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Foehammer007 posted:I have a prime account I may be willing to share with another US Person (if it matters??) Unless something has changed, Prime accounts that piggyback off a main account don't get the streaming or anything else special, only the free 2-day shipping.
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Great, time to stock up on AAA batteries. (My Amazon Fire TV remote eats batteries at a rate of about one new set per five days  )
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Jul 30, 2015 23:04
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Data Graham posted:Great, time to stock up on AAA batteries. That's terrible. Invest in good rechargeable.
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Jul 30, 2015 23:08
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Jul 30, 2015 23:11
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bull3964 posted:Prime video works on any Android tablet, has for about 6 months now. It's really great. You have to install one app, then install another app. Then you have to open your browser and log into the amazon website which apparently doesn't have a mobile version and click around to find the video you want to watch. Then hope it launches the amazon video app. I'm fine with it being on Amazon because i already have it, but their instant video "app" is not an app, it just plays a video from the browser.
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It's a little clunky to setup. But once it's done I've never really had an issue with it. Streaming quality is good.
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Terrible Robot posted:Unless something has changed, Prime accounts that piggyback off a main account don't get the streaming or anything else special, only the free 2-day shipping. Ah I did not know, drat
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sincx posted:Man I was hoping for Netflix since I already pay for it. Really don't want to pay for two streaming services. It's like $8 a month...
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Shrapnig posted:It's like $8 a month... Plus whatever extra you spend at Amazon because Prime shipping is addictive as all hell.
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goomsnarr posted:This might cause some interesting fallout. Or they will just stream it, as bizarrely watching streams isn't illegal in the UK and a lot of the EU; making streams of copyright content is illegal. Hence why TVMC is going through such a rise in popularity. Also next day shipping with Prime in the UK is very very good, now works 7 days a week to everywhere in the UK except the remote Scottish highlands, and also have same day shipping in a few places now, US is falling behind in the delivery race.
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Entropist posted:I had not even heard of Amazon Prime as a streaming service before this, so it's good advertising too. Not available in the Netherlands though, unlike Netflix... Djarum posted:In the WSJ article they said that they will be making local TV deals for countries without Prime Video access. So get ready to watch it on veronica in two years! 
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Jul 31, 2015 08:35
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Data Graham posted:Great, time to stock up on AAA batteries. Something is very wrong with your remote. Mine lasts about 4 months between changes. That's with daily use, too.
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Jul 31, 2015 14:12
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ukle posted:Also next day shipping with Prime in the UK is very very good, now works 7 days a week to everywhere in the UK except the remote Scottish highlands, and also have same day shipping in a few places now, US is falling behind in the delivery race. The US is slightly larger. Then again most Dallas has same day from Amazon on certain items.
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I actually have to fight with Amazon to try to get them NOT to deliver packages on the weekend. I have my shipping address setup for work so I can be sure nothing is being left unprotected on my porch at home. Even though I have it selected to not attempt weekend delivery, the USPS still tries to deliver on Saturday and even Sunday to my work.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Plus whatever extra you spend at Amazon because Prime shipping is addictive as all hell. This is unfortunately true.
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Alighieri posted:The US is slightly larger. Then again most Dallas has same day from Amazon on certain items. So does the East Bay. Remember, North Americans (mostly) think a hundred years is a long time...Europeans (mostly) think a hundred miles is a long distance.
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Is amazon ever going to expand to smaller countries? We have broadband in 90% of households and everyone shops online, yet amazon still only has a very stupid site that sells only ebooks. I'd honestly get prime for streaming (they have some other stuff i want to watch) and the cheap shipping but appearently they don't want my money. Deals with local TV stations is hardly a realistic alternative in 2015 anymore than releasing the show on Laserdisc is.
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Delsaber posted:Or worse, Rogers will secure exclusive rights in Canada and put it behind a second subscription paywall, like how they handle the WWE Network, then sell access to other cable providers like Shaw who'll then pass that cost along to their customers. Hope everyone has Crave or Shomi or whatever. Good news! The
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NihilismNow posted:Is amazon ever going to expand to smaller countries? We have broadband in 90% of households and everyone shops online, yet amazon still only has a very stupid site that sells only ebooks. They would need to build a local warehouse network in your "smaller country" in order to offer physical goods, and would need to set up a local datacenter to do streaming to your region, both of which take time and money.
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Both of those concerns are miniscule compared to negotiating rights with the content owners for streaming in another country. It's often not worth the effort.
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HotCanadianChick posted:They would need to build a local warehouse network in your "smaller country" in order to offer physical goods, and would need to set up a local datacenter to do streaming to your region, both of which take time and money. They can fulfill orders to Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark (for example) fine from Germany, probably closer than the average American is to a fulfillment center. Same goes for data, pretty sure the datalinks between Germany and the Netherlands can handle some streaming video. E: Appearently they already host AWS and a bunch of other stuff in Amsterdam. bull3964 posted:Both of those concerns are miniscule compared to negotiating rights with the content owners for streaming in another country. It's often not worth the effort. They could still offer their own original content. Netflix is also a sad joke compared to the US version but still very popular. NihilismNow fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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im going to guess that Australia gets screwed again and we have to resort to torrents to get this. I dont have prime because Amazon.com.au is a kindle bookstore and im not likely to sign up to prime because minimum shipping from the US to Aus is around a week and a half and costs around 75% of the value of what you order, IF they even deliver outside of the cont. US anyway!
