More proof that Amazon is about to sell high-def TV shows

by Darren Murph posted Mar 23rd 2009 at 6:02AM

We've seen sprinkles of hope that have led us to cautiously believe that Amazon was gearing up to start selling high-definition TV shows, and now our hearts are dead set on believing. Here recently, Amazon's Video On Demand service has been expanding onto just about every media playing console / box / etc. out there, but now that Apple has stepped up the game by offering HD movies for sale, it seems that Amazon's about to pop out some new functionality of its own. Long story short, the noodling crew over at NewTeeVee managed to poke around and find some pretty hard evidence that Amazon will soon be selling HD TV shows for $2.99 apiece, and while none of the links they stumbled upon were live, we reckon it's only a matter of time at this point.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

Filed under: Internet, New content

Tags: Amazon, amazon video on demand, amazon vod, AmazonVideoOnDemand, AmazonVod, HD VOD, HdVod, video on demand, video-on-demand, VideoOnDemand, vod

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Ed @ Mar 23rd 2009 6:39AM

Hopefully Apple will then fire back at Amazon and start allowing you to re-download purchased content.

It's nice to see competition really heating up in the HD downloads space.

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Dan @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:45AM

I've been part of beta test program for Amazon for the past 2 weeks. The test program is for their new HD programming. Right now I can only watch HD through my browser and I don't see much improvement over their SD programming.

I'm not excited with this service as it is now. I've had too many streaming problems with Amazon VOD.

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Matt @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:08AM

Who the hell pays 3 bucks for one tv show? I know, I know "apparently enough people for Amazon to charge 3 bucks" blah blah. It's no wonder people d/l it from bit torrent.

That's ridiculous. Don't be ridiculous...

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Doc @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:42AM

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels that way.

$3 is WAY too much for a single show. If they were smart they would use a hulu model, but they aren't so enjoy your limited success amazon... way to be out of touch!

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NorthCranky @ Mar 23rd 2009 3:24PM

Agreed. But it seems to be the going price for HD not just on Amazon. You want it you pay it.

I'll pay it for 1 and only 1 really great show that isn't on hulu but that's it.

$1 for SD and $2 for HD per episode would be much better.

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Lazarus Dark @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:11PM

I'd pay 1$ for 720P and 1.50$ for 1080p. In my opinion all sd should be free, kinda like a sample.

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Blake @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:37AM

I have been a part of their beta program too. They gave us a $10 credit to use and since the pricing of the shows is similar to other retailers, the $10 does not go very far. Not all TV shows are in HD, but the ones that are stream at 2500 kbps vs. 1300 for the SD streams. I think the quality is really good. The price is expensive ($3 per episode), but the convenience of it does add some value.

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