Amazon Prime Video is the most underrated streaming service

Amazon Prime number Video is the nigh underrated streaming service — here'southward why

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In the neverending streaming wars, it'southward typically the likes of Netflix, Disney Plus and HBO Max that take hold of all the headlines. Yet recently I've found myself gravitating towards Amazon Prime Video when searching for someone to sentinel on lazy weekends.

No one is more than surprised at this development than me. I've ever viewed Prime Video every bit little more than than a bonus that comes (essentially) free with a Prime subscription. My reason for paying a monthly fee to Amazon was always the express shipping, Prime number Video was a rarely used actress.

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In the concluding few months, my perspective has shifted and Prime Video has become a staple app on my idiot box. I'thousand non even using it to sentinel flagship content offerings like The Boys. In fact, I still haven't finished the latest flavour of the violent superhero bear witness as I was underwhelmed by its second outing (my editor tells me I should proceed going).

I then rarely hear Prime Video mentioned when the topic of the best streaming services comes upwardly (around Tom Guide'south online HQ that's a more common conversation than yous might await). And so, I felt information technology was time to shine a spotlight on Amazon's streamer and explain why I think information technology's worth your monthly subscription – and your time if y'all already have it via Prime number.

Prime number Video has some of the all-time movies around

I've previously written about how movies make a streaming service for me. I'm seemingly in the minority on that. When it comes to streaming, binge-able series tend to gain the most attention.

Nevertheless, as a cocky-confessed movie buff, if a service can offer me a constantly growing plethora of features worth watching and then it will retain my subscription fee each month. Prime number Video does just that.

Sure, the service'due south original content offering is regularly questionable. Although I will admit I found The Map of Tiny Perfect Things very endearing, and I sort of enjoyed The Tomorrow War, if only because I love annihilation that involves fourth dimension travel. Though the less said nearly the likes of Jexi and Later We Collided the better.

Prime Video got Parasite — (Image credit: NEON Films)

Notwithstanding, Prime Video really excels in the flick section thanks to its practically unmatched drove of notable films from other studios. Awards fare like Parasite and 1917 were promptly added to the service last year, and the entire Matrix trilogy was merely recently fabricated bachelor ahead of The Matrix iv releasing (absolutely on HBO Max) this winter.

Whenever I load up Prime number Video there e'er seems to be something from a major studio worth watching. Whenever I boot up Netflix (in the United kingdom), if there aren't whatsoever new Netflix Originals added and so you lot're typically faced with a collection of movies usually found in the $one DVD bin at Walmart.

If they don't have information technology, you can rent it

Another feature of Prime Video that I've come to really appreciate is alongside the service's content library it offers the ability to rent just virtually any pic in existence.

There are tertiary-party services like JustWatch which will tell you lot where you lot can rent movies, but the convenience on Prime Video of being able to search for a movie in the catalog and if information technology's not available instantly buy or rent it cannot exist overstated.

Tom Holland in Chaos Walking — (Paradigm credit: Lionsgate)

For instance, terminal weekend I wanted to lookout man Anarchy Walking as I've read the book it's based on. When I searched on Netflix, it wasn't there. Instead, I got a range of titles that Netflix deemed "related" from the vaguely continued like The Devil All the Fourth dimension (Tom Holland is in both) to the completely unrelated television series Ginny & Georgia.

Whereas when I search on Prime Video, I was informed the moving picture wasn't in the streaming itemize but for £1.99 I could rent it. An option I duly took. Then ultimately regretted when the movie turned out to exist admittedly terrible — adept task I just rented it.

Other streaming services like Apple TV Plus do offer the same feature, allowing you lot to rent movies through iTunes, merely in my feel films are often cheaper on Prime number. For example, Choas Walking was £iv.49 to rent through Apple tree, and it's definitely non worth that much.

Ultimately, Amazon Prime Video probably works all-time as a supplemental service. I'm not suggesting that if you can only subscribe to a single service and so information technology's the one to pick — I'd probably notwithstanding advise Netflix in that scenario. Merely for a solid starting signal for those moments when you're looking to observe something or find a movie, it's more than solid — information technology's reliable.

Withal, Prime Video offers a lot more than information technology's typically given credit for. So, here's to you Amazon Prime Video. You may non ever go the praise you deserve only you have a permanent place on my Smart TV. Just please don't ever consider making a sequel to Jexi.

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Rory is a staff author at Tom'south Guide based in the UK. He covers a broad range of topics including tech news, deals, gaming, streaming and more than. When he's non writing hot takes on the latest gaming hardware and streaming shows, he tin exist constitute watching a borderline unhealthy amount of movies and beingness thoroughly disappointed by his terrible football team.