Their insistence at treating their prime streaming like just an aspect of the normal purchasing view is also annoying. If I'm searching through shows, It doesn't help me to see multiple seasons of the same show 'on the shelf,' both SD and HD versions. It just takes longer to find what I want that way.
Re:Netflix Is Going to Rule TV After All
by protomyth on Sunday January 26, 2014 @06:02PM
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I don't watch NBA, but the MLB[1] and Disney streamers work damn well. HBO Go works pretty nicely for all my friends who have it (GOT fans).
As for Amazon, they'll do what they do best, buy content from everyone.
1) the MLB has home or away announcers and HD video - much better than the cable version
I would like to have a serious talk to whoever designed the Amazon streaming video interface on the Roku. It shows a grid video selections in rows, then proceeds to obscure most of the selections with the description text. I really can't stand to use it unless Amazon is the only source for that content.
And most of them suck ass. You can't stream an NBA game live without it buffering the crap out of itself.
> if Amazon doesn't run them over.
Based on what Amazon has done so far, it doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell. They have no understanding of content - their recently released pilots were horrible. You can let a bunch of tech guys up in Seattle make content decisions.