Amazon Prime Video Roku

Amazon Prime Video Roku

Amazon Prime Day means plenty of major discounts on great products for you and your loved ones. And what's a better product than a streaming device that connects you to Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu and much more? (We'll wait…) If you're hoping to tap into new and exciting video content with the help of a magic box, more commonly known as Roku, you might be in luck. Amazon frequently offers Prime Day sales on many of the popular streaming devices featured on the site.
Keep up with us for the latest and greatest on Amazon Prime Day deals, and we'll bring you up-to-date news on the best sales right as they happen.
Prime Day Deals on Roku DevicesThere's no better time to check out a new device than Prime Day. Last year, Amazon had great deals on various Roku devices, and we have a hunch we're going to see a similar trend this year. If you're interested in a Roku but confused about all the different Roku devices and seemingly endless options, let's get you caught up.
1-16 of 119 results for 'roku' Connecting your Devices. Or $0.00 with a STARZ trial on Prime Video Channels. Amazon Music Stream millions. You can get the Roku Amazon Prime Video app for free from the Roku Channel Store. But to start using the service, you need to pay for a subscription. If you get Prime Video through an Amazon Prime subscription, that means $12.99/mo.
I have a roku device bought in USA and my amazon prime videos app was set up with amazon.com. Now when I connect the same roku device in India, I cannot connect my prime videos from India (amazon.in). It always go to amazon USA videos by default. Is there a way to connect amazon india to roku now? (Image credit: Roku) Whether or not you subscribe to Amazon Prime, the Amazon Video channel is a worthwhile addition to your Roku. Those who dish out the $99-per-year membership fee for Prime can.
A Roku device attaches to your TV and makes it easy to stream content from services like Netflix, Hulu, HBO, as well as watch live TV. The devices are either box shaped or look like USB drives (or as Roku calls them: streaming sticks).

