Amazon Fire TV Stick Deals & Offers

Depends on what apps your using. If you using the standard services....catchup, Netflix, Plex, IPTV then firestick runs sweet as a nut. Buffering would suggest a ***** setup on your side. My old firestick only buffered when trying to run VPN & IPTV at the same time, and that was down to the CPU/Mem only. Didnt matter if I had it connected through Ethernet or Wifi. I would assume the firetv could handle this fine with better cpu and mem.

More expensive things are better? Mind blown!

No one cares what you'd do Sam

Fire stick is underpowered to run decent TV. Buffering crap with less memory and powerful CPU . Won't buy even if free. But if you got Xbox or Nvidia shield , no need to buy this either.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1677034/Two-year-warranty-EU-law.html Sorry it's two years, not three. Remember this is with the retailer, not the manufacturer. I've used this a few times, when the retailer is the manufacturer, like buying an iPhone from Apple it works best.

Aw man should have done the click & collect, thought I'd pop to John Lewis and just pick one up at lunch, but they were out of stock... Doh!

It's gone back up to £34.95 :|

What are you pretending to be?

Absolutely. So I’ll waste more time writing about the waste of time

Iv paid a bloke £10 and he has downloaded me 2 new ones. Yes you are allowed to post on here because I have seen some special posts posted but it's old and a huge list going through pages.

sorry just seen this.. :| did you get it sorted? lots you can try not sure if im allowed to post links on here :(

They told me to tell them when I was not getting next day delivery (that they offer), did you read my post?

How are you not being tight?? Please tell me where you can get everything they offer for cheaper.... they have equivalent of Spotify and Netflix plus more, on top of free next day delivery for £79 per year, what more do you want...???

Is there any alternative app for this? I have live net but both of them have stopped working at times

Sideload Stb emu or smart Iptv and these will do a good job on IPTV.

Download kodi then pure sports addon for all your TVs channels sky sports by sports etc etc

Anyone know how to install BTsport on the fire stick ? I followed the guides as it requires google play services. However I can’t the btsport to update to latest version

Well in my case it was 2 days ago and still both stores showing in stock online so I think the 24 hour thing is just made up.

Rang up local branch as stock said they had 1 , but the guy told that it had gone and that it takes 24 hours to update the stock level..... no wonder they are going under!

Seems to be £39.99 Everywhere now: https://www.tesco.com/direct/amazon-fire-tv-stick-with-alexa-voice-remote-tv-media-streamer/244-3655.prd

Argos have then for the same price and John Lewis with 2 yr warranty

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Haha my TV is a £99 Aldi 19" that I bought in 2012. Deezer/youtube on Roku are OK for my purposes since I don't use my (ancient) smartphone much and can't be bothered mirroring from a laptop. I just miss the Spotify app - I'm into some obscure stuff that Deezer doesn't find easily. I've got the TV audio outputting to an 80s Technics amp/speakers sitting next to a turntable and stack of vinyl/casettes many times bigger than the TV. I'm happy being a bit of a luddite.

No probs. Maybe keep the Roku for tv and grab something like a Chromecast/ chromecast audio for your music. If you’ve got a modern tv then chances are it’ll automatically swap HDMI inputs when you go to use one or the other. Or of course look at a decent Bluetooth speaker or Sonos Play etc. (If money isn’t so much an issue.)

Cheers for the info. The Spotify app always was a bit rubbish too. I'll stick to the Roku for now.

Personally I already use an Apple TV 4K for most of my music, streaming Deezer a lot of the time. I might occasionally use it on the Roku when I just want a quick bit of “Radio” a such. I can’t say particularly any of the bult-in music apes have been any good across any of the streaming platforms, that’s including even the likes of Google Play Music on the Shield, Amazon Music on the Fire Tv, or Apple Music on the Apple TV 4K. They are just so underwhelming to use compared to using a mobile os music app. Control is just so much more intuitive doing it that way. The closest I’ve ever got using Spotify without direct Airplay was when using Spotify Connect on PS4/Xbox One. Otherwise I’d stick to Airplay or at least Chromecasting for control. Even Youtube can be a better experience for Music than most of the dedicated Music apps out there.

