Cromecast or Amazon Firestick

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kah22
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My girlfriend, living in Armagh, cannot receive Southern stations via her aerial but she can pick it up on the RTE International Player on her iPad.

I'm wondering what would be the best way to cast it from her iPad to her Sony television. The two options I can think of is the Chromecast or th Amazon Firestick. Anyone know if any of these have a built in RTE app. If you buy South of the border will you be able to get the normal RTE service rather than the international version

Is there a better way to get RTE via her fibre connection

Thanks for any advice

Kevin

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  • irishjohn
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    Chromecast is the cheaper option at the moment - available for £20 - worth buying online to give it a try - see if it does the job and if not then send it back for a refund
    John
  • kah22
    kah22 Posts: 1,830 Forumite
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    Good thinking, John. Have ordered one from Argos online - £20 as you said

    Kevin
  • Zola.
    Zola. Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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    Firestick / Android box all day long, can stick Kodi on it, all the tv shows and movies you could ever want...
  • Tansy_1980
    Tansy_1980 Posts: 118 Forumite
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    I'm not sure how well RTEplayer works with Chromecast - you have to actually mirror your phone or computer screen rather than casting just the content being streamed, if you know what I mean. It's quite jumpy as a consequence.
  • crusty_toenail
    crusty_toenail Posts: 269 Forumite
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    I bought a HD freeview box - which has RTE. Works a treat!
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    May - £70 so far:beer::beer:

  • murphy306
    murphy306 Posts: 409 Forumite
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    Kodi for sure, Chromecast not in the same league at all.
  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
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    Hard to cast from ipad to chrome- need Apple tv box. Besides that Firestick all day long (although ive got both but they are so cheap).
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