Amazon Movies FREE with Prime Membership... but requires Flash Player

[Zeos]

Rats. Amazon Prime now comes with free streaming movies, but they require Adobe Flash Player. Maybe Amazon will come up with an iPad app for streaming their movies?

 

[Dorkington]

Rats. Amazon Prime now comes with free streaming movies, but they require Adobe Flash Player. Maybe Amazon will come up with an iPad app for streaming their movies?

Considering how many applications Amazon has released for iOS, I wouldn't be surprised if they have something in the pipes.

 

[jclardy]

I took a look, doesn't appear to have better content than Netflix. It is also SD quality for everything.

Not bad if you are already a subscriber of Amazon Prime, but if you already have Netflix it doesn't seem like you are missing much...

 

[KevinC867]

I took a look, doesn't appear to have better content than Netflix. It is also SD quality for everything.
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It turns out that many (most?) of the free movies are available in HD if you watch them from a device like a Roku box or certain internet-enabled TVs. I just tried a couple of movies with my Roku box and they looked good in HD.

The TV show selections are pretty thin right now. Mostly from BBC and very little HD available.

 

[pagansoul]

BBC is pretty much all I watch on TV becides FRINGE, BONES and GLEE (via Hulu).

 

[poloponies]

It turns out that many (most?) of the free movies are available in HD if you watch them from a device like a Roku box, certain internet-enabled TVs. I just tried a couple of movies with my Roku box and they looked good in HD.

The TV show selections are pretty thin right now. Mostly from BBC and very little HD available.

Even crappy BBC shows tend to be better than most US shows.

 

[gloss]

Eh, it's a nice perk, but I've already got Netflix.

 

[canyonblue737]

Well I don't see people subscribing to Prime just for this thin selection but for those of us who are *already* Prime members it is a nice perk. If their selection someday rivals Netflix there is no question I would cancel my Netflix membership, that is a very big IF.

 

[elan123]

BBC is pretty much all I watch on TV becides FRINGE, BONES and GLEE (via Hulu).

lol.... BBC!

 

[KevinC867]

Considering how many applications Amazon has released for iOS, I wouldn't be surprised if they have something in the pipes.

I wouldn't count on it. Apple's new policies regarding content providers and subscriptions will probably deter companies like Amazon from trying to do something new in this area. Their rejection of the Sony eBook reader suggests that apps like Kindle and NetFlix wouldn't fly under the new policies.