Hot Lava Mama Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 What do you watch with Amazon Prime? Is it worth the cost? Hot Lava Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I have prime for the shipping, so the videos were a nice extra. Recently, ds and I have been watching When We Left Earth about getting into space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerka528 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 We pay for prime for the shipping benefits, but do watch the TV shows occasionally. Recently I have been watching Manor House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyGirl Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 We've had Prime for 8 years now for the shipping (I hate going shopping). But the videos are a nice bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Sherlock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Covert Affairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I found Jillian Michaels exercise videos in there! Yay for something new to try for the New Year! Thanks! I never thought of checking for exercise videos on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjdan Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Tons of History Channel series/episodes, and PBS specials, like America: The Story of Us. Pretty much every Ken Burns series/special (The West, The Civil War, etc). Great add-ons for history lessons! As for me, I love watching old episodes of Cupcake Wars :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Lava Mama Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Is there a list anywhere that has movies from Amazon Prime that can be used with school? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I have Amazon Prime for the shipping...I forgot they even had stuff to watch :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Everything. LOL!! No cable here. I just watched - and loved - the West Wing. Brilliant. And I'm a hard core conservative. I've started on round 2 with it... Downton Abbey. The Closer. Chopped. Friday Night Lights was pretty good. Too heavy on the teen angst and high risk behavior for me, but well acted and a good cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I love all the Nova episodes. My son loves Blue Clues and popular. Mechanics for Kids. There are work out videos. You can search amazon and see which videos say they are eligible for prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I'm another one that got it for the shipping savings (I also hate shopping and sometimes, with heavier items, not having to pay for shipping is a lifesaver) but the videos are a great bonus. Big Bang Theory has been fun for my husband and I. Lots of science and history videos for the family, especially the kids, has been really helpful. Tired of poor selection on Netflix.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Amazon Prime isn't the only source for such things, just wanted to mention. Roku gives one access to watching videos; PBS has a roku channel, and lots of shows like Nova are there to be watched. There's no fee at all to use many of the channels, aside from buying the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Amazon Prime isn't the only source for such things, just wanted to mention. Roku gives one access to watching videos; PBS has a roku channel, and lots of shows like Nova are there to be watched. There's no fee at all to use many of the channels, aside from buying the device. My husband showed up with Roku about two months ago and so far it has been great. I still use Amazon Prime viewing in the room that isn't hooked up to the Roku system but Stripe is right, Roku might be a good way to go if you don't need Prime for the savings on shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowlark Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerka528 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... I watch Amazon shows on our TV using a Roku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... We typically watch Amazon on the Wii. However, for watching youtube/ random internet videos, we use an iPad cable adapter - like these. We use it with an iPad 2 so we don't all have to crowd around the computer or iPad. Apple makes one also, but as you might expect from Apple, it's horribly overpriced. It works well, but YMMV. I'll try it with the Amazon app to see if it works with that as well and will report back. I need to wait for some family members to finish their round of Lego Star Wars first... :001_rolleyes: ETA: It does NOT work with the Amazon app - though it does for Netflix. There is an message that comes up with the sound (but no visual) that tells you to turn off mirroring for airplay in the control panel, but I don't have this setting on my iPad 2 - maybe it's available on iPad 3 & up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Last year my husband bought a cheap computer tower for about $100 and hooked it up to a TV. We don't have cable so we run TV shows via Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube, Netflix and Discovery Streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... Well, I don't own a TV and only use my laptop for exercise videos (and all other DVDs and streaming videos for that matter). Here is how I use it: Put laptop on table put in exercise DVD press play exercise. I don't own an ipad but my sister does. If you have an exercise video in itunes then you just play and prop it up on its stand while you exercise. I know that itunes and amazon are offering more and more downloadable workout videos. I don't know why anyone would want to play exercise dvds on their television, lol. I like that I can put the computer anywhere I want to exercise. Sometimes I am in my bedroom or in the living room. Plus, if it is yoga or something that requires being on the floor I can put my laptop down on the floor with me. That is pretty handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 We stopped our Netflix instant streaming and just watch Prime. I like to watch House Hunters, when I have a spare 20 minutes here and there. I watched all the Dear Genevieve shows offered on there, too. I found these when perusing the family/kids section! I guess they're categorized with kid shows because they're rated G :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelmama1209 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 we've