Tag: AMAZON-UNBOX

Amazon has rolled out a new version of its online video distribution service. The most noticeable change? It's all about streaming video. Previously if you wanted to rent or purchase a movie from Amazon Unbox you had to download it to your computer. Now Amazon has killed off the Unbox name and launched Amazon Video on Demand which allows users to stream videos in a browser or to download them ...

Amazon is expected to launch a streaming video service today that will either compliment or replace the company's Amazon Unbox download store. The New York Times reports that Amazon Video on Demand will let users begin watching movies the instant they click they place an order. It's not clear from the article, but it sounds like the new service is browser-based, whereas Amazon Unbox requires ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the company will be adding a for-pay streaming video option to its Amazon Unbox video store sometime in the next few weeks. Currently if you want to watch a movie or TV show from Unbox, you've got to download your video. Sure, if you've got a broadband connection you can typically start watching a few minutes after you hit the download button, but who's got that kind ...

Amazon is sending out a survey to a select group of folks asking what changes they'd like to see to Amazon Unbox, the company's digital video download service. At one point, the survey asks what participants think of several possible improvements to the service: Free video streaming with ads Paid video streaming without ads Burn downloaded movies to DVD for playback on a DVD player ...