Amazon Now Streams HD Movies and Shows

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I disagree - not unfair comparision at all...

HD should mean exactly the same regardless of the company offering it. HD to me means 1080p. If you advertise HD, to me that means blue ray quality. There is NO reason why companies cant offer blue ray quality. After all, its just a download. Being higher quality just means it will be a longer download. Duh!

anthony of FL @ Jun 24, 2009 07:30:01 AM

xbox 360

can u use a xbox 360? for this service

Carlos of RI @ May 10, 2009 20:42:18 PM

vudu is dying

This is the dagger for vudu the way I see it. The NETFLIX library AND Amazon movies.

I have a vudu, saw this, and quickly looked at ebay to see if I could sell my vudu to buy a roku, and to little surprise, the vudu's aren't selling any where near their retail cost, 50%-60% below actually. While the roku is selling a few dollars off the asking price of $99 (going in the $80's).

Sucks :/

Ed of NY @ May 03, 2009 18:35:32 PM

Unfair comparison

not be be mean, but your article really paints a negative impression of the service. Comparing the service to a blue ray disc and over-the-air broadcast is unfair comparison, especially since those two source are know for the highest resolution. Cable or Satellite television are not able to match them either. All those other sources suffer because of compression methods and so forth.

A more fair comparison would have been to Netflix HD content. Possibly, AppleTV or Vudu, but those are downloaded content. Granted, Amazon can be either depending on what device the user is using..

robot of CA @ Apr 23, 2009 12:49:23 PM

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