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As a paying Prime customer, I've never asked for Amazon to restrict Prime Video to only tablets, phones, and specifically Sony Bravia Android TVs. They eventual

As a paying Prime customer, I've never asked for Amazon to restrict Prime Video to only tablets, phones, and specifically Sony Bravia Android TVs. They eventually added AppleTV support, I guess? But I have a friend who doesn't have an AppleTV and so she can't watch Prime Video on her TV. If Amazon is trying to use Prime Video as a bonus selling point, I don't see any point in restricting their own 'TV' shows to 'anything except a TV'. Pretty sure my friend didn't ask for that.

slowmovintarget 9y ago
I have a number of HD displays in my house. Some hooked to computers, some to cable boxes and Fire sticks... What are these TVs you speak of? Sarcasm aside, my Samsung TV has an Amazon app which streams Prime Video just fine... If her box really can't get Amazon video natively, a fairly cheap Fire stick will do the job nicely.
- justbaker 9y ago
  I can even use my raspberry pi to stream it in a pinch.
daveFNbuck 9y ago
I can watch it on my laptop, my roku, my fire tv, and my chromecast. Three of those play on my tv. What device are you unable to play it on?
- Paul-ish 9y ago
  How do you get it working on chromecast?
  - ajmurmann 9y ago
    They said it plays on three of those devices which probably means the laptop, fire TV and Roku
    - daveFNbuck 9y ago
      No, it plays on all 4 devices. I said three of them played on my TV. Those three were the chromecast, fire tv and roku. Although I guess the laptop could display on my tv with an hdmi cable, so all 4 methods should work.
  - ignoramous 9y ago
    I presume, by using screen mirroring: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461 https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461
  - daveFNbuck 9y ago
    I hit the chromecast icon in the upper-right corner of my chrome browser while streaming on my laptop.
nirav72 9y ago
A $50 roku plays Amazon prime video just fine.
dsacco 9y ago
I have an Amazon Video app natively on my LG OLED.
ikeboy 9y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11826362/amazon-acceptable-business-terms-apple-tv-chromecast https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11826362/amazon-acceptabl... basically Apple would have wanted a cut of revenue and Amazon wanted none of that
dogma1138 9y ago
I haven't seen a major brand smart TV made in the past ~4-5 years without an Amazon Prime Video app. My LG, Samsung, and Sony TVs have it. Apple is an Apple problem, they usually want a cut of all sales, since Amazon Prime Video offers subscription, pay per view rental, and digital purchase of content it would mean that Amazon would have to pay Apple a share of the proceeds which might be a problem since the margins are already pretty low. Also last time I've checked Amazon Prime Video works on any device that can accept Chromecasts so this means any Android TV even if it's doesn't have an Android app (I don't know if these even exist) if you have an Android phone, tablet, or laptop can be used to watch the content. And lastly lets not forget that a Fire TV stick costs 40$....
- cosmie 9y ago
  Does the Prime Video app support the Chromecast protocol now? Or are you referring to a full screen cast from an Android device, that's just mirroring the device screen? Newer Vizio TVs use what's essentially an embedded/modified Chromecast as their smart tv OS, which works really really well. But since Prime Video on iOS (last time I tried) doesn't support the Chromecast protocol, I can't watch anything from Prime Video on my TV.
  - traduz 9y ago
    No chromecast support. I don't own a smart tv so my chromecast is the life of my living room TV. It's kind annoying since I can only watch it on computer or tablet.
  - dogma1138 9y ago
    You have to cast it from Chrome or Android (screencasting). Any android TV/TVbox has built in Chromecast.
- eugeniub 9y ago
  > Amazon would have to pay Apple a share of the proceeds which might be a problem since the margins are already pretty low. Not true. Amazon can still have an app on Apple TV, and Apple won't get a cut, if Amazon sells subscriptions through their website instead of the app. That's what they're already doing on iOS at least. > And lastly lets not forget that a Fire TV stick costs 40$.... This is the problem, not the solution. Nobody wants one device per service. I don't want an Apple TV for Apple stuff, a Fire stick for Amazon, a Roku for something else, and so on. It's annoying, and my TV doesn't have that many HDMI ports.
AlexCoventry 9y ago
> I've never asked for Amazon to restrict Prime Video to only tablets, phones, and specifically Sony Bravia Android TVs It plays fine for me in ubuntu's chromium browser...
- ekianjo 9y ago
  only 720p if i remember correctly.
myrandomcomment 9y ago
Works fine on my Vizo and Samsung TV (nether are Android - heck the Vizo is ~6 years old) so I am not sure what you are talking about?
matwood 9y ago
> But I have a friend who doesn't have an AppleTV and so she can't watch Prime Video on her TV. It was recently announced that Prime video is coming to the AppleTV.
damnfine 9y ago
Works fine with a 30 dollar roku. I think you are inventing problems. Not everything interacts, specifically walled gardens.

