Not showing up in Canada
Blame Amazon, the CRTC, whatever. Apple would love to do it.
[doublepost=1512595757][/doublepost]Watching today, a piece on Ben Bradlee, former editor of the Washington Post. Good video quality, fast response.
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Blame Amazon, the CRTC, whatever. Apple would love to do it.
[doublepost=1512595757][/doublepost]Watching today, a piece on Ben Bradlee, former editor of the Washington Post. Good video quality, fast response.
Working nicely on my ATV4 in the UK. Installed it when i got home from work this evening. Watching prime movies now
Ummm.... Netflix has worked fine for years on Apple TV. Sounds like you have a hardware/user problem.
Just browse their original/Amazon produced movies section. So many of last year's and this year's greatest movies (ie. Manchester By the Sea and The Big Sick)
The BT sport iOS app isn’t tied to having BT internet service. I don’t have BT internet just a BT sport subscription and the iOS app works fine for me.
They just "fixed" it. Unfortunately, the fix was to remove all the 5.1 badges. Was there this morning, got home this afternoon, fired it up, and no more 5.1 badges! That was an easy fix.
The Amazon Prime account tweeted on June 5 that it would, no confirmation on this thread yet though.
This will be interesting to test. Currently we are watching “The Americans”, and since we’re on satellite internet I’ve been downloading it to my iPad ahead of time and then playing/mirror to the ATV via the iPads Prime Video app. It’ll be interesting to see what the buffering time looks like.
They just "fixed" it. Unfortunately, the fix was to remove all the 5.1 badges. Was there this morning, got home this afternoon, fired it up, and no more 5.1 badges! That was an easy fix.
Oh my god. I thought you were kidding. But, YEP, they just removed "5.1" from all the content descriptions! My guess though is that they're just covering their asses until they fix their huge bungle.
My second point above is fortunately not correct! Later this evening when I tried it again it worked as expected (found a series and a movie, was the primary option and/or an option in the ‘open in’ list). Plus I got my TV link prompt (which I didn’t on initial install).
Excellent.
Same here. I can’t believe they supported the older gen machines. #happyday
wow yhey actually removed the 5.1 tags, oh well back to costumer service to tell them their bluff has been called, and that the issue is not considered fixed.
Ok i contacted costumer service and here was their reply regarding the tags "Please be assured, the tags are being removed temporarily. The issue will be fixed as soon as possible" so it is a trick to mask the problem with th tvos app,
Ok i contacted costumer service and here was their reply regarding the tags "Please be assured, the tags are being removed temporarily. The issue will be fixed as soon as possible" so it is a trick to mask the problem with th tvos app,
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Positive news turned in something bad just because Apple' is not the source. Speak for yourself. And go back "expertising" on everything else, please
I have no issue with the content avalability but rather the lack of surround sound, and today the rather disshones (imo) de tagging of 5.1 conent to mask the sound bug) oh well as long as they get it fixed before the s02E01 of The grand tour gose live I'll stop moaning
My reply is specifically pointed to that user's comment (and his generally compliant and paternalistic and contemptuous attitude)
By the way, anyone interested in this App on Apple TV is well aware of his content availability and therefore can choose to get benefits or not. But "choice" seems to be a problem for some in here
I have two different friends - with Rokus - who wanted to migrate to ATV (they use other Apple products), but _both_, funny enough, were holdouts due to the lack of Amazon PV
Sent one of them a message, they sent me back a quick response ... "4K model ordered"
(I had mentioned that if they decided to buy, just go ahead and score a 4K model since they're also shopping 4K TVs)
True... but it kinda loses the effect if the word "Amazon" isn't there.
I think it's weird that the AppleTV icon doesn't actually say Amazon. Only "Prime Video" on the icon and the text below. There's plenty of room, however.
Even the tiny iPhone icon says Amazon.
Agreed that's weird. Sounds like the first step in a branding update, like when Apple dropped the word "Apple" next to the logo on most products. I believe that was in the 90's and it seemed strange for a while.
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I think it's a problem Amazon is experiencing across all streaming devices. I'm sure they know this is a big deal and are working on it.
The app is not working well for me. It takes forever to load, where all the other ATV apps load almost instantly. And if it does eventually get going, the resolution drifts in and out of anything resembling HD, let alone 4K. I have none of those problems on the Amazon app on my LG tv or any of the other apps on my Apple TV.