Amazon has been offering movie rentals for download and purchase for some time now. Originally branded as Amazon unboxed, it is now called Amazon Video on Demand.
One of the major concerns people have when cutting the cord is getting access to the content that they want to watch. Amazon has quite a substantial library of Movies and TV shows to choose from and even offers them in HD (for specific players).
Being a Netflix subscriber, naturally I am really interested in comparing the two services. One nice thing about Amazon is that they occasionally offer promotions and freebies. As part of my project with 3-D and my Media PC, I ordered Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs BluRay 3D
, about a week later Amazon sent me a $4 Video on Demand credit. I completely missed the "Special Offers" section below my order (next time I'll look more carefully for these gems!).Cool, a chance to play with Amazon VOD for free! I was actually surprised by what I found and think it is yet another great resource for people who want to cut the cord.
I'll go over what I found and some of the nice features (as well as the problems).
