The Roku has a great user interface for Amazon.
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Gudanov - Dec 03, 2013 4:19:07 am PST #23371 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Consuela - Dec 03, 2013 6:09:51 am PST #23372 of 25496
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I love my Roku box.
le nubian - Dec 03, 2013 8:45:55 am PST #23373 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass, I too love my Roku. The only thing it won't play is Apple TV.
Gris - Dec 03, 2013 11:03:21 am PST #23374 of 25496
Hey. New board.
Yeah, the Roku is probably your best bet for simple Amazon playback. The low-end version is something like $39 and will probably serve your needs just fine. Even the most expensive ones are under $100. Plus it can do Netflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify, and Pandora and can even do a decent job streaming videos off a computer/server with the aid of Plex. I love my Roku and basically use it as my exclusive home entertainment provider: between Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (grand total of $25/month for those subscriptions) I get more entertainment than I can watch, though I can't get everything out there.
The Chromecast doesn't do Amazon Video because Amazon is trying to spite Google (there is no Amazon video player for non-Kindle Android at all. Which is the only reason I don't buy videos from Amazon, so they're losing money on at least one front with that policy, but I assume they think the theoretical additional Kindle Fire market share the exclusivity grants is worth it.)
Cass - Dec 03, 2013 3:49:30 pm PST #23375 of 25496
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
and the Mac Mini that I use as a media center.
This was my design but since it's in a different room, it never works quite as smoothly as I imagined.
Yeah, the Roku is probably your best bet for simple Amazon playback. The low-end version is something like $39 and will probably serve your needs just fine.
Low-end Roku wins.
Thanks!
meara - Dec 06, 2013 10:58:31 am PST #23376 of 25496
Grumble. My (shitty) cable company (my only option unless I go to DirecTV) is jacking my rates, and when I called, was like "Well, if you give up phone service, it'll only go up $20/month!" which...no. *Supposedly* there's a company bringing fiber-optic to my neighborhood in Q1 of 2014...but they haven't updated their website or twitter since October, which makes me feel like that's not happening anytime soon. GRRR.
omnis_audis - Dec 06, 2013 11:23:52 am PST #23377 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
How is your internet speed? Have you thought of "cutting the cable". Using an AppleTV, or Roku, or media server connected to your TV. Then using Hulu+, Netlfix, Amazon Prime, & iTunes for your video entertainment?
News & sports has kept me from doing it. But, there are more and more sources for that. When my contract is up in a year or so, I may finally cut the cable.
meara - Dec 06, 2013 11:43:43 am PST #23378 of 25496
omnis, the price for just-internet from the cable company is nearly as outrageous. If/when the fiber optic comes, then I will totally contemplate it--I figure between an antenna and Hulu/Netflix/Amazon, I'm set. While I like to watch HGTV on bingey couch weekends, all the shows I really watch are network ones.
omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2013 9:07:07 am PST #23379 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
$99 tablet. Monday only. Limited quantities. [link]
omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2013 9:07:09 am PST #23380 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir