by mkiker2089 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:41 am
Paying up front is one issue they will have. People don't like contracts and commitments when they are unsure of something. I paid for Netflix and Hulu both a year in advance, but I tested them both out heavily before hand.
Also I'm kind of yawning over the issue now. It's just another streamer at this point. People say competition is good, but it depends on who is being competed for. In the streaming market we need fewer companies because the end user isn't being competed for, it's the studios. They are signing massive deals for exclusivity rights and we lose out because now to see what we want we have to pay three times to three different services. Amazon offering more catalog and b-items isn't going to get me. I've already allocated my entertainment budget elsewhere.
Pretty much the only service I wanted to see materialize was Redbox, but I'm not sure they are capable. They hinted at a service that was more like HBO from the past. In that I mean a few hit movies that rotate out. That would be a nice compliment to Netflix. At this point though it's too late for Redbox.
-Marshall-
Nun sacciu, nun vidi, nun ceru e si ceru durmiv.
I know nothing, I see nothing, I wasn't there,
and if I was there, I was asleep.
); $79 a year for new members (same as before) and the same 2-day shipping service and other Prime goodies. Not as good a selection as Netflix (Amazon has UK "Doctor Who" though) but there are some gems like Orson Welles' "Don Quixote" spread around 5,000 other titles. Good for me (I was already a Prime member) but not something I'd pay $79 for upfront if I had Netflix and Hulu as options and didn't buy much stuff direct from amazon. What do you think?
