is a useful feature, but I wouldn't equate it to the simplicity of running eir TV natively on the Apple TV box. I am also not sure if the video quality of casting is full HD let alone 4K?