watched chopped and pioneer woman. i really want to know more about the educational shows available, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 We stopped our Netflix instant streaming and just watch Prime. I like to watch House Hunters, when I have a spare 20 minutes here and there. I watched all the Dear Genevieve shows offered on there, too. I found these when perusing the family/kids section! I guess they're categorized with kid shows because they're rated G :) I am barely hanging onto Netflix streaming, but I really wish I could get rid of it for good. The main thing I use it for now is the documentaries. As a family, we watch a lot of documentaries. We will watch 30 minutes most mornings while we have breakfast. Unfortunately, Amazon does not seem to have as many great documentaries. One thing I have noticed in the past two years is that Netflix is eating away at the "instant" view-able shows - including the documentaries. At a time when more and more competitors are ramping up their availability of instant-view shows, Netflix is making more of them DVD only. Frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherOfBoys Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 My son has learned a lot from the army boot camp shows, dirt jobs shows, and bear grills survived shows. I like the price of prime. It's much cheaper than Netflix and includes shipping and a book rental. We don't have tv so we just do prime through the Wii. I love the no commercials tv shows. It is so much quicker to watch a show. I'm enjoying the Tudors series right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomintheMountains Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I am barely hanging onto Netflix streaming, but I really wish I could get rid of it for good. The main thing I use it for now is the documentaries. As a family, we watch a lot of documentaries. We will watch 30 minutes most mornings while we have breakfast. Unfortunately, Amazon does not seem to have as many great documentaries. One thing I have noticed in the past two years is that Netflix is eating away at the "instant" view-able shows - including the documentaries. At a time when more and more competitors are ramping up their availability of instant-view shows, Netflix is making more of them DVD only. Frustrating. That seems like a bad business move. I thought they were moving into more streaming, though? We live in a rural area and can't really stream because it causes us to exceed our bandwidth limitations on satellite Internet. I've been bummed because there are things that I want from Netflix that are only streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomintheMountains Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 . I'm enjoying the Tudors series right now. Love the Tudors! Might have to watch that series again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 It isn't Netflix's decision about what is streaming and what is not. It is the owner/distributor of the film. Netflix would like nothing more than to get rid of all DVDs and go 100% streaming, believe me. Remember when they tried to split off the DVD side of the business? Nextflix would love to stop dealing with DVDs. The distributor wants to hold off on streaming of big name movies hoping to get more people to buy the DVDs. More distributors are not liking the idea of streaming. Some, such as HBO and Showtime, have refused it entirely. Both of those companies see Netflix as their main competitor and they say they will never allow streaming of their shows. That is why The Sopranos and Homeland and Game of Thrones aren't streaming. If a film stops streaming it is because the rights expired. Sometimes it is renegotiated and sometimes the distributor refuses to allow streaming and sometimes the film is in a grey area with no one really owning the rights so no one can give permission. Often the rights are given in bundles. The distributor makes Netflix or Amazon buy the streaming rights to a bunch of little known movies in exchange for the rights to some desirable movies. That is why so many streaming movies are things you have never heard of. If a smaller movie or a documentary goes off streaming it is often because it was part of a bundle and the whole bundle went out of rights. Or sometimes Netflix or Amazon has to pay for the bundle for a certain amount of time and then they can have the rights to only the big name movie and they drop the bundle. Amazon has more cash and has beaten Netflix on some things. For example, Amazon got the rights to stream Downton Abby. They paid more. Netflix has the DVDs. Recently Netflix got the rights to stream a bunch of Disney films. It goes back and forth between them. We have both Netflix and Streaming to take advantage of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... AppleTV, but you can also use the iPad. Way back when I had a YogaGlo subscription and I just put my iPad out in front of my yoga mat. The Amazon app never used to airplay, but they changed that recently and you can airplay without mirroring which enables you to use your iPad for other things. Roku is nice, but IMO, if you already own an iPad, the AppleTV is a wiser purchase. They also have a PBS app on the AppleTV, but as is true for the Roku, not every show is available there. I have Prime for the shipping and consider the videos as a nice perk. Amazon's videos are mostly a duplicate of what I can get on Netflix, but there are a few shows that are only on Amazon (Downton Abbey which I don't watch and season 7a of Doctor Who). ETA: We have an iPad 2, iPad 4, and an iPad Air for the kids. The iPad 2 is mine and still running iOS 6 while the other two are running iOS 7. All three iPads are able to airplay to the AppleTV no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 You can also get an cord or convertor that will allow one to connect an iPad to a TV. There are several ways to do it but it a TV is relatively recent it will have an HDMI outlet and that would be the one to connect to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 The Amazon app never used to airplay, but they changed that recently and you can airplay without mirroring which enables you to use your iPad for other things. Roku is nice, but IMO, if you already own an iPad, the AppleTV is a wiser purchase. Just curious and want to clarify, are you saying that you are able to airplay Amazon streaming videos from your iPad's Amazon app to your TV wirelessly via AppleTV? If I am understanding that correctly, do you ever experience any sync or skipping problems doing it that way, specifically with the Amazon videos? I had been looking at buying an AppleTV device but was putting it off because, as I understand it, Amazon videos currently are not available directly on the AppleTV device, like Netflix streaming is, for instance. Then I had also thought about using an Apple Lightning Digital AV adapter to connect the iPad to the TV, which wouldn't be wireless so more inconvenient, but perhaps avoiding any sync/skipping issues. Sorry if this is too far off topic. Thanks for any input or suggestions you may have. