Prime typically costs $79 a year in the United States for free two-day shipping, free video streaming and access to Amazon’s Kindle e-book lending library. The company is now offering the service for $7.99 a month on its website, which works out to $95.88 a year, but at that rate it can be purchased strictly on a month-to-month basis.
This can only be good for consumers.
This can only be good for consumers… In the United States.
Elsewhere, Amazon doesn’t offer shit. And if Netflix is driven under due to Amazon’s pricing, we’ll end up with nothing.
It sounds like Steven is moving soon.
And let’s get Amazon Prime on the Apple TV
No it isn’t yet. No closed captioning support. I’ve written Amazon about it and received the popular refrain (I’ve asked other video streaming companies the same question).
“We don’t currently support closed captioning and/or subtitles but we’re working on it.”
We’re in the 21st century and no one (except for Apple, Hulu and Netflix (and now HBO Go)) can figure out how to get the textual information already done for the very same DVD versions embedded into their streams.
It’s on the iPad so I am hopeful.
now only if Apple would allow Amazon Prime Video be on Apple TV. Sigh.
If Amazon agrees to drop Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD etc. It really doesn’t make sense for Amazon to enter the tablet world, especially when Amazon is not making any money on it, and also always be a version or 2 behind what Google is serving.
Ha! No, I’m Canadian. Nothing to do with today’s election. 🙂
no, you mean — “If only Amazon would allow their Prime Video app to use AirPlay to an Apple TV. Sigh.”
clearly its Amazon who doesnt want to allow it.
the only thing stopping the Amazon Prime video app, available on iPad, from using AirPlay to beam out to an Apple TV is….amazon.
Agreed, its all nice if you are in the US.
But as a resident of Canada I can only get Netflix and whatever is on iTunes.