Amazon Prime Streaming

[Something Sexy]

Not sure if we have a thread yet dedicated to Amazon Prime Streaming (couldn't find one anyway) so I thought I would start one because of this news:

https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2...ampaign=Feed:+Tvbythenumbers+(TVbytheNumbers)

FREAKING WONDER YEARS BABY!

 

[Kabukiman]

If I could get a PS3 app for Amazon, I'd probably remember to use it more.

 

[Something Sexy]

If I could get a PS3 app for Amazon, I'd probably remember to use it more.

Yea it sucks they don't have one for the PS3 yet.

 

[Darth Caedus]

I have amazon prime.....didn't know that meant I get streaming LoL

 

[jason2885]

So how do I go about connecting my amazon prime to my TV. I have a bluray player and high def tv but is there anyone who can explain this to me. Do I have to connect the computer as well????

 

[tomandshell]

If this is just for people who want to sit down at their computer and watch a movie, then I'm not interested. I want to sit on the couch and watch high quality HD video on my widescreen TV in the living room, not a low quality stream on the little desktop monitor. I'm a long way away from streaming video with the uncompressed video/audio quality and high bitrate of Blu-ray.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

If this is just for people who want to sit down at their computer and watch a movie, then I'm not interested. I want to sit on the couch and watch high quality HD video on my widescreen TV in the living room, not a low quality stream on the little desktop monitor. I'm a long way away from streaming video with the uncompressed video/audio quality and high bitrate of Blu-ray.

I could not agree more.

 

[Reinhardt]

Seriously, great post! I have someone at my work who watches movies on her little computer screen while sitting on her computer chair. To make matters worse, she watches pirated movies too. The version of Inception she watched was of some guy who brought a crappy video camera into a theatre full of people to tape the movie.

 

[Something Sexy]

If this is just for people who want to sit down at their computer and watch a movie, then I'm not interested. I want to sit on the couch and watch high quality HD video on my widescreen TV in the living room, not a low quality stream on the little desktop monitor. I'm a long way away from streaming video with the uncompressed video/audio quality and high bitrate of Blu-ray.

They have Xbox integration and I believe they are starting to get other integration into other devices, kind of like netflix.

You can easily stream this from your PC to your TV.

No different than Netflix streaming, the idea is you don't have to purchase everything to see it.

Would I rather see stuff in HD? Of course but it is necessary for every film? Hell no.

 

[wofford29]

Wait. You can do Amazon prime streaming on Xbox?

 

[Something Sexy]

Wait. You can do Amazon prime streaming on Xbox?

Apparently but I have tried it out yet.

Looks like you might have to connect it through your PC though. I haven't research the details as of yet.

 

[Kabukiman]

Maybe I need to break down and get one of these X-Box things. Though, probably won't if it needs to be connected to the PC, that just sounds weird.

 

[Something Sexy]

Maybe I need to break down and get one of these X-Box things. Though, probably won't if it needs to be connected to the PC, that just sounds weird.

I think it works how their Media Center (or Windows 7) integration works. Xbox is just an extender to your Windows PC, so you can setup a connection and then stream everything off your PC to your Xbox.

 

[BuffyGirl]

That is too much work. I'll check back into it when it has an app on my ps3.

 

[karamazov80]

I was reading that the new Kindle Fire will allow streaming and that you will be able to connect it directly to an HDTV through an HDMI cable. I also have Amazon Prime but didn't realize it came with the streaming video business until recently.

 

[King Darkness]

When I can watched it through my PS3 I will dump netflix and get this, I order a lot of stuff from Amazon, so the shipping deal with prime is well worth it for me.