Prime vs netflix

Some titles are the same. What Prime has for my kids that we watch a lot is Mister Rogers and Little Pim, foreign language for young children. Otherwise Netflix has Magic School Bus and 19 Kids and Counting and the rest seem about the same as far as what we watch.

We used to have Netflix only, then we got both, then we ditched Netflix over the summer, but my kids had been begging me to restart Netflix, so I just did a few weeks ago. I’m not sure how much overlap there is, but I think my kids prefer Netflix (they are 16-9). They don’t watch a lot of TV, but like Myth Busters and more science type shows. Oh and they have found horders and ultimate cheapskates on one of them and have been intrigued with those for some reason. Not much help, but I do really like having the Amazon shipping option a lot and think it would really be hard to go back to. We have never rented a movie via Amazon either, but it’s nice to have that option since we don’t have cable or a dish.

We are trying to figure out what to do with these right now!  We have had Netflix for about a year and DH has been looking at Amazon Prime.  We searched the movies last night but I like Netflix selections better, but maybe it is just because that is what I am used to.  We may keep both although we are really trying to cut spending and Amazon is cheaper of the two.

For each of these services, I find it better to find selections on the Internet sites to add to our Netflix watchlist or Prime library than to look on the tv (many times I have to send my dc to the other room until I find something to watch, due to some of the inappropriate graphic art of some titles).  Plus you can read the reviews online, something I wished I had done on more than one occasion.  I find that many of the movie selections on streaming are not up to my (high) standards.  But there are a few Shirley Temple and older Disney we have enjoyed.  If you have a kindle, there are some e-book titles you can borrow for free, limited to one per month.  I have used this some.  If you order much from Amazon, the 2 day shipping is really nice, and you don’t have to order $25 minimum each time.  If it were up to me, I would go with only Prime and watch whatever they have, but dh wants to keep Netflix too.  And I do enjoy watching 19 Kids and Counting on there.  

We have both, but prefer Netflix for viewing purposes and Amazon Prime for free 2-day shipping. We have AppleTVs hooked up to both televisions, and unfortunately Amazon doesn’t stream through the AppleTV. I can’t see our entire family gathering around the computer to watch a movie! That’s what works for us.