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Hopefully they will be broadcasting in 4K. It could be an influential driver of people with 4K TV's to try out Amazon Prime.
by tiff_seattle 9y ago
Hopefully they will be broadcasting in 4K. It could be an influential driver of people with 4K TV's to try out Amazon Prime.
- paulcole 9y agoI'd bet the has 4K TV and doesn't have Amazon Prime segment to be pretty small.
- paulddraper 9y agoProbably. Vizio's TVs are pretty much all Smartcast (Chromecast) now. Chromecast doesn't work with Amazon Video, which is the main reason I don't watch it despite having Prime.
- mustacheemperor 9y agoSemantic correction, but it's really Amazon who refuses to let their streaming garden exit their hardware garden. I'd say it's more that Amazon Video doesn't work with the Chromecast. Since, you know, that's driving a lot of Fire Stick purchases (fellow frustrated Chromecast and Prime owner here).
- echelon 9y agoThis is the reason I don't watch Amazon Prime video. It's so dumb to have to have a separate device for everything.
- wtvanhest 9y agoI bought a roku. Plays both amazon and netflix perfectly with a great interface.
- Cyph0n 9y agoI'm planning on buying a Fire TV stick. Plugs into your TV like the Chromecast, and plays Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, etc.
- coldpie 9y agoEven on a single Android device, you have to use Amazon's special snowflake app store to get Amazon Prime video. So I don't bother.
- baddox 9y agoIs this a very new phenomenon? My Vizio 4K TV from 2015 has the Amazon video app built in.
- tiff_seattle 9y agoWorks fine on XBox though.
- hkmurakami 9y agoTrue. Twitch stopped working with Chromecast immediately after Amazon bought them, so the story checks out.
- mod 9y agoMaybe thats' sarcasm, but twitch works with chromecast still.
- grogenaut 9y agoto be fair google wants 30% of all video sales on chromecast which means pay content usually loses money for amazon on that platform. I thought they allowed non-pay content on chromecast though eg prime video.
- ajmurmann 9y agoAre you maybe confusing Google Play and Chromecast? You can't buy anything on the Chromecast you simply steam to it. Apps just need to support it as a output target.
- scarface74 9y agoAmazon Video works on Roku boxes and the iPhone and iPad. It does let you AirPlay to an AppleTV.
- soylentcola 9y agoI've always just cast the fullscreen video in Chrome to the Chromecast on the TV we have without a built-in Amazon "app". A bit clunky but works fine, unlike any of their mobile apps and non-Fire receivers.
- mustacheemperor 9y agoIndeed. For some reason Amazon, appears to have a major axe to grind with Google only - I'd hazard it's their market dominance and the threat of the Play Store platform. Just makes it even more irritating. You can buy a Roku on Amazon too...Not a chromecast.[0] [0]http://lifehacker.com/amazon-banning-the-chromecast-is-unbelievably-stupid-1734105137 http://lifehacker.com/amazon-banning-the-chromecast-is-unbel...
- paulddraper 9y agoIf it sounded otherwise, my bad. I was certainly aware of the causer of incompatibility :)
- xGrill 9y agoThey are actually not producing the games themselves, just the online streaming rights, so I think it will be capped at the 720p the games are usually recorded at.