This morning, Amazon activated free online streaming for current Amazon Prime Subscribers
. With over 5,000 movies and TV shows available to be streamed, I can't help but feel as if Amazon is following the same steps Netflix made in putting streaming content online. Start out first with a small selection of whatever
content and rights they can pickup, and then slowly expand their offerings as the program gains popularity, and servers allow for.
A couple of caveats to the Amazon Prime Free Streaming:
1) Only paid Amazon Prime Subscribers have access to it; if your Prime Membership is part of the Student Prime or some other Free Prime Shipping program, the content isn't available.
2) The content offered on Amazon is not alot, and some of it can be found on Hulu; and much of it overlaps with Netflix. Netflix still has much more available for streaming; the Amazon content is mostly indie, foreign, classics, documentaries and some "bargain-bin" type movies and tv shows.
3) The content requires Flash 10.
4) Video content resolution is dependent on connection speed, and the maximum resolution seems to be a little below DVD quality.
. With over 5,000 movies and TV shows available to be streamed, I can't help but feel as if Amazon is following the same steps Netflix made in putting streaming content online. Start out first with a small selection of whatever
content and rights they can pickup, and then slowly expand their offerings as the program gains popularity, and servers allow for.
A couple of caveats to the Amazon Prime Free Streaming:
1) Only paid Amazon Prime Subscribers have access to it; if your Prime Membership is part of the Student Prime or some other Free Prime Shipping program, the content isn't available.
2) The content offered on Amazon is not alot, and some of it can be found on Hulu; and much of it overlaps with Netflix. Netflix still has much more available for streaming; the Amazon content is mostly indie, foreign, classics, documentaries and some "bargain-bin" type movies and tv shows.
3) The content requires Flash 10.
4) Video content resolution is dependent on connection speed, and the maximum resolution seems to be a little below DVD quality.
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