# Amazon Instant Video? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940 "2011-10-31T05:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/1 "2011-10-31T05:38:55Z")
Anyone check this out on the Amazon homepage today? > **[Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more.](https://www.amazon.com/)** > > Free shipping on millions of items. Get the best of Shopping and Entertainment with Prime. Enjoy low prices and great deals on the largest selection of everyday essentials and other products, including fashion, home, beauty, electronics, Alexa... > Dear Customers, > > Our Prime Instant Video team is on a roll. Today, we’re announcing an agreement with Disney-ABC that adds 800 popular titles from ABC Studios, The Disney Channel, ABC Family, and Marvel. These new titles will bring the total to almost 13,000 TV shows and movies — all available for unlimited instant streaming. > > The popular series Lost and Grey’s Anatomy will be ready for streaming tomorrow. Then, we’ll add other favorites including Felicity, The Disney Channel’s Phineas & Ferb, Marvel’s X-Men Evolution, and ABC Family shows like Greek and episodes from the most current season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. > > Disney-ABC joins recently announced deals with FOX, CBS, NBC-Universal, and PBS — just to name a few. We’ve added shows like Arrested Development, Firefly, The X-Files, every series of Star Trek, and Prison Break. You can watch on over 300 different devices, including our new Kindle Fire. Instant video streaming is a new benefit of Amazon Prime and is brought to you at no additional cost — Prime membership remains $79 a year. > > Millions have already joined Amazon Prime… > > ›Learn more about Amazon Prime > > If you’re already a Prime member, you can start watching now. If not, start your one-month free trial today. > > Thanks for being a customer. > > Jeff Bezos > Founder & CEO > P.S. You can also watch movies and TV shows instantly at our Amazon Instant Video Store, where we offer more than 100,000 movies and TV shows for rent or purchase, no Prime membership required. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/2 "2011-10-31T05:49:41Z")
I am a Prime member and have yet to use this service. I did have a 100# drywall jack shipped Next Day air for $3.00 and that alone more than paid for the membership! Has anyone used the video streaming yet? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/3 "2011-10-31T06:06:43Z")
I have a Netflix trial for a month and Amazon is offering a streaming free trial. Since most I watch is TV shows, I think I may drop my Hulu and check this out. $79 a year for a Prime membership and unlimited streaming? I think it would be pretty hard to pass up since its less than any streaming service out there I think. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/4 "2011-10-31T08:15:50Z")
I use Amazon VOD all the time, tried the prime membership but there was no good movie choices so i ditched it ---------- Post added at 11:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 AM ---------- > [@boxxa](#): > > I have a Netflix trial for a month and Amazon is offering a streaming free trial. Since most I watch is TV shows, I think I may drop my Hulu and check this out. $79 a year for a Prime membership and unlimited streaming? I think it would be pretty hard to pass up since its less than any streaming service out there I think. unlimited streaming does not include new releases of movies though ---------- Post added at 11:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 AM ---------- > [@boxxa](#): > > I have a Netflix trial for a month and Amazon is offering a streaming free trial. Since most I watch is TV shows, I think I may drop my Hulu and check this out. $79 a year for a Prime membership and unlimited streaming? I think it would be pretty hard to pass up since its less than any streaming service out there I think. unlimited streaming does not include new releases of movies though ---
**Author:** ![cfrat1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cfrat1/32/5315_2.png) [@cfrat1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cfrat1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/5 "2011-11-01T21:54:29Z")
I use Amazon for streaming all the time since I don’t have cable. Best way to put it, is this with the addition of Hulu Plus keeps me very satisfied. The Amazon VOD catalog is pretty good to keep you busy. They have a lot of older stuff, but with the addition of a lot of Fox titles, they really got a lot more great content. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/6 "2011-11-02T08:12:01Z")
I haven’t been as impressed with Amazon yet which is surprising. I get much higher quality from iTunes and even Netflix. They say its my issue, but I’m capable of streaming in HD from the other sources without issue so… ---
**Author:** ![cfrat1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cfrat1/32/5315_2.png) [@cfrat1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cfrat1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/7 "2011-11-02T10:26:58Z")
The video quality from what I’ve seen is really dependent on the device you’re using. I have a high end Sony Smart LED in my living room, so I can just stream right off of the TV’s menu. For that, SD looks like HD because of the TV’s built-in scaling. But when I use my bedroom TV, an entry level Samsung and I stream from my Roku box you can definitely tell it’s SD. It really is night and day. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/8 "2011-11-02T10:28:40Z")
24" Ultrasharp and D8000 Samsung… pretty sure it has nothing to do with the devices I’m viewing it on. ---
**Author:** ![cfrat1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cfrat1/32/5315_2.png) [@cfrat1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cfrat1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amazon-instant-video/217940/9 "2011-11-02T10:29:44Z")
Welp, you have me stumped then.