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Just joined Amazon Prime.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:19 pm
First time ever subscribing to an "on demand" service" and not impressed with the movie selection. I will say that having access to almost all of the HBO series is a major plus.
Just started re-watching all of the "Oz" episodes. I had forgotten just how good that show was.
Any suggestions from other Prime watchers? Is this service worth the money in the long run? I have a 30 day free trial.
Just started re-watching all of the "Oz" episodes. I had forgotten just how good that show was.
Any suggestions from other Prime watchers? Is this service worth the money in the long run? I have a 30 day free trial.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:20 pm to adono
Orphan Black is a good show only available on Prime.
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:22 pm to adono
have you seen The Shield? if not, watch it, its not on netflix
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:34 pm to adono
I would never pay for Prime for the streaming service. That's just a perk.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:34 pm to adono
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Is this service worth the money in the long run? I have a 30 day free trial.
Do you buy much from Amazon? If so the free shipping alone will make it worth the money. I enjoy the movies too, but I do also have Netflix to supplement. If you have a Kindle the lending library is a nice feature that has saved me a lot. You can also invite up to 5 other "family" members to use your Prime account too. They get all the same benefits.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:36 pm to adono
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Is this service worth the money in the long run?
Considering the other benefits of Prime, free shipping, free music, free cloud storage, free Kindle lending library, etc. it is worth the money. If I had to choose a streaming video service only I'd choose NetFlix. But honestly their libraries are fairly comparable. NetFlix has better originals (every Amazon original pilot I've watched has sucked), but Amazon has many HBO shows.
As for what to watch, as you've seen the movie selection is generally pretty bad, most people watch TV shows. Some of the better exclusives they have in addition to the HBO stuff is The Americans, Justified, Vikings, and Suits. I've never seen Justified or Suits, but they are generally well liked on the board.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:40 pm to adono
as others have stated, the streaming is just an extra benefit to the free 2 day shipping. That said, I don't really use Amazon's service that much...I hate their UI and a lot of the TV Shows/Movies are available on Netflix...save for the new HBO deal they got.
Really though, the UI was such a huge turnoff to me when I first started trying to use it that I just got really annoyed and didn't give it much of a chance.
Really though, the UI was such a huge turnoff to me when I first started trying to use it that I just got really annoyed and didn't give it much of a chance.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:50 pm to Doldil
I actually preferred Amazon's UI over Netflix until they changed the way they put the movies in order.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:53 pm to adono
The last 5 movies I added to my watch list...
Wolf of Wallstreet
Under the Skin
Nebraska
Kevin
Kite Runner
Recommendations..
The Spectacular Now
Babel
Finding Forrester
Non-HBO TV shows..
Vikings
Hannibal
The Americans
Wolf of Wallstreet
Under the Skin
Nebraska
Kevin
Kite Runner
Recommendations..
The Spectacular Now
Babel
Finding Forrester
Non-HBO TV shows..
Vikings
Hannibal
The Americans
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:54 pm to illuminatic
The only experience I have with Amazon's UI is on my Roku. The way it was done when I hated it so much was basically find the genere you wanted and scroll through...if there was more than one season of something it would just randomly show up somewhere in the listing. I remember seeing X Season 1, B season 14, C season 3, X season 5...and so on. It made it impossible to keep track of stuff (I had been watching Stargate and lost track of where I was b/c of it)
Posted on 12/11/14 at 12:56 pm to illuminatic
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I would never pay for Prime for the streaming service. That's just a perk.
^
Posted on 12/11/14 at 1:08 pm to Doldil
I usually use search when dealing with shows so I can have all of the seasons grouped together. The thing I hate now is the way they order the movies. They used to order them from newest to oldest. Now it seems like they do it based on popularity. So now a movie that came out 2 days ago can be buried behind a bunch of 2 month old movies. This gripe has more to do with the new release rentals though.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:00 pm to adono
If you got Prime for the streaming service then you will be disappointed. Netflix is better. However, if you shop online then the Prime is well worth it. I do all my Christmas shopping on Amazon and only get Prime products. I use it constantly throughout the year, as well. It has easily paid for itself many times over with what I have saved on shipping costs. I love getting things in 2 days, will never be able to go back to standard shipping. The streaming is just a perk, which I have hardly used since I have Netflix streaming and HBOGo.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:03 pm to adono
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First time ever subscribing to an "on demand" service"
You do know the "on demand" service is merely some lagniappe. 2day shipping is the reason for prime
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:10 pm to adono
Yeah, people join Prime for shipping, but to be honest, I've never heard of people joining for television.
Dude, you can get television options way better elsewhere. One of the perks for me was movies, being able to get them before the other options for cheaper.
Dude, you can get television options way better elsewhere. One of the perks for me was movies, being able to get them before the other options for cheaper.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:18 pm to adono
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not impressed with the movie selection
Dont worry, Hulu's movie selection is embarassing and Netflix is pretty sad as well. Movie's that Ive recently searched for that Netflix does not have...
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
First Blood
Christmas Vacation
Die Hard (Ive been longing for a Christmas/Action movie)
Big Fish
The Thin Red Line
Lost In Translation
Munich
How does a company that deals in movies not have any of these available?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:27 pm to dnm3305
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How does a company that deals in movies not have any of these available?
I wonder this too. I have Netflix, Amazon, and Uverse On-Demand, and there are still frequently times I can't find a particular movie. Roku's search helps most of the time but not always. It would be nice if there was a complete IMDB library to select from without needing multiple subscriptions and access to one off apps. I hope that the content distribution model changes soon so that this can happen.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:33 pm to adono
With prime do you get to watch all those shows for free or do you have to buy/rent them? I thought it was the latter.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:40 pm to dnm3305
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How does a company that deals in movies not have any of these available?
About 3 years ago NetFlix was at a crossroads, the movie channels they had or could have had deals with wanted them to go to a tiered pricing model. Showtime wouldn't renew unless they went to tiered pricing and HBO had said they'd give them shows if they charged more. Both were worried about losing their premium status by being associated with a one low price NetFlix.
NetFlix saw that people mostly watched TV shows on their service anyway (due in no small part to how bad the movie selection was back then even with the Showtime deal), so they backed off movies, doubled down on TV and started focusing on creating original content like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:44 pm to SundayFunday
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With prime do you get to watch all those shows for free or do you have to buy/rent them? I thought it was the latter.
Both. Anything marked Prime is free with your Prime membership. Everything else can be bought or rented. LINK
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