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#195407 19-Apr-2016 14:59

Amazon is launching a month-to-month Amazon Prime Video subscription service. It covers video (TV/movies) only - no shipping and other benefits from Amazon Prime but you pay on a monthly basis, instead of having to pay a full year membership.

Its main idea is really to be a Hulu/Netflix competitor.

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#1535660 19-Apr-2016 15:02

Hope it's promising. Annoyed with Netflix's block, much NZ content is rubbish, and I don't want to have to go to Soho

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#1535666 19-Apr-2016 15:06

I signed up to the UK version (because I have a UK bank account) a week or so ago. I didn't realise it was new. Good move on Amazon's part. I'd be nervous signing up for anything for a year at the moment.

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#1535668 19-Apr-2016 15:06

saving free trial until Clarkson and co start .

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#1535676 19-Apr-2016 15:18

Here's the pricing after the month free trial.

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#1535697 19-Apr-2016 15:29

I like how it includes offline use - great for going on holiday or on the yacht where bandwidth is more limited

I wonder if they will play the same games as Netflix re unblocking? Amazon are traditionally quite strict on what they will sell to where

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#1535840 19-Apr-2016 17:09

Mind you for download/offline use you need a VPN. To playback the do downloaded content you don't even need to be connected but if you are then you don't need a VPN.

To stream you need either a VPN or DNS redirect service.

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#1535918 19-Apr-2016 18:49

Well i have just setup my firetv again and have a dns service running (vpn on ipad/phone) and have to say I am very happy with it, it's fast and looks great

This might win me over ditch netflix

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#1536100 19-Apr-2016 22:29

I share my daughter's Prime account (family sharing plan) so Prime Video is free for me. I guess that's why she bought me a Firestick for Xmas :-)

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#1536879 20-Apr-2016 17:24

freitasm: Mind you for download/offline use you need a VPN. To playback the do downloaded content you don't even need to be connected but if you are then you don't need a VPN.

To stream you need either a VPN or DNS redirect service.

Do you need to have the device which you're going to be using offline VPNd, or could you VPN a PC and transfer the downloaded content?

I've never VPNd a tablet but I guess "There's an app for that"

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#1537000 20-Apr-2016 20:57

freitasm: Mind you for download/offline use you need a VPN. To playback the do downloaded content you don't even need to be connected but if you are then you don't need a VPN.

To stream you need either a VPN or DNS redirect service.

I was able to download a Prime video just using a DNS redirect service - no VPN. And then of course once downloaded I was able to watch with the phone in Flight mode - not data connection at all. The viewing period was 30 days after which I would have to download it again.

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