The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!

[Zoraptor]

1 hour ago, ShadySands said:

Huh, I never thought people might have Prime Video without Amazon Prime. Seems obvious but it somehow never occurred to me.

You simply cannot get Prime in some places like, well, New Zealand since we don't have our own Amazon subentity. Which is kind of funny because they always, always offer me a free month of it every time I buy something and thought I lived in Australia (which has amazon.com.au) when it came to apps for their streaming dongle. NZ billing address seems to be enough to stop you getting it. You can however get Prime Video here. Presume it's the same in other places that don't have a 'home' Amazon site.

Though whether it's the same as standalone Prime Video if mainline Prime is available I don't know. Contrary to the Euros' experience it didn't have much rental/ pay to watch stuff at all that I could see, though that was a year ago now. 

[LadyCrimson]

1 hour ago, Hurlshort said:

I save way over the cost of Prime in shipping, so it's hardly an issue.

You do have to be careful/aware that a lot of stuff that falls under Prime/free and fast shipping, the selling price may be higher for "prime" item versions vs buying from another named "non-Prime"/not free shipping seller. Also, prices may differ whether you're logged into Prime (more) or viewing as not-logged/maybe no stored browser cookie too (less). So absolute total may not be as much cheaper - or cheaper at all - as you might think. (edit: it's not true all the time) but I've seen it many times. Anyway, that stuff probably changes/varies a bit by regions and/or policy changes as well. My personal main reason for Prime was the generally faster delivery times without paying extra shipping. That's really what you're mostly paying for - speed - and I'm not terribly patient.

For people who might buy from Amazon a few times or whatever a year, Prime for that reason alone isn't worth it.

Edited 6 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[majestic]

3 hours ago, Zoraptor said:

Contrary to the Euros' experience it didn't have much rental/ pay to watch stuff at all that I could see, though that was a year ago now. 

There's plenty to watch even without rentals or buying films, but Amazon is trying really hard to sell their sub-channels/access to other streaming services through Prime Video. Just on my landing page it shows me all the things I could watch if I subscribed to Discovery, MGM+, Paramount+, Apple-TV, and so on and so forth. Plus current rental movies. Takes some scrolling down, and they sneaksily encourage users to click on the pay-to-watch stuff. Free for a week, free for a month, free first episode, kinda like a dealer. 

We noticed you watch a lot of horror movies, how'd you like to subsribe to Thrillbox, Home of Horror or Bloody Movies? Each one for just 3.99€/month. Free week included, we hope you forget to cancel!

[Lexx]

Fun fact, I tried one of those sub-channels a while ago and found it *very hard* to cancel them... because that's hidden in an extremely terrible ui that tries to make it as hard as possible for you to cancel.