Amazon Prime Instant Video - Page 13

Originally Posted by b_scott

you're not... you're paying for a shipping service, that as a side perk happens to have some videos streaming.

Netflix is a true streaming service, across all platforms.

Originally Posted by bt12483

Kind of like how I was paying for a DVD shipping service that as a side perk happened to have some videos streamed...

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

There are some people signing up for Prime just to get the buffet streaming. I'd been a Prime member for years so for me the streams are gravy (much like Netflix streaming video was when they added it back in 2007 ).

Originally Posted by bt12483

Kind of like how I was paying for a DVD shipping service that as a side perk happened to have some videos streamed...

Originally Posted by b_scott

you're not... you're paying for a shipping service, that as a side perk happens to have some videos streaming.

Netflix is a true streaming service, across all platforms.

Originally Posted by kizzo

Even so... no need to pay for Netflix when I get this side perk from Prime

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

There are some people signing up for Prime just to get the buffet streaming. I'd been a Prime member for years so for me the streams are gravy (much like Netflix streaming video was when they added it back in 2007 ).

Originally Posted by spiritfox

I have to say I did join Prime this year because of the push from Amazon once they added their streaming, and now that I've used it for several months, I love it. Not necessarily for the streaming which I do use, but for the shipping which I think it great. I love ordering a blu ray and getting it in two days--so I'd definitely keep Prime even if they did away with streaming. But it is a nice additional benefit of Prime and one that I hope Amazon will continue to improve.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

When I first signed up for Prime, I purchased an Onkyo HTiB with a shipping weight of 108 lbs. To amuse myself I paid the extra $4 for overnight shipping, which, for a package that size, would easily have cost more than my year's Prime membership fee + $4. It was a couple of weeks before I set the thing up and I'd known that it would be .

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

When I first signed up for Prime, I purchased an Onkyo HTiB with a shipping weight of 108 lbs. To amuse myself I paid the extra $4 for overnight shipping, which, for a package that size, would easily have cost more than my year's Prime membership fee + $4. It was a couple of weeks before I set the thing up and I'd known that it would be .

Originally Posted by Charles R

Only problem it's like getting a free glass of water when you rather have a beer.

Originally Posted by Charles R

Only problem it's like getting a free glass of water when you rather have a beer.

Originally Posted by bt12483

Thats funny considering the recent CBS and NBC deals that Amazon signed look to be largely identical to the ones that Netflix signed with the same companies.

So if that content is good for Netflix it is inherently good for Amazon right?

Originally Posted by tgferg67

The Netflix deal with NBC was 300 million, the Amazon deal with NBC was 50 million. Is there that much a content difference or does Netflix pay so much more because it has more suscribers?

Originally Posted by bt12483

Thats funny considering the recent CBS and NBC deals that Amazon signed look to be largely identical to the ones that Netflix signed with the same companies.

So if that content is good for Netflix it is inherently good for Amazon right?

Originally Posted by Charles R

Don't be silly. Netflix has over 28,000 titles (tons worth watching). Last I looked Amazon had about one title I wanted to actually watch.

Originally Posted by tgferg67

The Netflix deal with NBC was 300 million, the Amazon deal with NBC was 50 million. Is there that much a content difference or does Netflix pay so much more because it has more suscribers?

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

Where'd you get that number? InstantWatcher.com says 12470 (of course, at this point Amazon only has about 2600).

Originally Posted by Charles R

Don't be silly. Netflix has over 28,000 titles (tons worth watching). Last I looked Amazon had about one title I wanted to actually watch. If that changes too much the price will follow. A good example might be Mad Men was recently added by Netflix... Amazon? Sure they have some worthwhile content but even at free (paid via your shipping) I think Netflix is still a better bargain.

NEW YORK and LOS GATOS, Calif. - July 13, 2011 - Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution today announced a multi-year renewal of their licensing agreement expanding the selection of non-exclusive NBCU film and TV library titles available to watch instantly streaming from Netflix.

