What do I need to watch amazon prime on my tv?

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I have a fairly bog-standard tv. It has digital channels but isn’t smart.
I have amazon prime and currently watch things on my iPad but I’d like to watch films on the tv. Do I just need a fire stick? Is there any advantage to having the fancy remote? Or is there another way to magically beam them from my iPad to the tv?

I just use a fire stick but let DH do all
The boring setting it up stuff. I have no patience.

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Oh. Oops. Totally misunderstood the question.

Fifi- Ha, ha!! Thanks for recommendations

Fluffy - thanks I’ve been looking on amazon and eBay and they’re £40 so Imighr just stick to aatchingon the iPad.

They are usually half price or have a decent reduction on Black Friday, so might be worth holding off until then.

Also, your t.v. will need a usb port to use one.

We watch amazon prime via our Apple TV.

apple tv DS got a second hand one for £15 it mirrors anything from i phone or i pad screen to TV by airdrop.

Definitely wait until black Friday for the fire stick - got ours for £25 last year. Really useful - can also watch iplayer/YouTube etc on it.

There's also an app that you can use to control the fire stick, though the remote is handy.

MCC - might hold off a few weeks then. Although, ds thinks our tv doesn’t have an USB port so I should probably check that first.

Shadow - is Apple TV similar to the fire stick?

Ds has a PS4 which I could have watched it through but it moved up to his room last Christmas, supposedly just while we had visitors and it’s still up there! I did suggest he bring it back down but that didn’t go too well

This is my biggest issue with amazon prime. I find it so inaccessible.
Netflix at least has a channel within virgin to be able to watch it.
My mum recently played the film on her laptop and plugged it into the tv with the hdmi to stream through but I couldn't get over it using two pieces of technology at the same time.

We have 3 fire sticks, at least two bought on black Friday I find them really easy to use and you can do everything on them - Amazon video, Netflix, iPlayer, itv hub, all 4,, YouTube, etc etc. You need an HDMI port on your tv, not usb.

My only complaint is that the remotes are quite small and get lost, but you can, as mentioned, download an app to use as a remote.

I bought my parents one last Christmas and wasn't sure whether they'd use it much - they watch a lot of iPlayer on laptop/desktop - but they love it and my dad told me it was their best present

You can use an xbox or playstation to watch Amazon. That's what I do.

If you are looking for things to watch, you should try Outlander. It's even better on a full sized screen.

You can watch Amazon prime from a BT box, fire stick, Xbox, and I think the PlayStation. You used to be able to watch it from a Wii but I’m not sure if that’s still the case. So, if you already have one of these devices it would save you having to get another.

Apple TV has loads of channels on it-amazon prime is one of about 20. So you just turn the little box on and pick the channel and log in. It’s other beneficial feature is that it mirrors your phone or iPad too. We used to FaceTime through the tv as it was a bigger screen.

Thanks for the replies

I’ve spent the last hour looking through the ‘stick’ options and still can’t make a decision!!

I think I’m going to just carry on watching on my iPad for now

Or you could Chromecast to your TV? It's like the fire stick, but it means you can put any screen onto your TV. You can 'cast' Amazon music from your phone too

I second google chrome cast. much easier

Other apps use Chromecast too, the Disney life app does

I’ll have a look. Thank you