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If AppleTV let me watch Amazon Prime video it would be perfect. I use Amazon Prime and Hulu+ for TV, and right now the only device I have that lets me watch bot

If AppleTV let me watch Amazon Prime video it would be perfect. I use Amazon Prime and Hulu+ for TV, and right now the only device I have that lets me watch both is my PS3, and its UI sucks (plus it's constantly requiring me to download updates).

dankoss 13y ago
Amazon added this about six months ago, but it requires another iOS device: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/amazons-instant-video-app-adds-airplay-support-for-streaming-to-apple-tv/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/amazons-instant-video-app-a...
- smackfu 13y ago
  Interesting that Amazon now has a pretty good motivation to remove this feature.
  - twoodfin 13y ago
    Why? Amazon wants to make money on the blades (content), not the razor.
    - esrauch 13y ago
      Except they are now selling a razor that "works best" with their own blades.
      - guiambros 13y ago
        Don't get confused: Amazon will always sell you both razors and blades. They're not in the business of winning one specific category: they want to win everything. That's why you can use the Kindle app on your iOS, or Android, or web browser. Or Amazon Prime on PS3/4, Xbox One/360, Roku, iOS. They don't have to kill the iPad; they just have to win every book reader.
        rednukleus 13y ago
        Except Amazon Prime still doesn't work on Android, other than the Fire. Kindle is truly cross platform, but Prime streaming video is not.
  - ycaspirant 13y ago
    Why? That's like saying that Amazon has a motivation to remove the Kindle app from iPhones and iPads so that you'll be forced to buy their Kindle. Amazon actually doesn't care if you buy their hardware or not, they only care about selling you content.
sosborn 13y ago
Constantly? http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/history/ http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/history/
- saturdaysaint 13y ago
  Compared to any other device I use, PS3 updates are unusually intrusive. Almost nothing seems to be done automatically, so I'll end up with 5 minutes of downloading update apps and system updates before I can do what I intended to do when I sat down. Oh, and the updates are often "required", meaning you're prevented from even running your out of date app. I'm hopeful that they fixed most of these issues for the PS4 (hard to believe there was no App Store or Play Store when the PS3 came out).
  - sosborn 13y ago
    > PS3 updates are unusually intrusive I totally agree with that statement, I just was taken aback by the word "constantly."
  - tehwebguy 13y ago
    Agreed - the worst are the ones that just tell you to update but don't provide a button to take you to the update option.
  - tass 13y ago
    They're using it as an incentive to purchase PS+ - so I don't think this will be fixed with PS4. I find it distasteful being forced to pay to prevent being blocked by updates when all I want to do is watch a video. http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/autodownload.html http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/setti...
calvin 13y ago
I've had a Roku for more than a year and it offers both Amazon Prime video and Hulu+. (And Netflix and many other apps.)
72deluxe 13y ago
Have you noticed how Amazon Prime now has the rubbishest films on it for the "included with Prime" section but the films you'd expect to be included are now "buy!" or "rent!"
peatmoss 13y ago
I have started to discover that a killer feature of the Apple TV is the ability to use the iTunes Music Store. It very often has movies (even obscure ones) that don't exist on Netflix or Amazon free or paid. For any given movie, the chances of me finding it on Apple seem to be best of all services.

dankoss 13y ago

Amazon added this about six months ago, but it requires another iOS device: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/amazons-instant-video-app-adds-airplay-support-for-streaming-to-apple-tv/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/amazons-instant-video-app-a...

smackfu 13y ago
Interesting that Amazon now has a pretty good motivation to remove this feature.
- twoodfin 13y ago
  Why? Amazon wants to make money on the blades (content), not the razor.
  - esrauch 13y ago
    Except they are now selling a razor that "works best" with their own blades.
    - guiambros 13y ago
      Don't get confused: Amazon will always sell you both razors and blades. They're not in the business of winning one specific category: they want to win everything. That's why you can use the Kindle app on your iOS, or Android, or web browser. Or Amazon Prime on PS3/4, Xbox One/360, Roku, iOS. They don't have to kill the iPad; they just have to win every book reader.
      - rednukleus 13y ago
        Except Amazon Prime still doesn't work on Android, other than the Fire. Kindle is truly cross platform, but Prime streaming video is not.
- ycaspirant 13y ago
  Why? That's like saying that Amazon has a motivation to remove the Kindle app from iPhones and iPads so that you'll be forced to buy their Kindle. Amazon actually doesn't care if you buy their hardware or not, they only care about selling you content.

sosborn 13y ago

Constantly? http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/history/ http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/history/

saturdaysaint 13y ago
Compared to any other device I use, PS3 updates are unusually intrusive. Almost nothing seems to be done automatically, so I'll end up with 5 minutes of downloading update apps and system updates before I can do what I intended to do when I sat down. Oh, and the updates are often "required", meaning you're prevented from even running your out of date app. I'm hopeful that they fixed most of these issues for the PS4 (hard to believe there was no App Store or Play Store when the PS3 came out).
- sosborn 13y ago
  > PS3 updates are unusually intrusive I totally agree with that statement, I just was taken aback by the word "constantly."
- tehwebguy 13y ago
  Agreed - the worst are the ones that just tell you to update but don't provide a button to take you to the update option.
- tass 13y ago
  They're using it as an incentive to purchase PS+ - so I don't think this will be fixed with PS4. I find it distasteful being forced to pay to prevent being blocked by updates when all I want to do is watch a video. http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/autodownload.html http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/setti...

calvin 13y ago

I've had a Roku for more than a year and it offers both Amazon Prime video and Hulu+. (And Netflix and many other apps.)

72deluxe 13y ago

Have you noticed how Amazon Prime now has the rubbishest films on it for the "included with Prime" section but the films you'd expect to be included are now "buy!" or "rent!"

peatmoss 13y ago

I have started to discover that a killer feature of the Apple TV is the ability to use the iTunes Music Store. It very often has movies (even obscure ones) that don't exist on Netflix or Amazon free or paid. For any given movie, the chances of me finding it on Apple seem to be best of all services.