If 4k is enabled this link lets you browse 4K UHD titles https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/storefront?ie=UTF8&merchId=UHD. The app should have a 4k option as well. Everything in the chain needs to be port HDCP 2.2 for it to work.
TV Licence Super Thread
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Just takes me to the Amazon prime video home page on my phone.
Will check on the LG tv and the ps4 later.
More a case of cost and contracts.
Much of the older content would require new contracts with the people who made it to make it available, as the original contracts didn't specify streaming.
For the number of viewers who would be interested in much of the back catalogue it would be a waste of money to do it, they've already had to do it for repeats* and home video releases for those that were worth doing it for.
Even if they managed to locate the key cast and crew to get them to sign the contracts, some won't as they don't like earlier work and if they refuse it stops the whole thing.
From what I understand the original BBC contracts were set out in order to protect cast/crew/writers from being exploited with some fairly strict limits (I think the likes of ITV had many of the same things), and whilst they've changed over the years it was only relatively recently that they included streaming as a standard part of the contract (as streaming didn't exist in the 90') - remember this is an industry where contracts with "home video" rights had to be renegotiated for DVD releases as the wording on the contracts was precise enough that in some cases it could be argued to only apply to "home videotape".
*At one point the standard BBC contract apparently only allowed for something like one repeat within X days of original broadcast.
Haha thid is embarrassing, I just realised that my pc doesn t have a 4k monitor your right 4k works on the big tv downstairs >_<
My bad.
One great thing about prime is for mobile downloads the low quality option is lile 100mb an episode so super quick to download for things you're not paying that kuch attention to on the phone for when you don't have signal.
Ok, someone help me understand this. I am signing up for a TV License as I now need one. Just moved into a new house, the Mrs wanted Sky etc so now we need a TV License. Go onto the website and enter my details and I am presented with 5 payments of £30.10 and then £12.5-ish after that. Am I paying for a full year over the first 5 months even though I haven't needed a license? That is what it looks like to me.
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Correct. Why it's like this, I don't know.
Thank you for confirming I am not going mad. Surely then when I come to cancel it I will be a due a refund? Or do you just have to cough up for non-usage?
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I presume the former, but never actually tested that.
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Would you not just pay for a year? It works out cheapest.
They like you to pay monthly as you pay in more in the first few months to build up a 'reserve' and then pay the standard amount after that.
You can choose to pay quarterly by DD which admittedly is a little more than a one-off payment (£38.87 per quarter) but it works for me.
You can choose to pay quarterly by DD which admittedly is a little more than a one-off payment (£38.87 per quarter) but it works for me.
Why even bother?
Got another letter couple days ago, same one they been sending for 22 months since I have moved to this place, easy £300 saved
The £12 a month is towards your next years fee.
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I've never understood the rationale for that. Why would a 'reserve' ever be needed? I don't do that for Netflix or Vehicle Excise Duty.
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Probably to stop people from signing up for only a month.
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i get letters all the time. Occasionally they even have my name but usually it's just for the occupier. I live on the third floor and don't even have a door bell so best of luck to them!
No for NetFlix and Amazon.
Potentially yes for YouTube, if you're watching live streams/TV. Potentially a bit of a grey area here, others might be able to clarify further.
I'm pretty sure the radio licence was scrapped years ago.
That's incorrect you can potentially need a licence for Amazon. It all depends on what you are watching on Amazon. Most of it doesn't require a licence but some of it does.