Amazon Unlimited Streaming for Prime Members

Earthy
Earthy Posts: 488
edited February 2011 in The Clubhouse
Logged into Amazon today and see their main page saying with your $79 annual membership to Prime you now get unlimited streaming. Looks like they are making another run at Netflix.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited February 2011
    Earthy wrote: »
    Logged into Amazon today and see their main page saying with your $79 annual membership to Prime you now get unlimited streaming. Looks like they are making another run at Netflix.

    I'm doing the Hulu Plus free trial now but the selection is meh. Maybe I'll check this out. Thanks
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited February 2011
    A great price by amazon, but to me there isn't anything good to watch... I'll keep waiting.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited February 2011
    When they start streaming in HD 1080 with Dolby 5.1, then I'll get excited. We put all this money into our HT's for everything that Bluray has to offer and they stream at most 750 with stereo?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2011
    You gotta start somewhere. I'm sure right now they're getting the basic functionality and hardware and all that in place. As time goes on and they get all the kinks worked out I'm sure guys like them and Netflix will have HD streaming more wisely available (both have it on some material now)
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  • Earthy
    Earthy Posts: 488
    edited February 2011
    In my opinion it's good to see some of the big players in the streaming game. As the ISP's try to bill on per gig basis, we will have more leverage on our side. It would be hard to stream what is offered, regardless of quality, if we don't stay with "unlimited" plans.

    I too think as time goes on Amazon will get more content and hopefully HD quality.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2011
    Until they (including Netflix) starts streaming popular new releases, I could care less about the streaming services from either for the most part. I've been a member of Netflix for a long time, and while large, their streaming selection is mostly crap.

    Aside from documentaries and TV shows, they don't have anything that's going to have me any more entertained than DirecTV does any given night.

    Without popular new releases, I don't get the big deal.
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited February 2011
    Thanx for the post. I have been using prime for a couple years now. Might come in handy when I'm on the road. (provided I can get a decent internet connection in the hotel)

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  • m1aman
    m1aman Posts: 143
    edited February 2011
    Streaming is no good for those with slow internet connections.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited February 2011
    m1aman wrote: »
    Streaming is no good for those with slow internet connections.

    thankfully, slow internet connections are pretty much a thing of the past
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  • m1aman
    m1aman Posts: 143
    edited February 2011
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    thankfully, slow internet connections are pretty much a thing of the past

    Not in all rural areas.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited February 2011
    My wife signed us up for prime. If I can get it to the tv, maybe this will make t worth keeping.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • Ace944gs
    Ace944gs Posts: 110
    edited February 2011
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Until they (including Netflix) starts streaming popular new releases, I could care less about the streaming services from either for the most part. I've been a member of Netflix for a long time, and while large, their streaming selection is mostly crap.

    Aside from documentaries and TV shows, they don't have anything that's going to have me any more entertained than DirecTV does any given night.

    Without popular new releases, I don't get the big deal.

    I have to agree 100%. I subscribe to both Netflix & Hulu (quit paying for cable months ago...absolutely don't miss it since the PS3 get the NHL Gamecenter app and I can watch my Isles in HD without paying Time Warner!!), and get probably only 75% of what I want. I can't wait for the day when a la cart tv is widely available, and without the delay in release we're experiencing today.

    I found this blog post pretty interesting, and potentially helpful for those potentially considering one or more of the streaming services.

    http://www.clicker.com/blog/amazon-prime-instant-a-closer-look-9651.html

    As far as I know, the Netflix 1080p is not exactly true- I think they throttle your stream based on bandwidth/speed. I can't complain about Netflix TV shows at all, but I'm sure those with better TV's than me can!
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited February 2011
    I will not adopt streaming until the quality of the content is better than that of usenet. Meaning, when they stream BD50, and comcast allows you to stream more than 7 movies..... until then, I don't even look at streaming.
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