I have both, and I’m happy with the combo.
Amazon prime seems to me the better choice, especially if you do a lot of online shopping.
Amazon prime comes with a great music selection as well if you use digital streaming.
Amazon is just now delving into the original content game, but they have some great titles from the BBC in their library in addition to old shows, lots of movies, and access to pay per play newer movies.
Amazon Prime used to be pretty good. Now it seems that easily 90% of the movies I want to watch on Prime cost me $2.99 or more anyhow.
Not worth it anymore.
I started AP a couple of months ago and have had Netflix streaming for several years.
AP is adding to its collection. It recently added a bunch of silent movies from the early 1900s.
Both services are developing their own comedies and dramas. Some are good, some are crap — sort of like regular TV.
The website below keeps a pretty good list of new and searchables on both AP and Netflix:
For the price, compared to other venues (cable/premium), both services are worth it. I tend to keep around a 100 titles in my queues that I can watch, depending on my viewing mood.
Also, AP gives you access to their vast music and ebook libraries.
Netflix is better arranged, but Amazon is a better deal.
Amazon has HBO shows that are a couple seasons old and their music streaming is quite good, you’d be surprised at the albums they have for steaming.
I don’t have the time or patience for watching many movies, so I dropped Netflix and kept Amazon.
Get both. There isn’t that much overlap, plus with Amazon Prime, you’ll also get “free” two-day shipping on orders.
I also have DirecTV, so I can access OnDemand DTV, which often has items I can’t find without getting extra charges, if I can find them at all. Usually, between the three services, I get what I want. And really, for eight bucks a month each, it would be a shame not to have both NF and Amazon.
most video, except live news and sporting events, can be found on the net these days.
pulling it down usually requires broadband and a torrent client.
once you have the video, you need to view it. you can either watch it on your computer... or find a way to get it to your television.
roku and wdtv are two media players that work fairly well at displaying the video to your television.
with this information, a computer, broadband, and a television, you can set yourself up a nice home theatre without having to pay for netflix or cable
We have Amazon Prime and find we use the included commercial-less music streaming nearly as much as the included movies. I haven’t tried their e-book library checkout, but we do buy a lot from Amazon, so together, it seems to more than pay for itself. Oh, and we gave the free Prime shipping to four other, separate family members (you have four or five you can gift free Prime shipping to).
The only thing bad about Netflix is that they’ll have the sequel or part III, but not the original movie.
I have both. Prime tends to have lots of old movies. Netflix has a BUNCH of homo stuff that it is always trying to recommend. Mostly use Netflix for kids thoughts since there are a lot of cartoons.
I have been an Amazon Prime subscriber for a few years, mainly for books and music. Prime video/movies, some free and others with rental fee, are ok. Been with Netflix for nearly a year. They don’t offer much in the old classics genre, but their series are pretty good. Can’t get TCM through DISH unless I subscribe to one of the fully loaded programs, then I’m paying for a bunch of stuff I don’t watch. Wish they had a real a la carte program that lets you pick your channels.
Netflix is excellent.I also have Prime.
I look at prime as a delivery feature for Amazon that allows you to stream movies. The content on Amazon is not always free and Amazon Prime has some limitations as to content.
If you only get one, get Netflix, but at less than $10 a month, drop cable, get a fifty dollar areal and get both.
I have both, since Prime helps with other Amazon purchases.
I have both as well.
I was a netflix subscriber before Amazon, and took the Prime thing for the 2 day shipping not the video.
The upside of NEtflix is that if it’s availabel on DVD you can subsribe to that service for an up charge.
THe downside of Amazon Prime is that you can watch more things but they are $1.99 or whatever to view. I’m not real fond of that aspect of Amazon Prime and we keep the kids locked out of Amazon.
Amazon Prime is really more about the totality of what they offer than any one aspect. I have had Prime for years for shipping. The streaming service (movies, TV and music) are a plus. I watched a bunch of shows on Prime that were not available anywhere else at the time, and unlike Hulu, they do not disappear after a while. There are lots of hidden gems and older shows and movies. I now also get Hulu Plus no commercial + Hulu Showtime and Netflix. For the latter 3 I am paying less than $35 a month for basically the ability to watch almost anything we want especially since we like the more interesting dramas and sci-fi type stuff and not sitcoms. Amazon I will have regardless and it’s well worth the $8 and change per month.
For years we were promised “a la carte” cable and it never materialized. The big providers (uverse tv, cable, satellite) really have nothing compared to the versatility of the online services (which you can cancel or suspend as you wish with no ramifications). The only caveat is have good internet service.
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I already subscribed to Prime for the 2-day shipping because I order a
lot from them. I do not find that Netflix has as great a section for streaming as Prime does. I am mainly into old movies and TV shows and documentaries.
Amazon Prime now lets you download things that are free for later viewing. You can’t do it on a computer - unless there is a work around for that which I haven’t figured out.
You can download to you phone or to your Kindle Fire...probably tablets, too.
Netflix doesn’t let you download.
I had never seen the American Horror Series. 4 seasons are free. Just started watching their original programing -The Man in The Castle. About Japs and Hitler winning the wars and splitting up America.
Netflix gave me Murdoch Mysteries and Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries. Never heard of either of them but have really enjoyed them. From Canada and Australia.