EDIT :
Sorry, didn't notice there was already an Amazon Prime streaming thread. Have copied the post into the existing thread and asked the mods to delete my thread..
Found myself signing up to Amazon Prime, just for the access to unique shows I fancied, although I will also get free fast delivery on goods - I suppose that will be handy right enough with Xmas coming up.
An important thing to mention is that you can now pay monthly rather than just with an annual fee. Therefore if there are just a few shows you fancy you could theoretically just pay for one month if you will be quick, view them then cancel.
I signed up initially for The
Man In The High Castle, which I'm sure most of you already know about . It was blooming excellent ! Season two by the way, is from mid December.
I used to be in Amazon streaming before but I came out of it because of the lack of subtitles, that I needed for my poor hearing. There also wasn't much in HD. Both were considerably behind Netflix. But now things are much better. I notice many more titles with subtitles and more available in HD.
I will say as a caveat regarding HD, it isn't like watching bluray. No way. I'd take as an analogy this thing with megapixels and cameras. High megapixels count does not in itself make for good pictures although it helps. They try to compress through HD into a fraction of the bandwidth it should actually take to do it, if it were the same file sizes found on bluray discs. I'm not knowledgeable enough to be able to describe the video artifacts involved, but watching it you'll see and it is pretty obvious if you are looking for it. I think anyway, that I have noticed this more than on Netflix streams, but I could be wrong.
No matter. Certain things are Amazon streaming and that is it. So best just to concentrate on the enjoyment of the show.
Man In The High Castle was really, really good.
The second show I just finished watching , is
Outlander. It is rather good too and has received much critical praise. It has its flaws of course but you just forgive it and get on with enjoying the drama of it. Its a tremendous yarn, with good production and some excellent music.
Please, give us more, unique ( or first ) to Amazon recommendations in this thread.
EDIT :
Sorry, didn't notice there was already an Amazon Prime streaming thread. Have copied the post into the existing thread and asked the mods to delete my thread..