slowmovintarget 9y ago

I have a number of HD displays in my house. Some hooked to computers, some to cable boxes and Fire sticks... What are these TVs you speak of? Sarcasm aside, my Samsung TV has an Amazon app which streams Prime Video just fine... If her box really can't get Amazon video natively, a fairly cheap Fire stick will do the job nicely.

justbaker 9y ago
I can even use my raspberry pi to stream it in a pinch.

daveFNbuck 9y ago

I can watch it on my laptop, my roku, my fire tv, and my chromecast. Three of those play on my tv. What device are you unable to play it on?

Paul-ish 9y ago
How do you get it working on chromecast?
- ajmurmann 9y ago
  They said it plays on three of those devices which probably means the laptop, fire TV and Roku
  - daveFNbuck 9y ago
    No, it plays on all 4 devices. I said three of them played on my TV. Those three were the chromecast, fire tv and roku. Although I guess the laptop could display on my tv with an hdmi cable, so all 4 methods should work.
- ignoramous 9y ago
  I presume, by using screen mirroring: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461 https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461
- daveFNbuck 9y ago
  I hit the chromecast icon in the upper-right corner of my chrome browser while streaming on my laptop.

nirav72 9y ago

A $50 roku plays Amazon prime video just fine.

dsacco 9y ago

I have an Amazon Video app natively on my LG OLED.

ikeboy 9y ago

https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11826362/amazon-acceptable-business-terms-apple-tv-chromecast https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11826362/amazon-acceptabl... basically Apple would have wanted a cut of revenue and Amazon wanted none of that

dogma1138 9y ago

I haven't seen a major brand smart TV made in the past ~4-5 years without an Amazon Prime Video app. My LG, Samsung, and Sony TVs have it. Apple is an Apple problem, they usually want a cut of all sales, since Amazon Prime Video offers subscription, pay per view rental, and digital purchase of content it would mean that Amazon would have to pay Apple a share of the proceeds which might be a problem since the margins are already pretty low. Also last time I've checked Amazon Prime Video works on any device that can accept Chromecasts so this means any Android TV even if it's doesn't have an Android app (I don't know if these even exist) if you have an Android phone, tablet, or laptop can be used to watch the content. And lastly lets not forget that a Fire TV stick costs 40$....

cosmie 9y ago
Does the Prime Video app support the Chromecast protocol now? Or are you referring to a full screen cast from an Android device, that's just mirroring the device screen? Newer Vizio TVs use what's essentially an embedded/modified Chromecast as their smart tv OS, which works really really well. But since Prime Video on iOS (last time I tried) doesn't support the Chromecast protocol, I can't watch anything from Prime Video on my TV.
- traduz 9y ago
  No chromecast support. I don't own a smart tv so my chromecast is the life of my living room TV. It's kind annoying since I can only watch it on computer or tablet.
- dogma1138 9y ago
  You have to cast it from Chrome or Android (screencasting). Any android TV/TVbox has built in Chromecast.
eugeniub 9y ago
> Amazon would have to pay Apple a share of the proceeds which might be a problem since the margins are already pretty low. Not true. Amazon can still have an app on Apple TV, and Apple won't get a cut, if Amazon sells subscriptions through their website instead of the app. That's what they're already doing on iOS at least. > And lastly lets not forget that a Fire TV stick costs 40$.... This is the problem, not the solution. Nobody wants one device per service. I don't want an Apple TV for Apple stuff, a Fire stick for Amazon, a Roku for something else, and so on. It's annoying, and my TV doesn't have that many HDMI ports.

AlexCoventry 9y ago

> I've never asked for Amazon to restrict Prime Video to only tablets, phones, and specifically Sony Bravia Android TVs It plays fine for me in ubuntu's chromium browser...

ekianjo 9y ago
only 720p if i remember correctly.

myrandomcomment 9y ago

Works fine on my Vizo and Samsung TV (nether are Android - heck the Vizo is ~6 years old) so I am not sure what you are talking about?

matwood 9y ago

> But I have a friend who doesn't have an AppleTV and so she can't watch Prime Video on her TV. It was recently announced that Prime video is coming to the AppleTV.

damnfine 9y ago

Works fine with a 30 dollar roku. I think you are inventing problems. Not everything interacts, specifically walled gardens.