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Eir TV

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  • #392
    crinkley
    Registered Users Posts: 846 ✭✭✭crinkley


    I never watch live tv unless it’s sport, unfortunately I have 10 months left on my eir contract but will be moving or at the least dropping eir tv if this remains the case. Without access to iPlayer I’ll be missing out on a lot of tv



  • #393
    Bohs92
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Bohs92


    Yeah I got the same text from Eir. It wouldn't be too bad if Eir had a catch up service for BBC, at least you would have a week to Watch any program you missed, but they don't, and most of my recordings would be from BBC, it's a pain in the ass, Eir have just increased their price too, they should be reducing it if anything



  • #394
    Delta2113
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    So you have been watching a 6 part mini series on BBC and the night showing part 6 you have to attend a wedding and you will miss the final episode.

    Not acceptable in 2024. I would cancel full tv service rather than put up with such scenarios.



  • #395
    COVID
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭COVID


    I have 'Newsnight' - BBC2 - on Schuedeled Series Link.

    I just checked it there and it still recorded last night's episode, Wednesday 17th.

    However, I couldn't fast forward.

    Post edited by COVID on


  • #396
    COVID
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭COVID


    Probably gone by tomorrow night.😒

    Post edited by COVID on


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  • #397
    crinkley
    Registered Users Posts: 846 ✭✭✭crinkley


    Out of interest I went to check if the season finale of the Traitors recorded last night and it did! But can't skip - wonder how much longer that will last



  • #398
    golfball37
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,680 ✭✭✭golfball37


    I can still watch recordings but can’t fast forward



  • #399
    COVID
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭COVID


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122395592#Comment_122395592

    Same here.



  • #400
    Akula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭Akula


    just got my apply tv box. Looks to be last generation and not in an apple box. It’s the one that still says tv on top. Anybody else still getting these or the newer model.

    The remote is hideous also.



  • #401
    Delta2113
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    Article.

    https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/106000-eir-tv-customers-no-longer-able-to-record-bbc/a122027142.html



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  • #402
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,039 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    I have an old sky dish with cables plugged straight into my TV

    A USB flash drive also plugged into TV for storage

    can record BBC no problemo



  • #403
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122396445#Comment_122396445

    Nothing really we didn’t know there - maybe questions might have been asked of eir and/or the BBC as to why, after five years of apparent progress on this issue, suddenly things have gone backwards.



  • #404
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    These "rights issues" are becoming a real pain in the neck here. Pure greed from broadcasters, rights holders and providers. Squeeze or punish the poor Irish consumer.

    Look at Switzerland for comparison - here, the exact same product that Eir TV uses is available as an "over the top" streaming service.

    All the main UK (yes, UK!) channels are also available in full HD with 7 day on demand service and an ability to "record" 1,000 or 2,000 shows with no restrictions. This includes all the ITV, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 range of channels.

    No problem with rights issues there.



  • #405
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    There is a reason there is no problem about rights issues in Switzerland.

    Switzerland is a special case because local law provides cable tv operators a defence against copyright infringement in the case of services that can be picked up free to air on satellite in the country. Because of this, these services - and loads of FTA channels from around the continent - are being offered on cable in the country without the agreement or permission of the broadcasters concerned.

    BBC Studios only offer domestic BBC channels to countries that were able to pick the channels up off air via overspill in the analogue era - Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. They can do nothing about the situation in Switzerland and have to play ball but it’s not their choice.



  • #406
    Akula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭Akula


    anybody know how to put the remote into pairing mode? Eir instructions don’t seem to be accurate.



  • #407
    Grey123
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭Grey123


    Why is Sky News not on EirTV?



  • #408
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    No Sky channels are apart from Sky Sports Racing which Sky doesn’t 100% own.

    It can be watched pretty easily on the Apple TV box by downloading the free Sky News app from the App Store.



  • #409
    Grey123
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭Grey123


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122402970#Comment_122402970

    Thanks. It just seems odd given sky news is generally free and ever on saorview which doesn’t have any other sky channels.



  • #410
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭kooga


    IMG_8526.jpeg

    bought this on Amazon de to control my Apple TV box as the supplied one was a headwreck and this is far superior and half the price compared to the eir store



  • #411
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    That’s the same one eir are supplying, isn’t it? Apart from the fact that it has a Magenta/Deutsche Telekom logo instead of an eir one?

    https://www.eir.ie/addtv/



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  • #412
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,039 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122412715#Comment_122412715

    looks like the one I recently got alright



  • #413
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭kooga


    it’s exactly the same as the eir one - so user friendly compared to the supplied remote



  • #414
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    I personally love the (old) Apple Remote - other than the fact that the front is made of glass and cracks rather easily and it’s so small that it’s too easy to lose. I’m not currently using eir TV though and I’m acutely aware I’m in a minority when it comes to liking it.

    The newer one is aluminium and most people seem to prefer it.



  • #415
    KildareP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭KildareP


    Recently got this installed, is anyone noticing momentary pixelation/freezing on a number of channels - RTE, Channel 4 mainly.

    It would seem to be on their end as if I watch a programme back through catch-up it pixelates in the exact same places as live.



  • #416
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122415074#Comment_122415074

    Yes! Just in the last few days.



  • #417
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    What the point is of the Eurosport 4K channel on Eir? Even with Eurosport being the "Home of the Olympics", I can't see anything at all in the schedule.

    Despite this, over on Virgin Media - Eurosport 4K is available (to all subscribers) and is showing content.



  • #418
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭kooga


    agree - you’d think they give it free or have content on it . A lot of the uk cable companies giving Eurosport for free during the Olympics.


    I have it the 4K channel via satellite on the German platform HD+ fantastic picture and English audio

    IMG_8591.jpeg



  • #419
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,784 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    And for some reason it's not on Sky either even though it was there a few weeks ago for the Wimbledon finals and before that for Roland Garros.



  • #420
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,039 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122444343#Comment_122444343

    how do you get the German Eurosport? I’ve a satellite tv with fta channels. Is it possible for me to pick up or do I need a second lnb pointed at another satellite than Astra?



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  • #421
    PixelCrafter
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭PixelCrafter


    The rights issues are becoming a pain in the rear, and I'm finding so many of the shows I want to watch are now split across multiple streaming apps. The result is I just don't watch as much TV anymore. I find it an effort to find what I want to watch and I just get bored and don't watch it.

    I'm actually thinking I might cancel EirTV whenever the contract runs out and just go over to free-to-air satellite. I don't watch enough TV anymore to justify the subscriptions.

    It's all just being driven by ever more greedy rights holders.

    The Olympics isn't on Eurosport 4K because someone's trying to drive Discovery + subscriptions.



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