2012 CES Coverage
Updated (December 13 2011)
Update Dec 26 2011: Hulu devices with caption support. Amazon numbers revised. Revised Amazon Prime TV show number down slightly (HD series were double counted).
Update Dec 26 2011: Hulu devices with caption support. Amazon numbers revised. Revised Amazon Prime TV show number down slightly (HD series were double counted).
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Amazon Instant
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Hulu Plus
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iTunes
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Netflix
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VUDU
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Model
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All you can watch for select catalog with Prime Membership; rental or purchase for larger catalog
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All you can watch for monthly fee
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Rental / Purchase Movies on Apple TV. Purchase available on computer with iTunes. No TV Show rentals
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All you can watch for monthly fee. Now separate plan for DVD by mail
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Rental or purchase per title in a variety
of qualities: SD, HD and HDX |
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Commercials
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Best Video Quality
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720P for streaming. 1080P for downloads of some titles to the TiVo Premiere.
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720P
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720P
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1080P on several devices / 720P on others
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1080P / 24 fps
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Best Audio Available
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Dolby Digital 5.1
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Stereo only
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Dolby Digital 5.1
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Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby Digital Plus on select devices.
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Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 or 7.1
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Number of Titles
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46,000+ movies and 7,700+ TV Seasons for purchase and/or rental. 2,304 Movies and 682 TV Seasons ( 9,282 episodes) on Prime Streaming.
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1,782 Movies and 29,000+ TV episodes. No seasons since Hulu has many incomplete ones. Some “TV” is Internet-only like Gary V’s Wine TV
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??? TV seasons and 12,000+ movies
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9,828 movies and 3,300+ TV seasons (39,313 episodes)
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10,863 movies and 839 TV Seasons
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Number of HD Titles
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690 movies / 1,231 TV seasons for purchase/rental; additional 340 movies and 139 television seasons on Prime streaming
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595 TV Seasons (some not fully in HD), 9700 episodes and 670 Movies.
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1,065 TV seasons and 4,243 movies
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3,103 movies and 1,299 TV seasons in HD (at least 720P). Of those, the vast majority are in 1080P
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5,377+ titles in HD (720p) and HDX (1080p/24) quality. 504 TV Seasons (most in HDX)
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Surround Sound Titles
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393 Prime movies and 76 TV seasons in Dolby Digital. Some purchase/rental titles are available in Dolby Digital
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None
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Most are in Dolby Digital 5.1
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469 TV seasons and 548 movies available in Dolby Digital Plus. Remainder in stereo
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About 4,000 in Dolby Digital Plus
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Subtitles
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308 movies with English subtitles
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745 TV seasons (some not fully subtitled) or 15,046 episodes and 495 movies. Supported on Roku, Samsung, Sony PS3, VIZIO, Panasonic, WD TV and TiVo Premiere
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2,478 movies / 137 TV seasons (mostly new fall shows)
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2,214 movies and 1,983 TV seasons, >20,000 episodes; not on all devices (Wii, Boxee, PS3, iOS, Roku 2 , Google TV and 2011 Panasonic players support)
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Only on non-
English movies |
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Rental Window
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2 days after rental is purchased
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N/A
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30 days to start / 24 hours once watching begins
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N/A
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30 days to start / 24 hours once
watching begins |
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Cost
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Streaming Library included with Amazon Prime $79/yr; $3.99 to rent new movies; $2.99 to buy TV episodes in HD. $1 less in SD. Amazon also runs specials on select films
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$7.99 per month for unlimited viewing
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.99 cents for TV episode rentals, $2.99 buy HD TV episodes, $4.99 to rent new HD movies (also $1.99 HD movie rental specials)
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$7.99 per month unlimited viewing. $7.99 per month for DVDs mailed to home; Another $2 for Blu-ray
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New movies $5.99 to rent in HDX, $4.99 in HD, $3.99 in SD. Specials run on
select movies $1 less with 2 night rental. 99 cent movie of the day |
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Devices
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Over 200, including Roku, Google TV, Vizio, Sony SMP, and Samsung TVs, Panasonic and Sony Blu-ray and HDTVs, GoogleTV, TiVo (future for streaming)
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PS3, Roku, WD TV, Samsung, Sony and Vizio Blu-ray and TV, PC/Mac, TiVo Premiere, Xbox Coming later this year: LG, Panasonic, Haier
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Apple TV, PC, Mac
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300+, Wii, PS3, Xbox, Roku, TiVo, Boxee, LG, Samsung, Vizio, Insignia, Philips, Panasonic, Sony and Phillips devices
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Over 300 devices including PS3, Boxee, LG, Samsung, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, 2011 Sony, Sharp, Sylvania, Vizio, PC, Mac and the VUDU box
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Mobile Devices
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Sony Walkman Video, Amazon Kindle Fire
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iPhone, iPad and selected Android
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iPhone, iPad
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iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android
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iPad for watching SD content, purchase and browse.
iPhone for browsing catalog and purchase only
Can download to PC |
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Parental Controls
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Passcode entered on purchase. None with Amazon Prime
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None
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Can set appropriate level for movies and TV. Override with passcode
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Can set appropriate level on website. May take hours to take effect; cannot override for particular program
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Can set passcodes for purchase and viewing. Override with passcode
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