 "Here's why an Amazon Prime Video subscription is worthwhile")
Like many others who had paid for a one-year subscription to Amazon Prime (Rs 499 for the first year, Rs 999 thereafter), I had been waiting eagerly for its video services to launch. The service offers apps for Android and iOS.
Prime Video has a good selection of recent Bollywood movies, some regional movies, besides the usual Hollywood fare. As a worthy rival to Netflix, Amazon, too, boasts of some popular original series.
I had a pretty good experience watching the BBC series Ancient Worlds on the TV. Later, I watched Mozart in the Jungle on the notebook and some episodes on the iPad. At all times, I was using a high-speed broadband connection over my 5G home Wi-Fi network. But when I tried watching The Man in the High Castle on my phone using the phone’s data service, the experience was less than satisfactory due to the slower connection.
Amazon prime comes with the option of downloading movies/shows and watching them offline which would be music to many ears. Best of all, it comes as an added benefit to those who have subscribed to the Prime service, at no extra cost.
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