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If Amazon prime's streaming interface wasn't so terrible I might agree with you. Occasionally I try to watch it (I have Amazon Prime anyway) but they make it s

If Amazon prime's streaming interface wasn't so terrible I might agree with you. Occasionally I try to watch it (I have Amazon Prime anyway) but they make it so hard to navigate that I usually give up after a few seconds. It is obvious it is not Amazon's first, second, or third concern.

andrewjkerr 12y ago
This is the #1 reason why I still have Netflix. As of a few months ago when I used Amazon Instant, Netflix has auto-play while Amazon did not, Netflix automatically chooses between SD and HD while Amazon made you pick, and just a bunch of other things Netflix does right that Amazon does so so wrong.
digikata 12y ago
Agreed! I can access Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on a Roku at home, and the Amazon interface is really bad. What might be called catalog "grooming" is bad too - associated shows for, say a TV series, might show up under the same entry, or it might be separate items - sometime there isn't even a common title keyword or phrase between the items. I avoid Amazon unless the content is exclusive to that service. Even then, I rarely bother to search on Amazon for that exclusive content as Netflix provides more watchable material than my time budget anyway.
stevewilhelm 12y ago
The Amazon streaming UX on fireTV is significantly better than Netflix. The video compression and streaming is also better.
- dhbanes 12y ago
  I was wondering if Amazon's poorly implemented interface on Roku was intentional. Now that you comment how much better it is on Fire TV, it seems that might be the case. This strikes me as a poor decision, as Fire TV is akin to the "razor" with Amazon Prime memberships being the "blades" that should bring in the recurring revenue.
  - bigtunacan 12y ago
    I haven't seen the Roku interface, but rather I use Netflix and Amazon both from my PS4. If a show/movie is available on Netflix I always go there first. Way better experience right now. I've been a long time subscriber to Netflix however, from back when it was DVDs only, and their service used to be pretty terrible. Amazon is behind right now, but they will iterate and improve. I really believe that Amazon in the long run will come out ahead of Netflix, but I'm not sure if that is a good thing. Amazon is becoming such a huge monopoly in so many ways that I don't see this as turning out well for consumers in the long run.
  - thrownaway2424 12y ago
    What's bad about it on Roku? All I do is find what I want to watch (on IMDB usually), add it to my watchlist, and then navigate to the watchlist in the Roku Amazon app. Seems pretty damn easy. The only thing they could improve, in my opinion, would be to allow me to start playback on the Roku from their website.

andrewjkerr 12y ago

This is the #1 reason why I still have Netflix. As of a few months ago when I used Amazon Instant, Netflix has auto-play while Amazon did not, Netflix automatically chooses between SD and HD while Amazon made you pick, and just a bunch of other things Netflix does right that Amazon does so so wrong.

digikata 12y ago

Agreed! I can access Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on a Roku at home, and the Amazon interface is really bad. What might be called catalog "grooming" is bad too - associated shows for, say a TV series, might show up under the same entry, or it might be separate items - sometime there isn't even a common title keyword or phrase between the items. I avoid Amazon unless the content is exclusive to that service. Even then, I rarely bother to search on Amazon for that exclusive content as Netflix provides more watchable material than my time budget anyway.

stevewilhelm 12y ago

The Amazon streaming UX on fireTV is significantly better than Netflix. The video compression and streaming is also better.

dhbanes 12y ago
I was wondering if Amazon's poorly implemented interface on Roku was intentional. Now that you comment how much better it is on Fire TV, it seems that might be the case. This strikes me as a poor decision, as Fire TV is akin to the "razor" with Amazon Prime memberships being the "blades" that should bring in the recurring revenue.
- bigtunacan 12y ago
  I haven't seen the Roku interface, but rather I use Netflix and Amazon both from my PS4. If a show/movie is available on Netflix I always go there first. Way better experience right now. I've been a long time subscriber to Netflix however, from back when it was DVDs only, and their service used to be pretty terrible. Amazon is behind right now, but they will iterate and improve. I really believe that Amazon in the long run will come out ahead of Netflix, but I'm not sure if that is a good thing. Amazon is becoming such a huge monopoly in so many ways that I don't see this as turning out well for consumers in the long run.
- thrownaway2424 12y ago
  What's bad about it on Roku? All I do is find what I want to watch (on IMDB usually), add it to my watchlist, and then navigate to the watchlist in the Roku Amazon app. Seems pretty damn easy. The only thing they could improve, in my opinion, would be to allow me to start playback on the Roku from their website.