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Ferremit posted:im going to guess that Australia gets screwed again and we have to resort to torrents to get this. I dont have prime because Amazon.com.au is a kindle bookstore and im not likely to sign up to prime because minimum shipping from the US to Aus is around a week and a half and costs around 75% of the value of what you order, IF they even deliver outside of the cont. US anyway! If Channel 9 or whoever had it last time picks this up - it will be a travesty. It was a huge cockup of mixing old episodes with new ones, questionable 'fast tracking' and cutting parts out to fit their time slots. Now if SBS got their hands on the rights I would be happy and actually turn my TV on to watch broadcast TV.
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Oh hell yeah, I ended up getting it via  because of the absolute clusterfuck that the commercial stations made of it- comparing the two there were noticeable differences in episodes where one of their major ad customers cars got rubbished and strangely enough that bit got dropped to fit in adverts...
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Aug 2, 2015 03:00
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What are the odds that they'll have enough money to keep licensing whatever music?
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japtor posted:What are the odds that they'll have enough money to keep licensing whatever music? Amazon does have some pretty substantial music licensing deals for their various streaming and sale offerings, so while they won't have the BBC's wonderful ability to use literally whatever they want I doubt they'll have much trouble.
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wolrah posted:Amazon does have some pretty substantial music licensing deals for their various streaming and sale offerings, so while they won't have the BBC's wonderful ability to use literally whatever they want I doubt they'll have much trouble. They better have Amon Tobin
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Ferremit posted:im going to guess that Australia gets screwed again and we have to resort to torrents to get this. I dont have prime because Amazon.com.au is a kindle bookstore and im not likely to sign up to prime because minimum shipping from the US to Aus is around a week and a half and costs around 75% of the value of what you order, IF they even deliver outside of the cont. US anyway! For fun, they should stream it to AUS for free, but do it so that the format is locked upside down.
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wolrah posted:Amazon does have some pretty substantial music licensing deals for their various streaming and sale offerings, so while they won't have the BBC's wonderful ability to use literally whatever they want I doubt they'll have much trouble. The soundtrack was like browsing through my own collection and pulling out stuff I haven't listened to in forever. If the new selector isn't the same guy then it'll be sad times, he had an ear for stuff.
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Cacafuego posted:For fun, they should stream it to AUS for free, but do it so that the format is locked upside down. Don't give them ideas!
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It just hit me they chose amazon because netflix already has a (lovely) contract with TopGear and I wonder if the guys didnt like it when they cut most of the shows from it not to mentioned showed it as a slightly edited version of the original. At least here in the US.
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Preoptopus posted:It just hit me they chose amazon because netflix already has a (lovely) contract with TopGear and I wonder if the guys didnt like it when they cut most of the shows from it not to mentioned showed it as a slightly edited version of the original. At least here in the US. I'm pretty sure Netflix didn't make those edits, and that they were made specifically for American broadcast channels.
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mrking posted:I'm pretty sure Netflix didn't make those edits, and that they were made specifically for American broadcast channels. Yeah, I think that was on BBC's end that they didn't renew everything so Netflix scaled BBC content back for other stuff
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Aug 3, 2015 15:49
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It's the same with SNL. They syndicate it out but strip a lot of the music acts and even some of the most famous skits.
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Maybe now that it's on Amazon, the US audience will actually be able to hear the A-Team music when they do their mechanical montages.
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bull3964 posted:Maybe now that it's on Amazon, the US audience will actually be able to hear the A-Team music when they do their mechanical montages. Why would Amazon not be subject to the same copyright restrictions as Netflix and broadcast tv? I mean, they certainly could choose to pay for all that music if they wish, but I'd rather money be put into the show itself then just get decent buyout music. The segments will still be cool if you edit the piece specifically to the music you use. The problem before was the BBC would use whatever popular music they want without paying royalties, edit the piece to that music, then just swap out to another track for America. davebo fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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davebo posted:Why would Amazon not be subject to the same copyright restrictions as Netflix and broadcast tv? It's just a matter of a different deal. Amazon's already got a streaming license to the song, as a Prime member I can stream it for free right now: http://www.amazon.com/Theme-From-The-A-team/dp/B000S41FDY/ It's hard to believe they'd have trouble getting the license to use it in their show that will be streaming to literally the same potential group of people.
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Cole posted:i wonder if netflix will release all of the seasons now! They used to have all of them except for 1, but they lost them when their contract with BBC was renegotiated, along with a bunch of other shows, and switched to just the past couple seasons instead of all.
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