Programming under the deal includes prior-season series across multiple NBCU networks, including NBC hits “The Office," "30 Rock" and “Parenthood.” All future seasons of these shows will be available on Netflix on a one season delay basis. Under the deal, Netflix members will also be able to enjoy prior season episodes of “Law and Order: SVU” and “The Event.”

Also available to watch instantly streaming from Netflix will be shows from NBCUniversal’s cable networks including prior season episodes of “Warehouse 13,” “Psych,” “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane”; classic television series such as "Leave it to Beaver,” “Adam 12” and “Crossing Jordan”; and such great Universal Pictures movies as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Motorcycle Diaries.”
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Deal Will Allow Amazon Prime Members to Stream Select Universal Pictures Films

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution that will allow Amazon Prime members to stream select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. This deal with Amazon will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to more than 9,000 movies and TV shows this summer.

Amazon Prime customers will be able to instantly watch popular Universal movies at no additional cost to their membership. Universal titles available to Prime customers will include Oscar winners such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Elizabeth," and "Gosford Park." For the kids, there's "Babe," "Flipper," and "Jetsons - The Movie," as well as other favorites like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Notting Hill," "Being John Malkovich", "Fletch," and "Billy Elliott."

"We are very excited to offer Prime members popular Universal films at no additional cost," said Cameron Janes, director of Amazon Instant Video. "Our customers love movies and now we offer them more than 2,000 movies to choose from with Prime Instant Video."
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Originally Posted by bt12483

Quite simply you were downplaying (water vs beer) the content Amazon acquired via the recent CBS and NBC deals, even though a lot of the content is redundant to Netflix.

Originally Posted by Charles R

Attempting to define the value of each service via one individual deal (or movie in your case) is rather silly.

Originally Posted by Charles R

Beyond logical. Enough so that my ignore list has grown.

Originally Posted by Charles R

Netflix has 130,000 Movies & TV Shows, 28,000 Streaming Titles (4,315 in HD)

http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2010/0...315-in-hd.html

I have seen similar numbers quoted several other places as well.

Another quote...

On paper, Netflix's selection of about 20,000 titles beats out Amazon Prime's 5,000 titles, but there's a chance Amazon Prime could have the same popular titles as Netflix, right? Wrong.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41747069...ch-better-you/

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

I think perhaps those streaming title numbers (both Netflix and Amazon) include individual television series episodes. Some long running television series have hundreds of episodes available, but appear in Netflix's catalog as a single entry.

Originally Posted by Charles R

Could well be. The first link has a link to the numbers themselves however I didn't follow it. Of course some series have over a 100 episodes (like Bones). It would be a shame to treat them as one title since they are equivalent to approximately 40 movies.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

Bones ain't a long-running series (yet).

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

I think that they should count them separately: xxx movies, yyy television series with a total of zzz episodes. Counting the TV episodes as separate titles, equal to the movies, seems like cheating, particularly when there are so many sitcoms with 22 minute episodes.

Originally Posted by mproper

What do you consider long running? That's been on since 2005 and is through 6 seasons. By today's standards, that's long-running.

Granted, I have no seen a single episode, but anything that lasts more than 2 or 3 seasons now seems "long" to me since pretty much anything I like gets cancelled.

Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

...I think that they should count them separately: xxx movies, yyy television series with a total of zzz episodes. Counting the TV episodes as separate titles, equal to the movies, seems like cheating, particularly when there are so many sitcoms with 22 minute episodes.

Then there's the issue of what Amazon considers a "title." It turns out every single episode of a TV series counts as a title. So looking at, say, "24," which had eight seasons with 24 episodes each, that counts as 192 titles. When you start racking up whole TV seasons, you hit the 5,000 mark pretty quickly.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

When I first signed up for Prime, I purchased an Onkyo HTiB with a shipping weight of 108 lbs. To amuse myself I paid the extra $4 for overnight shipping, which, for a package that size, would easily have cost more than my year's Prime membership fee + $4. It was a couple of weeks before I set the thing up and I'd known that it would be .