Why when o click on "get the deal" got to page and the price is other

Since today's update has someone else's stick gone pop?? Mine is

Just looked ...price back up to 39.99

Any idea if the Fire Stick or Roku Stick supports 50Hz video? Watching UK TV content at 60Hz is irritating.

You can side-load the "Smart YouTube TV" app to access YouTube. It might be nicer than using a browser (I've tried neither).

Ordered two of these and they sent me a replacement of 2 chromecasts instead, so when queried they told me to buy it in store so you lose the 18 pound, what a con wouldn’t redeliver so they don’t have to honour the reduction

[sigh] The expression is "Must try harder".

Poor comeback. Must try better.

Not as bored as you, obviously.

God, you must be bored.

Still available at both stores for £30,needs unexpired.

At Argos it is still £30

Why is this expired? It is available at £30.

I use my current fire HD purely for a game - got the other stuff so it's not a case of either or. I'm not bragging or anything just housebound so like my gadgets. I talk to Alexa more than anyone so this sounds good ;). Might even have more than a one game console. I know it sounds daft but it was an unused present so I picked it up and cracked on. I must say I don't mind ecosystems and don't feel the need to get all Wolfie Smith if I can't side load snoop-on-me anyway Google. Anyhoo, maybe worth checking your emails as there's an Argos in a Sainsbury's near who apparently miss me! And want to give me another fiver off bless them. I miss them too for a fiver... £114.99 -I'm in.

I bought the HD 8 the other day from Argos and so far I love it! I've previously owned the 7" version and it was naff in comparison... as others have said you add Google Play and within minutes you can install tons more apps and others that you might previously have bought such as Moon Reader in my case which I use to read all my books stored in Calibre on my laptop. Bargain, that extra 500mb of memory and the better processor really make a huge difference over the cheaper tablet you just wouldn't believe the difference

Curious what do you think they loc you out of that you can’t sideload

First thing I did, took me less then 10 minutes, works just like a normal android tablet now

The new Fire HD 10 is quite a decent 10" tablet. But the Amazon software (lack of Google store!) is still putting me off. Supposedly, you can install Google Play using a hack - has anybody tried that?

Was a nice bargain while it lasted 😁

Expired .. now £79.98

I received these today and now I am an Ex Chromecast / Roku Express user but I do have Prime on my Amazon account. Problem is I'm thinking of getting a dot for my Mother and another one for myself now but so far holding back. As sad as I thought it may be I have had so much fun this morning (lol) Got it running through a Logitech Z533 with multiple inputs works great.

Alexa, order me some more tinfoil.

May as well cut the CIA / FBI / Mi5 a spare key. Bunch of clueless sheep

I couldn't get this on eBay, kept giving an error about payment. Spoke to PayPal and they said their security systems identified it as a "risky item" and said if I wanted to buy it I'd have to ask Argos to send me an invoice. I told them to stuff it, reserved them on the Argos website, took a printout in and after a bit of persuading the manager agreed to honour it by reducing the price for one to £20.

Thanks for the clarification. It does seem somewhat odd that there are not more default commands available in the routines options. I assume there is a reason for it, but still. Grrr.

You can do multiple things from one command but only for other smart devices that you have, things that are listed in the Routines section of the app. As tunein radio is a built in function rather than an external smart device it can't be included. However, if for example you had a Harmony remote, hue lights, TP plug. You could ask it, with one command of your choosing, to play Radio 1 (harmony > amp & speakers), turn on the lights (Hue), boil the kettle (TP plug).

Thanks for the reply, I mean being able to do several things at once via a routine. I may have, and think I have, misinterpreted your reply in that you had a routine which allowed you to adjust the thermostat and bang on 5live in one command/routine? Cheers.

Hmm it should play any radio statiin via TuneIn, at least mine did without adding any Alexa skill for it. When you have bluetooth connected as well as wifi, it plays whatever siurce was fed to it last i.e. say you're playing a YouTube song via Bluetooth, and you want to play a radio station and say 'play Magic FM', bluetooth playback stops immediately and it picks up the wifi radio stream. When you say 'Alexa, stop' it reverts back to the bluetooth stream BUT it has no ability to interrupt the Bluetooth source so your YouTube song would have been playing on your phone in the interim. Yiu can also pair/unpair Bluetooth devices via voice commands.

