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jadedog  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 18, 2016

Do you have Amazon Prime? I just noticed that they have a monthly plan for their videos on demand and another monthly plan for their complete Prime membership along with the yearly plan. The monthly plan is $8.99 just for videos.

I can't justify the cost for myself, but I like the TV shows that Prime offers for free.

I've been wanting to get rid of cable, but right now, my internet cost would be the same without the TV part attached.





user-inactivated  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I might look into it. I've heard mixed comments about Amazon's interface, though Hulu's and Netflix's aren't much to write home about either. Unless you know they have something specific, sometimes finding stuff is more than half luck.

jadedog  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What I like about Amazon is that they offer recommended videos. I go to something that I know that I liked in the past, then scroll through the recommended list. Not all of the recommended list is free with Prime, but they generally tell you when it is included with Prime on the face of the video. It's free with Prime when it has the Prime logo in the top left corner of the video.

Since I'm not yet subscribed, I also like that there's a free video as the first of the series to several of the series to check out whether I'd like it or not.

The first show of Avatar The Last Airbender is free to check out the player.

Looking at the recommended list of that, there's Legend of Korra, Astro Boy, Thunder Cats. Legion Superheroes, etc. Then if I click on one of those, there are more recommended videos.

I sometimes just scroll through that recommended list for fun, not even intending to watch the shows. Sometimes I go looking to see if they're on Hulu.

Edit: Also, there's also a Free with Prime link and a Free to watch link on the Amazon video front page.