Boxee Box + Amazon Video on Demand? Does anyone know if the Boxee Box will support Amazon Video On Demand natively? It's being pushed real hard by Amazon, seems kind of stupid if it doesn't.
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I would like to throw my vote in for Amazon to work something out with Boxee. Please make an App I would leave Netflix in a heart beat if you did!!!!!
1093530
Amazon...... Get on board.... you need to make Boxee a vendor for your on demand content..... TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!
1093531
I am surprised Amazon has not built an app for the boxee box to allow streaming. They can make a killer UI, better then netflix on the boxee box and allow more people to access their content on their TVs. While you are at it, use an open source software to allow Airplay to work between the fire and boxee box and you got a really cool eco system.
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Well, note that the Boxee Box was working with the Amazon VOD service. But after the last Boxee patch (5/26/2011 for us), the Amazon VOD service no longer works.You can browse to the site, pick out a movie, everything is great. But when you click the "Play" button - it is un-clickable with Boxee.Recent change. But what happened?How can I un-do the Boxee Box upgrade?JDMc
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Another voice requesting an Amazon Video/music app for Boxee Box. It would be great to have Boxee Box added to the list of devices compatible with Amazon Instant Video: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200775230#instantvideoKindle firePlease?
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I must correct myself. Boxee currently does support paid content through Vudu (recently) and Netflix.
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I signed up for the one month trial of Prime (and VOD) a few days ago without even looking at what devices supported it. I figured there was no way Amazon would not be on the best streaming device available. When I got home and powered up my Boxee Box I was in shock that there was no Amazon App. How is this even possible? With Netflix screwing over millions of customers why hasnt Amazon stepped up to the plate?
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I don't want to wait.... I signed up for Amazon Prime and I would like to access it through my Boxee Box... If I can stream to my PC why can't I stream to my Boxee ? The money it still transferred and I can watch in my living room rather than my office..... Come on Amazon make the leap.... I'm waiting !!!!
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I'm doing a trial of Prime, and I'm afraid if the streaming won't work, there's little point in actually signing up - Netflix will have to do for now. I think Prime has some great content, but I'm not keen on camping in front of my PC to watch the movies - much rather be able to watch over the game console on the actual TV. Too bad - it's a great price, even compared to Netflix, but steep for the limited capabilities.
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Sorry to split hairs, but the server issues are on Netflix's end. Netflix has had server issues since they upgraded the interface the first week of June (they've since stopped rolling it out to all users). It seems to only happen during prime viewing hours though. If you are having problems with services other than netflix and at odd hours I'd look for another problem, either with the roku box itself, your router, or your ISP. I haven't experienced problems with other services but I don't use Amazon on Demand. There may be a correlation between netflix and amazon as I read netflix migrated to Amazon's servers. Try some of the other channels to determine if it's a problem with anything else (nasa tv? pandora? etc). Netflix's engineers are struggling to find the correct content to display on their main screen without overloading the servers, it changes almost daily. I expect they'll get it resolved soon but it's been a bad couple weeks for them. For more information check rokulab's user forum: http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewforum.php?f=28
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stopped working for me too. I bet the xmas spike caused their servers to fall over. has anyone figured out how to skip the viera cast screen and just go direct to Amazon VOD? hey Amazon, if you're reading this, ask your OEM partners to include a VOD button that skips their crappy software and goes direct to Amazon.
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HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do. HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba... » Read More HEY FRANK:Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do. « Show Less
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Amazon does not seem to understand that if they want more Prime customers they gotta get their Prime videos to the living room and bedroom screens, which means a better interface (right now they tend to look as if a kindergartner designed them), and access from all those boxes we have, PS3, XBOX, Wii, TIVO, Blu-ray, Internet TV's etc. When you can only access Amazon instant videos on some devices and prime instant videos on other devices, then people get frustrated. One App with a better interface and access to both Amazon instant videos and Prime instant videos, on every device that has apps on it. Amazon does not seem to understand that if they want more Prime customers they gotta get their Prime videos to the living room and bedroom screens, which means a better interface (right now they tend to look as if a kindergartner designed them), and access from all those boxes we have, PS3, XBOX, Wii, TIVO, Blu-ray, Internet TV's etc. When you can only access Amazon instant videos on some devices and prime instant videos on other devices, then people get frustrated. One App with a better interface and access to both Amazon instant videos and Prime instant videos, on every device that has... » Read More Amazon does not seem to understand that if they want more Prime customers they gotta get their Prime videos to the living room and bedroom screens, which means a better interface (right now they tend to look as if a kindergartner designed them), and access from all those boxes we have, PS3, XBOX, Wii, TIVO, Blu-ray, Internet TV's etc. When you can only access Amazon instant videos on some devices and prime instant videos on other devices, then people get frustrated. One App with a better interface and access to both Amazon instant videos and Prime instant videos, on every device that has apps on it. « Show Less
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The switching between video was fine....no problems at all there. Audio is another story. The audio cuts out and I never did find a concrete way to get it to come back on reliably. I eventually just stopped using the box. Its a paper weight now unfortunately.