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Well the amazon stick gives you what a smart tv has. However you can have live tv, games and other kinds of apps that you would need if you have a tv that is not near an Ariel cable. However as you already have a PS4 and a smart tv and a fire stick there isn’t much point of getting another one. The echo dot is a different story but it depends if you would use it or not. It can be the centre of your house, you can ask it questions, set timers, turn lightbulbs on and off (if you have a smart bulb) and much more. It really just depends if you would use it or not. Seeing as you already have a fire stick there probably isn’t much point in getting this deal and just wait to see if there is a deal with just the echo dot.

I got this with Prime delivery on Amazon for one pound more but only because I can't be bothered to walk a mile from the entrance to the collection desk at my local Tesco to be met by a queue of people doing the lottery. Plus parking and getting back out again as I don't shop there. I go to M&S don't you know.

+1 Much better services to get the same thing

If you missed this deal from Tesco then still get from Argos https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3-x-amazon-echo-dot-black-white-9997-3332-each-free-cc-argos-ebay-amazon-fire-tv-stick-with-alexa-remote-echo-dot-5994-argos-2905369

The tesco deal is super hot !

The Tesco deal is cheaper now. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/11-cheaper-than-amazon-fire-tv-stick-with-alexa-voice-remote-echo-dot-black-white-5895-free-cc-tesco-direct-2905106

Anyone getting this when trying to link fire tv to Alexa? Any help

Anyone getting this when trying to link fire tv to Alexa? Any help

thank you :)

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It's £39.95 now. :-( Deal needs expiring.

Has anyone done the Currys, and/or John Lewis one yet?. Perhaps I could Post that one out as well?. ;-) Hehehehe. :-D

Nice - throw in something electrical /gaming for £5.05 or more to get £5 knocked off the total order (TDX-KH7H) Halo 5 perhaps ;)

Roku express has YouTube support, same price.

I've put 1st gen in kids room and 2nd in living room, but I've had them running on 2 tell us side by side and there's no real difference, although I totally reset it every so often All I have on mine is iptv, terrarium, Netflix, Amazon and YouTube (through firefox), and uninstall / disabled everything I can. It runs a lot smoother and quicker without all their bundled crap, especially that stupid Alexa.

Lol, "almost like they want you to use their own vod service". Though strictly speaking, that may not 100% be the case, lol, in a round about kind of way, you may not be as far off the mark as you may think perhaps?. After all (as a good example), Amazon website refuses to sell the Google Chrome Cast upon it ... (because the Chrome Cast directly mirrors similar features as that of what it's own Fire Stick does). It reminds me of certain stories I read about last year also, that went along the lines of this, Apple was disabling the functionality of the Google Chrome Browser on it's iDevices/iProducts, but interestingly enough, the Mozilla Firefox Browser had absolutely no issues running/functioning upon those same said Apple list of products ... (There are no doubt many other examples out there of similar misgivings perhaps?, but those were my 2 notable ones anyway). So, in the grander scheme of things (so to speak), who knows what some of these Industrial Giant's are truly up to?, lol.

I've never tried LiveNetTV before, what is it like? - in relation to other similar App's like Mobdro etc etc, for example?, it's been a while since I used Mobdro (last year sometime), so I'm not sure if/how it's changed since, for a direct line for like comparison on it, etc?). I've tried Terrarium before too, and that's not half bad either (excellent for TV Shows, but dead in the water for Movies though - even though it blatantly has a 'Movie' section within it, looooool). What other one's are out there? (of the same/similar ilk to Mobdro, LiveNetTV, and Terrarium?), thanx.

PM them to me perhaps?, thanx.

I haven't changed mine since new in Nov. Using panasonic eneloops

Deal ended

It's £39.99 here now too?

Why is this still on here, it’s back upto £39.99 like everywhere else ages ago

Will you tube be available on this?? Heard that Amazon and google fell out and you tube would not be on Amazon device's.

Just used code tesco

Well Amazon now have two browsers you can install directly on the Firestick, no sideloading required .. :) Just say " Browsers" to Alexa. Choice of Amazon`s own Silk, or Firefox. Firefox has a direct link to Youtube built in.. Good move by Amazon to do this !

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yeah gone up to £40 before using the discount code

has this expired its now £35 ?

If you have Prime you can watch online (via browser) and don't need a firestick .. but definitely worth the investment at this price (remote is worth £15 on its own) :)

Is this latest version or older one.