Amazon Prime Video in South Africa – What you get

[Jamie McKane]

Amazon Prime Video in South Africa – What you get

Netflix, Showmax, and Amazon Prime Video are three big names when it comes to subscription streaming services in South Africa.

Prime Video, however, comes in third place in terms of popularity.

 

[backstreetboy]

Prime Video Movies 10,606.

I'm sure most of those are Bollywood movies.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

These show names included Two and a Half Men, House, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Whose Line is it Anyway, Mr Bean, Law and Order, CSA, NCIS, and Heroes.

Some of those which I did recognise included Mr and Mrs Smith, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Shrek, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Knight and Day, Lucy, Big Momma’s House, The Cat in the Hat, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

None of that is legally viewable in SA, you need a VPN.

 

[Hamster]

I'm sure most of those are Bollywood movies.

This is the one thing I wish Prime allowed me to do - ignore categories. I'll be scrolling through content and before you know it - Bollywood.

And it's irritating AF to get to a movie or show you want to watch only for it to say "not currently available".

 

[Jakarta]

R42 a month via Apple tv subscription

 

[HunterGR]

None of that is legally viewable in SA, you need a VPN.

So the SA library is limited like Netflix is I Gather

 

[ToxicBunny]

This is the one thing I wish Prime allowed me to do - ignore categories. I'll be scrolling through content and before you know it - Bollywood.

And it's irritating AF to get to a movie or show you want to watch only for it to say "not currently available".

100%... I would love to be able to ignore content based on the source of its production... so bollywood movies and tv shows entirely.

 

[ToxicBunny]

So the SA library is limited like Netflix is I Gather

Very much so... maybe even more than Netflix.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Amazon Prime Video in South Africa – What you get

Netflix, Showmax, and Amazon Prime Video are three big names when it comes to subscription streaming services in South Africa.

Prime Video, however, comes in third place in terms of popularity.

I canceled it

Now I've gone back to my roots... netflix

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

So the SA library is limited like Netflix is I Gather

Even more so, basically you just get access to the Amazon Originals.

 

[HunterGR]

Very much so... maybe even more than Netflix.

Thanks! Not worth the extra moolah per month then

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Even more so, basically you just get access to the Amazon Originals.

Which was ok until I've watched what there was to watch.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Thanks! Not worth the extra moolah per month then

There is some good stuff on it..... Good Omens, GT, Carnival Row, The Expanse, Jack Ryan, The Man in the High Castle...

So if that stuff interests you, its worth a short subscription to go through that content.

I do have one bug bear with Prime though, is the way they unbundle the series into their Seasons... so you will see a series listed 4 or more times if they have each season... Makes trawling the content more tedious.

 

[Gravedigger]

The only reason I watched Amazon Prime was for the Grand Tour... But the rest was Bollywood... With the odd movie here and there. Not worth it. Article is a bit clickbaity...

 

[HunterGR]

There is some good stuff on it..... Good Omens, GT, Carnival Row, The Expanse, Jack Ryan, The Man in the High Castle...

So if that stuff interests you, its worth a short subscription to go through that content.

Get all of that already (for educational purposes of course)

 

[hj2k_x]

Even more so, basically you just get access to the Amazon Originals.

Yeah. Some of these are pretty good. Star Trek Picard was decent. Tales from the Loop.

For 100 bucks or so a month, it's not bad if you've run out of fun things to watch on the other platforms...

 

[bwana]

None of that is legally viewable in SA, you need a VPN.

All of those mentioned are available on the free trial that I just signed up for.

 

[backstreetboy]

All of those mentioned are available on the free trial that I just signed up for.

Same here.

 

[deweyzeph]

After reading this I've realised that I get charged in dollars for my Netflix account every month, not rands. Anyone know how you get to be charged in rands?

 

[WAslayer]

All of those mentioned are available on the free trial that I just signed up for.

Have you tried watching any of those..? Or are you talking about just being able to see it in the catalogue..?

Prime doesn't hide the geo-blocked stuff like Netflix does...