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I'm moderately free from doubt that this product is no longer supported by Boxee, as it was acquired by. Samsung earlier this year. If everything still functions, you will getter same channels that you receive over the air on this box that you would if you were to attach a digital antenna. If you can't get the channels you are looking for over the air, you ate going to need a cable/ satellite subscription to watch those channels.
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Thanks for the tip !Amazon has usually been stellar on delivery, but this nonsense does not make me want to order this. Better to wait for the real deal - high speed, instant uploading, raw transferring version if they make it to that round of funding............
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Samsung and Amazon work fine on other models, but not this one. Tons of chatter on the net with this. I just went several rounds with Amazon, and they claimed that the hardware (ie processor) won't work with their service. Personally, I find it baloney. , Other models of Samsung before and after work just fine. And other software such as Netflix work without issue. Their answer was to buy a Roku. Personally, I'd skip Prime and stay with Netflix. I'd think long and hard about buying Samsung again too. They both really pissed me off. So sorry.
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It does support Amazon Prime videos. I've logged into my Amazon account and watched a movie as I would on any other computer with a browser.
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Thanks for your comment it has helped me confirm I did make a right choice by getting a Roku. Most people keep jabbering about being able to watch live TV and stream their media from their computer to TV. What I don't think they realize is both of those things can be done without Roku or Boxee. I already have a tuner card, video card, and "cheap" special cords to do both of those things. To be honest I rarely do either of those things anyway.
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I don't think so - but i'm still learning about the device. I think it is pretty limited now, as compared to the prior Boxee box device.
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Hi..I subscribe to Amazon Prime...and had no issues.....can also access both pictures and video's in sometime called LG Cloud. Finally, was able to download software onto my computer and set up sharing directly from computer to TV
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I know it supports the Amazon system, Netflix, and I believe it also supports Red Box streaming, but I wouldn't swear to it. Seems to work well, but a trick I have learned is if you have a problem with discs not loading correctly or any function not working, unplug the unit then plug it back in and it seems to reprogram it to function good as new. Strange, but it relies heavily on being controlled by the remote, and it will occasionally seem to be confused on the function. By unplugging it this seems to solve the issue and it hasn't been a problem as a result. I have it plugged into a rack system with many other stereo and video components so that might be what is causing it. I know it supports the Amazon system, Netflix, and I believe it also supports Red Box streaming, but I wouldn't swear to it. Seems to work well, but a trick I have learned is if you have a problem with discs not loading correctly or any function not working, unplug the unit then plug it back in and it seems to reprogram it to function good as new. Strange, but it relies heavily on being controlled by the remote, and it will occasionally seem to be confused on the function. By unplugging it this seems to solve the issue and it hasn't been a problem as a result. I have it plugged into a rack... » Read More I know it supports the Amazon system, Netflix, and I believe it also supports Red Box streaming, but I wouldn't swear to it. Seems to work well, but a trick I have learned is if you have a problem with discs not loading correctly or any function not working, unplug the unit then plug it back in and it seems to reprogram it to function good as new. Strange, but it relies heavily on being controlled by the remote, and it will occasionally seem to be confused on the function. By unplugging it this seems to solve the issue and it hasn't been a problem as a result. I have it plugged into a rack system with many other stereo and video components so that might be what is causing it. « Show Less
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Unreal. I can stream to my PC but not my Boxee???? Boxee is a PC you idiots. Amazon on Boxee soon or I'm going back to Netflix (crap)
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Unlikely. Amazon video on demand doesn't work with standard android devices and usually only works on Amazon devices. Since ur turning a nook into a android 4.0+ device I would bet on not likely for the time being.