Streaming video??

[GalaxyS2Kent]

As an Amazon Prime customer, I've been offered free videos via streaming. I've looked at the website but can't quite understand it. For example, will it chew up my data usage monthly limit? Does anyone know how much a typical movie would use? I assume you have to have wifi connection to view their video, but our broadband provider (BT Infinity) limits us to 500mb per month. We've never used all of it, but am not sure what watching a streaming video would do.

Thanks for any answers, tips, etc.

 

[kate]

Streaming one movie will use up your entire 500MB. Depending on the videos quality (bitrate) one movie could use any where from 500MB to over 2GB of data.

Are you sure your limit is 500MB per month? 500MB is awfully low for broadband service, and on the BT Infinity page the lowest data package is 10GB:
Broadband Packages

 

[GalaxyS2Kent]

Are you sure your limit is 500MB per month? 500MB is awfully low for broadband service, and on the BT Infinity page the lowest data package is 10GB:
Broadband Packages

 

[kate]

Doh! Sorry.... it's 20 GB, not 500 MB (that was on my Tesco Mobile). Still isn't that much. No movies for us, then.

Depending on how much data you normally use you could probably still watch a few movies per month, but if Amazon lets you choose the video quality pick SD (360p, 480p) instead of HD (720p, 1080p) to reduce data usage.

Many ISPs keep track of your monthly usage, you could check with BT and see what you use every month - if you only average 8-10GB you can enjoy some films

 

[WoohooGuy]

Amazon does not have a Android app for Prime streaming, it's only available on their branded tablets and apple devices.

You will need to have flash installed and watch via their website using a browser such as Dolphin or Firefox, unfortunately you may experience issues with streaming as flash for android is no longer supported by Adobe.