fire stick

[den123]

can i use fire stick any where over the world on holiday in hotel would i need anything to get it work thanks guys

[maurice]

Hi den123, I live in Spain and use mine here without any problems, I don't think you can use it at "Vale Park" LOL

[grin2]

took mygica to florida and it worked fine in hotels with decent wifi in each room rather than communal areas. presume with firestick you wont need different adapters for mains socket. do they work from usb straight into tv?

[den123]

They looking for a buyer if you interested mate lol lol

[lacierva]

Hi den123, I live in Spain and use mine here without any problems, I don't think you can use it at "Vale Park" LOL
can you access all services from it , on demand for example

[holmroad]

Hi guys, so these fire sticks work well then? Seems they retail for approx. £37 to £72 all depending on where they are from and what's on them?

[den123]

everything mate well worth it u wont regret it

[simon 2003]

Hi guys, so these fire sticks work well then? Seems they retail for approx. £37 to £72 all depending on where they are from and what's on them?

there ok mate for 30 quid,wifi reception is good not much cache obviously,and mine struggles a bit with istream on kodi which i like,but genesis is ok,i use mine in the bedroom ok as a second device i guess .

[holmroad]

Cheers guys, I might give one a go then, its just that there are so many things nowadays with which to obtain entertainment - and as always the hardest thing can be to find the one (or more!) which suits ones own needs most of all!
Oh, please bring back the 'easy' life of satellite channels, smart cards, cams, etc etc!! lol!!

[lacierva]

Cheers guys, I might give one a go then, its just that there are so many things nowadays with which to obtain entertainment - and as always the hardest thing can be to find the one (or more!) which suits ones own needs most of all!
Oh, please bring back the 'easy' life of satellite channels, smart cards, cams, etc etc!! lol!!
i think the most interesting of this stick , is that it seems its not geoblocked

[Jimdefruit]

The firestick is not usb, it is HDMI.

[voyager1972]

The firestick works well for kodi,,i set it up in the bedroom and created an m3u channel list using my sat channels streamed from a zgemma and it works well,,,,,i seen them in argos at 25 quid a few weeks back.

[maurice]

£34.99 for normal & £44.99 for Voice in argos, £35 in Tesco this morning.

[holmroad]

£34.99 for normal & £44.99 for Voice in argos, £35 in Tesco this morning.

Cheers maurice - and what's the benefits with each one please mate?

[Satcat]

The dearer one has a voice activated remote. (pointless, imho)

[Aldo]

Cheers maurice - and what's the benefits with each one please mate?

Just a little more info that can be found on a m a z o n:

Amazon Fire TV Stick. £34.99

Technology Product description / spec

Fire TV Stick for effortless streaming of great movies, TV, music and more. Just plug into your TVs HDMI, connect to WiFi and enjoy. With a massive selection of content from BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and lots more. Easy to move between rooms or take to a friends. Music streaming from Pandora, Vevo, Tune in and Spotify.

Dedicated remote for ease of use. Downloadable app for voice search available on iOS, android and fire os.

Powerful and fast. Dual core processor and 1gb of ram for fast streaming and smooth performance.

8GB memory.
720p and 1080i.

Video formats:

BBC iPlayer.
Netflix.
Amazon Instant.
YouTube.
Vimeo.
Rent from the largest selection of HD movies.

Interfaces and connectivity:

HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.

Photo formats:

JPEG.
GIF.
TIFF.

General information:

Remote control included.
EAN: 848719044959.

Additional Information

Prices correct as displayed but are subject to change.

Even further info can be found here:

_http://techforluddites.com/amazon-fire-tv-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-use-it/

[skomedal]

Fire TV Stick
Price:£34.99 & FREE Delivery in the UK
In stock.
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_http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stick/dp/B00KAKUN3E


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The link might not work in the UK as it accepts UK ip addresses

[Thom]

I have just stayed in a hotel in Vegas where the TVs were blocked from displaying any entertainment systems other than their own (for which you had to pay obviously).

But otherwise don't think there are any geographical limitations.

[holmroad]

But from what has been said above, not a lot extra from basic Freeview - as surely no 'major' channels such as Sky Sports, BT Sports, etc etc for your money?

[Sandra]

But from what has been said above, not a lot extra from basic Freeview - as surely no 'major' channels such as Sky Sports, BT Sports, etc etc for your money?

Once you put KODI on it then the world is your lobster :woohoo-022:

I bought a Fire 4K TV Box when they dropped down to £64.99 a few days back.

They have more ram and a faster CPU than the more basic stick I think and also have a micro SD card that can take a card up to 128GB and a USB port as well. :)

[holmroad]

Thanks Sandra, so if I got the £34 version and put Kodi on it I WOULD be able obtain many channels I mentioned above?
I wouldn't need the £64.99 one YOU have as my TV is not 4K but up to 1080P, you lucky thing!

[Sandra]

I haven't got a 4K TV either, YET but you never know and it is not far off Xmas and then the new year sales :respect-069:

My friends Firestick seems to run KODI very well using Black Box, he bought it with Black Box KODI already installed and it has the Amazon registration bit bypassed somehow whereas I had to register mine and my friends Fire TV Box with our Amazon accounts when I set them up to run Wookie. That isn't a problem and may even be an advantage as we can both go to an area, like a quick launch bit on a PC, where we can add apps using a program called adb fire to send .apk files to it and can then run them directly without having to go into KODI where my friend with the stick only seems to be able to run KODI.

I am still finding my way around it yet though as I have only briefly dabbled with it on PCs before a couple of years back when it was just going from XBMC to KODI, so others may be able to advise you as to the pros and cons of the stick v the box and if you pay a little more for the box if it is worth looking at other boxes at around the same price or a little dearer. :)

[lacierva]

now i have a firestick and have tested it abroad i can answer my question that no one seemed able to answer before, these sticks are geoblocked so you gona need vpn to get it to work outside uk,
but as mentioned in other threads when kodi is installed then it becomes a great little stick that you can take anywhere with a half decent wifi connection