Comments on: Netflix Who? Amazon Unbox Videos May Play on Android

By: Lara

Lara — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:34:34 +0000

Doesn’t work on Mac. so completely FIRED

By: GeoffreyM

GeoffreyM — Sat, 14 May 2011 07:09:15 +0000

Which Galaxy Tab do you have and how are you transferring the files? I simply copied it over and had no luck. Thanks for additional information.

By: Raymond Padilla

Raymond Padilla — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:53:34 +0000

Amazon offers unlimited streaming to Amazon Prime customers for under $10 a month. The selection isn’t as good as Netflix’s, but you also get free two-day shipping and $3.99 next-day shipping.

By: James

James — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:47:48 +0000

Amazon Unbox works on any Android device that supports Janus DRM, like Droid X. Amzon’s list of supported devices is out of date.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:48:11 +0000

You’re looking at what Amazon delivers now. I look at both what’s happening today and trends for tomorrow. That’s what led me in December of 2009 to write on this blog that Amazon was best positioned to create a cloud music service (which they have). I’ll agree to disagree on this discussion and move on.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:43:02 +0000

They ARE NOT comparable. On one hand, you have a service that can play video on mobile devices. On the other hand, you have a service that you have to download from a PC and then sync to your mobile device.

Great insight. I’m sure no one else has thought of Amazon offering a subscription package. Think the Prime service is just Amazon’s way of having a beta? I do.

I’m disappointed in this post. Take a page out of Apple’s playbook and know when to say “no”. This post never should have been written and you know it.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:14:15 +0000

Read the comments from folks who have tested it indicating that it requires no re-encoding. Then think outside the box from what Amazon currently offers to what they easily could (and really should) offer with video streaming to mobiles. ;)

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:12:23 +0000

I’m not suggesting that they’re the exact same, but they are comparable. Amazon offers unlimited video streaming to Prime members and it wouldn’t be a stretch for them to offer a streaming subscription package from that.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:06:36 +0000

This post is worthless. How can you compare Netflix to using Android as a media player?

By: danstl

danstl — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:27:23 +0000

I have been doing this for months… I have never had issues syncing purchased movies from amazon to my android phone…