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Just curious and want to clarify, are you saying that you are able to airplay Amazon streaming videos from your iPad's Amazon app to your TV wirelessly via AppleTV? If I am understanding that correctly, do you ever experience any sync or skipping problems doing it that way, specifically with the Amazon videos? I had been looking at buying an AppleTV device but was putting it off because, as I understand it, Amazon videos currently are not available directly on the AppleTV device, like Netflix streaming is, for instance. Then I had also thought about using an Apple Lightning Digital AV adapter to connect the iPad to the TV, which wouldn't be wireless so more inconvenient, but perhaps avoiding any sync/skipping issues. Sorry if this is too far off topic. Thanks for any input or suggestions you may have. :coolgleamA: The only time I have problems with skipping while using airplay is with the CBS app. I used to have a similar issue (to a lesser degree) with the NBC app, but they turned off airplay with the last update. I have never had any streaming quality issues with Amazon's app nor with ABC's or PBS' app. My dh only recently discovered the PBS app on our AppleTV so up until a few days ago I was still airplaying PBS from my iPad. I also use our AppleTV to play videos from YouTube for school all the time. Back when we had the free trial for Discovery Streaming from HSBC, I was also able to airplay those videos just fine. In fact, at this pount, if I can't load a website on my iPad, I skip it (which pretty much eliminates a number of the links from the UILE). It's far easier for everyone to sit in the living room and look at the TV than it is for the kids to crowd around the computer. I've never tried to use a cable. From my understanding, the skipping was supposed to be lessened of you had your AppleTV connected via ethernet cable to your router. My router is in the basement because that's where the cable modem is so our AppleTV connects to the router wirelessly. This isprobably even further OT so I'll leave it here. You can always PM meif you have more questions. :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Last year my husband bought a cheap computer tower for about $100 and hooked it up to a TV. We don't have cable so we run TV shows via Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube, Netflix and Discovery Streaming. We do the same thing. Watching everything on our big 52" television is awesome, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I am barely hanging onto Netflix streaming, but I really wish I could get rid of it for good. The main thing I use it for now is the documentaries. As a family, we watch a lot of documentaries. We will watch 30 minutes most mornings while we have breakfast. Unfortunately, Amazon does not seem to have as many great documentaries. One thing I have noticed in the past two years is that Netflix is eating away at the "instant" view-able shows - including the documentaries. At a time when more and more competitors are ramping up their availability of instant-view shows, Netflix is making more of them DVD only. Frustrating.Check out fulldocumentary.net ETA: amazon Prime is worth the price for me, just for shipping. That is the reason I have it. I hate shopping. I don't even know how to work the streaming tv part - but my kids and hubby do. I've never used it. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Check out fulldocumentary.net This is awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtMyWhitsEnd Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Forgive my ignorance, but how in the world do you do an exercise video from a computer/iPad? I guess I operate mostly on an iPad,and this is what's holding me back from taking the plunge with Prime. Enlighten me please! Also, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has made a list of educational offerings.... If you have a blue ray player with an internet connection you can get Amazon prime through that. I think you could probably use a game system like wii also, but not for sure. I got a kindle fire in December. I am finding lots of benefits with my prime membership, that I had no idea were out there. Like others I only used prime for the shipping in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyndiLJ Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Prime is the best deal I have ever had. Bar none. We live rural, and use Amazon more and more for products because we just can't find them here, or if so not the right size, item, etc. I find that with Prime and the free shipping, I look at Amazon for small inexpensive items I might not have considered before. I order at least a couple times a week. Even printer paper is nice to have delivered right to my front porch! Oh, we use the movies, but that's not why we have Prime...though lately we seem to use it more than Netflix and might give up Netflix because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmami01 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I found Jillian Michaels exercise videos in there! Yay for something new to try for the New Year! Wow! Thanks for sharing. I was looking to buy a few of her DVD's. Now I don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnick in nc Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 My kids love Avatar: The Last Airbender, which is no longer on Netflix, but is on Amazon Prime. Also, DH and I did not finish Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister before it went away from Netflix; we were delighted to find it on Amazon Prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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