Amazon To Stream MGM Movies And Shows

COMMENTS (10)

• Why do I still have Netflix? Their streaming selection is stale and contains nothing newer than two years old. They aren’t keeping up with the competition. If Apple starts offering cable channels as apps (HBOGo) without the cable subscription requirement I’ll be changing up both my cable and Netflix. In the meantime Amazon is becoming a more and more compelling short term alternative.

  Comment by Netflixzzzzzzzzz — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 9:48am EDT  Reply to this post

  • If you look at what Netflix has done, they have basically said, “hey, we do not need movies to succeed” and as a result they are becoming a streamer focused on serialized television programming. That might be what you are seeing as I have heard the argument over and over again that the streamer has essentially ‘nothing’ by people who tend to watch more CBS-fare and utilize RedBox/VoD options.

    Comment by Jeff — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 11:22am EDT  Reply to this post

  • I can name a dozne movies off-hand on Netflix from the last year, easy. Amazon has none as new without paying extra. And most of the movies/shows in the announcement are already on Netflix. Facts are funny things.

    Comment by Jer — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 11:49am EDT  Reply to this post

  • “If Apple starts offering cable channels as apps (HBOGo) without the cable subscription requirement I’ll be changing up both my cable and Netflix.”

    Don’t plan on getting rid of cable anytime soon then.

    Comment by Anon — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 12:44pm EDT  Reply to this post

• While I like Amazon’s Streaming service, the fact that it can’t connect through a television makes it useless to me in the long run.

  Comment by Tommy — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 11:00am EDT  Reply to this post

  • You can get it on a Roku player.

    Comment by Mike — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 2:17pm EDT  Reply to this post

    • Buggy as heck on the Roku though. You watch one trailer, and you have to exit the app and start it again in order for it to play more. Annoying.

      Comment by Jace — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 2:57pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • Actually, you can stream Amazon’s service through Roku, the Xbox 360, PS3, and several web enabled TVs.

    Comment by Jay — Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 9:09pm EDT  Reply to this post

• I’ve been pretty pleased with the Amazon Instant experience through my GoogleTV.

  Comment by MRinLA — Thursday June 14, 2012 @ 3:40am EDT  Reply to this post

• I like my Roku, lots of good content providers like Netflix and smaller ones like SpiritClips, which shows good family films and shorts.

  Comment by Ray — Wednesday November 7, 2012 @ 2:59pm EST  Reply to this post