Amazon Prime Video Is the Netflix Discount You Always Wanted

Amazon Prime Video's killer pricing gives it a massive advantage over other video streaming services, such as Netflix. But is the pricing of Amazon Prime Video - Netflix's biggest rival - good enough to make people subscribe? Does the catalogue justify subscribing to yet another streaming service? We answer all these questions and more on this episode of Orbital.

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Pop culture nerd Akhil joins host Pranay to talk about Amazon Prime Video and its implications for India. We start the discussion by wondering how exactly Amazon has managed to deliver this product at such a low price. Is Amazon ever going to make a profit on Amazon Prime Video in India?

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Akhil then talks about his impressions of the Amazon Prime Video catalogue on offer. We compare the catalogue of Amazon Prime Video to what we've seen on Hotstar and Netflix. We also discuss our observations of Amazon Originals and exclusives - two things that could be a big draw for people who aren't sure whether they want this service. Pranay makes a point about subtitles and how Amazon could improve those. 

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We also discuss at length the streaming and download quality of Amazon Prime Video content and our experiences while using it on 2G and high-speed broadband. The results were very surprising. You can listen to all of that and more on this episode.

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