Do you use Amazon prime video?

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I signed up for Amazon prime last year solely to watch the grand tour(don't typically use Amazon as a retail customer) but once the series ended, they had nothing else to offer so I quickly cancelled - assuming at the time that the video service was still in it's infancy compared to Netflix and the like(which I use).

Fast forward to now, I've went back and forth every now and again to see if there was a TV show or movie that would be worthwhile signing up for but nothing... Every time I run a search on Amazon for a movie it's a paid for option or DVD and not included in Prime. I also searched tonight for a TV show(which sparked this thread) which has 11 series, a couple of which are available as pay per stream, the rest are DVDs.

Am I missing something here? They are advertising the subscription service like it's a mature Netflix rival but I see nothing of any real substance. The only real benefit I can see here is the free delivery with your shopping and a couple of shoddy Amazon originals.

The typical Amazon user experience really doesn't translate to a video service either, terrible to browse.

Anyone finding the opposite to me and actually enjoying the service? As I said, I might be missing something here...
 
Mr Robot is decent and there are a couple of others but when they stopped doing weekend deliveries for prime they were sacked off. I find there is much less 'tat' being bought from there too so it's a double win.
 
I had the app on my TV for about 30 mins and their was actually nothing on their I'd want to watch. Not a single thing. Cancelled the free trial one hour after signing up.
 
There is some very good TV on there.

Mr Robot
American Gods
Preacher
Sneaky Pete
The Man in the High Castle
Bosch

Are all worth watching.

The films are really hit and miss, mostly miss.
 
I wouldn't sign up to Prime for the video service alone, however there is some decent content on there including the ones mentioned above. I also regularly rent relatively new releases on there - tbh I probably find it more useful for that!

All in all a useful platform, limited content, some good original stuff (american gods is great!) and as a regular prime customer just makes sense for me.
 
I was a little surprised earlier to see Freefire on Prime, which was nice as I was just about to buy the blu-ray :)

They have some good stuff, but I mainly see it as a side benefit to the free delivery.
 
There are some good films but not as many as Netflix. The biggest draw for Prime is the delivery, the rest is secondary.
 
I am using it less and less these days. Used to be 50/50 Amazon/Netfllix, and I sometimes forget it's there. Maybe 1/10 films only. Their library isn't goo for newer releases.
 
We just upgraded to their new 4K box which cost a staggering £179 for what amounts to a small plastic box with a couple of circuit boards. It doesn't even have an optical out socket to hook up the home cinema amp.

Not very reliable - a couple of times it has lost the listings of programmes/series we've bought even prompting to pay again, takes ages to come back. After watching a movie on Xmas Day, missus went to view a TV show and the loading icon was just spinning, spinning. Not our connection at fault as Netflix worked perfectly on another device.

And I'm still sceptical that all the movies they proclaim as 4K are genuine UHD/HDR - the amount of data which would require streaming doesn't seem possible over even a decent broadband connection.

We are currently seriously contemplating seeing whether or not it floats in the water butt...
 
It is a bit hit and miss - I really enjoy the TV show Lucifer so there is that and currently they have a lot of the popular movies from the late 90s/early 2000s on Prime.

The odd few months aside when they do a decent new show of their own I would find it hard to justify paying for Prime video if it wasn't for the fact I use a lot of the other services.

Vern1961 said:
And I'm still sceptical that all the movies they proclaim as 4K are genuine UHD/HDR - the amount of data which would require streaming doesn't seem possible over even a decent broadband connection.
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I don't think any of the video services are close to a true UHD video - don't think any of them actually are as good as 4K on YouTube either for actual detail. Netflix/Amazon 4K is more like a good 1080p in terms of the overall detail though some detail might be present that wouldn't be preserved in a 1080p video.
 
Vern1961 said:
We just upgraded to their new 4K box which cost a staggering £179 for what amounts to a small plastic box with a couple of circuit boards. It doesn't even have an optical out socket to hook up the home cinema amp.
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I thought they were £70 ?
 
Lucifer and Outlander are our weekly watches, and we just started The Marvelous Mrs Maisel last night and it is excellent!
 
Vern1961 said:
We just upgraded to their new 4K box which cost a staggering £179 for what amounts to a small plastic box with a couple of circuit boards. It doesn't even have an optical out socket to hook up the home cinema amp.
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They saw you coming if you paid £179 pal :confused: they're only £69.99 (and were £54.99 last week on sale.)
 
I watch something on there weekly whilst the shows are airing,

Lucifer,
Vikings,
Mr Robot,
Outlander,
The Grand Tour.

Other shows I've got on my list that I haven't started yet:

Startup,
Braindead,
Lore,
The Path.
 
The Americans is very good if you haven't tried it. Much like Netflix you have to hunt a bit or keep your ear to the ground for what's coming up. That said I get it free from work so I'm a fan :D

Edit: There's actually quite a few newish movies I want to see on there; Mindhorn, The Handmaiden, Silence, Lady Macbeth, Lost City of Z, The Impossible, Jackie, Office Christmas Party (seen it but good!).

It's also nice if you have lazy family that buy vouchers. Get a £10 Amazon voucher and you've got a few (really) new movie rentals. It's the only way to rent very new movies nowadays unfortunately :(
 
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