Let's quickly review the most popular Roku devices you might want to keep your eyes on during Prime Day:
Roku Express: currently on Amazon for $24.99 this basic streaming stick comes at an affordable price and offers a simple setup and remote, while still giving you access to a variety of streaming services.
Roku Premiere: currently on Amazon for $34.00. The biggest difference between Roku Premiere and Roku Express is that Premiere supports HD/HDR/ and 4K streaming, giving you a much better performance.
Roku Streaming Stick Plus: currently on Amazon for $47.00. The compact stick comes with a voice-control remote and streams in 4K and HDR.
Roku Ultra: currently on Amazon for $95.00. Roku Ultra features an advanced voice remote with TV controls, as well as private listening with a headphone jack, and personal shortcuts.
Roku TV: currently on Amazon for $248.00. This all-in-one smart streaming TV gives you the option to start watching all your favorite content right away, without having to connect additional cable equipment. It features an easy-to-navigate home screen and comes with a simple remote.
With Roku you're able to avoid expensive cable bills, get access to hundreds of different channels, and organize all your streaming services in one place. Roku also comes with a multitude of free channels like Crackle, NewsON, PBS, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel, and gives you access to almost any other type of channel, including on-demand movies, live sports, and numerous other live feeds. You can pick from a variety of devices — depending on your needs — from those designed for beginners to those for the more advanced watchers who are looking for cool technology like the voice remote.
Prime Day Savings Strategies for RokuFirst, let's cover the basics. In order to participate in Prime Day sales, you have to be a Prime member. Sign up for Amazon Prime at $12.99 per month or $119 per year. If you're a student, you can get Amazon Prime at a special discount of $6.49 per month, or $59 per year (as well as a six-month free trial). We highly recommend downloading the Amazon app on your phone so that you can see new and upcoming deals. The app will also notify you when Lightning deals are about to go live. Go to 'Settings,' then click on 'Notifications,' and turn on 'Personalized Notifications' to get the scoop. If you have Alexa, she might be able to save you even more money and tell you about secret Amazon deals. Simply ask Alexa what she knows about Prime Day deals beforehand. Next, a week before Prime Day, start watching the items you're interested in by clicking the 'Watch this deal' button so that you can receive an alert when they go on sale.
Want to know what our Prime Day motto is? 'Add it in!' Lightning deals can disappear in the blink of an eye, as they have a limited quantity of items and run for a limited time. So if you see a deal you like, add it to your cart right away. You will have 15 minutes to purchase it before you lose your spot to whoever is on the waitlist. Spotlight deals also won't last forever, so if you want to get popular items from top brands, throw them in the cart as well. If you're really committed to being a savvy shopper, you can also download Amazon Assistant to get desktop notifications on the deals you're interested in.
One last tip: Sharing is caring. Don't forget that you're allowed to share your Prime membership with one additional adult in your household, and that applies on Prime Day!
Happy Prime Day, Roku Fans!We hope that with some of our tips you are able to get the Roku device of your dreams for the lowest price during this year's Prime Day fun. But, if for some reason you're too late to the Prime Deal party and miss out on a Roku, or if you're not completely sold on the device and want to look at similar options, you might want to check out Amazon's Fire TV Stick and Fire TV devices, which are almost definitely going to have some type of awesome deal on them during the Prime Day sales event. Read our Roku review and Amazon Fire TV review to figure out which device might be better suited to your needs. We'll be tracking Prime Day deals on Fire TV devices, too!
Amazon Fire Tv Prime MembershipIf you don't want to get a Prime membership, you can also opt to wait for the Black Friday deals on Roku, taking place the day after Thanksgiving. And don't forget to check back in with us closer to Prime Day in order to get the scoop on the best deals available.
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Then, you switch to Amazon Prime for a movie, and there's a problem: either the first few minutes of the Prime content is very blurry or 'VHS quality', or the streaming abruptly stops, or else the picture goes from sharp to blurry and back to sharp continuously.
If you're like me, you attribute the problem to something on your end: a problem with your bandwidth, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), or your modem or router. You follow the troubleshooting advice on the web, and remove the Prime channel from your Roku device and re-add it, but nothing works.
Then, you notice that if you stream Prime through one of Amazon's own Fire devices, suddenly there is no problem. Is it possible that the 'problem' isn't a problem at all, but deliberate?
The community weighs inOn a Roku forum, on September 29, 2019, user wawh411 posted: 'Re: Pixelated, blurry video only on Amazon Prime. It is obvious to me that it is something that Amazon is doing or not doing. Run it on Roku or smart TV both show a blurry pic. On Netflix or Hulu HDR [High Dynamic Range] is very sharp. What's the deal with this? Band with (sic) and speed is just fine, as well as the hardware.' An earlier post on this same forum by user atc98092 described Amazon Prime's streaming as 'VHS quality (or worse).'
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On Amazon's own Digital and Device Forum, users are reporting the very same issues. On November 4, 2019, user marietteem posted: 'All my other apps are fine but with amazon prime video the quality begins OK and then degrades very shortly. And degrades to the point of unrecinizability (sic). The only solution I've found is to stop the video and begin playing again. I think you can see how quickly this becomes frustrating. I'm paying for this?! ..'
On November 15, 2019, user swade2 posted: 'Same issue here on Vizio P55-F1, 4k smart tv. Netflix shows start in HD immediately. All Prime Videos start at 480p and take a long time to get to 1080 and rarely will ever reach 2160 for the 4k shows. TV is updated with Vizio software. All other streams have clear video, only Prime fails to reach the desired clarity. Yes, my tv is updated. So what is the next step to solve this issue?'
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Also on December 15, 2019, user Bigmickt posted: 'Same here.. keep getting a message saying the internet connection is slow. Well not my end it isn't, 38Mb at worst to the device and no problems with netflix, skygo, youtube or any other streaming service, only Amazon..'
On December 26, 2019, user J Cole V posted: 'Add me to the list of people with a poor stream. Video stutters every 10 seconds. Netflix= smooth as silk. Youtube= never an issue. Prime video=terrible.'
On December 31, 2019, user suki06 posted: 'Same here, it (sic) streaming with no interruptions but video quality is awful.' And, on January 1, 2020, user Kardrake posted: 'Same here. Terrible streaming. Buffers every minute or so. So bad I can't use it. .. Every other streaming service works flawlessly. Have tried all tricks of making sure all apps and tv (Roku tv) are up to date and reset, rebooted modem and router and tv multiple times. No luck. They have great content but what's the point if you can't watch it?'
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On another Amazon Digital and Device forum, Roku users are describing the exact same problems. On August 28, 2019, user Dr.Matt49 wrote: 'I too am having this issue of my Amazon Prime streaming app not work[ing] on my Roku device after having worked fine previously. I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app; it worked once, then back to not working again. My on-screen messages (which transmits in several languages) indicate that I'm having internet connectivity problems, which can't be totally accurate because Netflix/Vudu work fine and the Roku is plugged into the internet via a hard line un-reliant upon wireless. .. I might guess I'm not so subtly being led to purchase an Amazon fire-stick..'
On August 29, 2019, user ejh1967 wrote: 'Having the same/similar issue. I use Roku with a 2 or 3 year old LG tv. Nary a problem until recently (maybe 2 months ago). Now, Many/most offerings on Amazon Prime, are slow to download and/or kick me back to the Roku home screen at about 30 minutes into the show. Loading back to the program to 'resume' takes me to a scene 4 or 5 minutes earlier. The rest of the program usually plays through until about 2 minutes before the end---then it kicks me out again, and often treats that as a 'finished' broadcast (ie, no way to capture that last 3 or 4 minutes). Most frustrating!!!! And definitely an Amazon Prime issue, as no other streaming services have any difficulty with my equipment. Hoping for a reply/fix sooner rather than later.'
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On September 25, 2019, user lapoodella wrote: 'Amazon Prime becomes more and more expensive as it becomes more and more tedious. My Prime video doesn't work on my Roku device. I am told to call a phone number that doesn't work. I am told to go to Amazon.com/help by the phone number recording. But the website doesn't have any fixes. All my other apps work on my roku. I think Amazon is trying to get me to buy fire. That's not happening ..'
The problems aren't just happening in the U.S. User Saitek posted on an Amazon forum 'Same issues in the UK, suddenly prime video on Roku won't open, click app, goes to load then boots out back to Roku home screen. Tried deleting-reloading prime video app, rebooting router and Roku all to no avail.. Now read it's a problem being faced everywhere. .. As others, everything else on Roku works fine except the prime app.'
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Let's quickly review the most popular Roku devices you might want to keep your eyes on during Prime Day:
Roku Express: currently on Amazon for $24.99 this basic streaming stick comes at an affordable price and offers a simple setup and remote, while still giving you access to a variety of streaming services.
Roku Premiere: currently on Amazon for $34.00. The biggest difference between Roku Premiere and Roku Express is that Premiere supports HD/HDR/ and 4K streaming, giving you a much better performance.
Roku Streaming Stick Plus: currently on Amazon for $47.00. The compact stick comes with a voice-control remote and streams in 4K and HDR.
Roku Ultra: currently on Amazon for $95.00. Roku Ultra features an advanced voice remote with TV controls, as well as private listening with a headphone jack, and personal shortcuts.
Roku TV: currently on Amazon for $248.00. This all-in-one smart streaming TV gives you the option to start watching all your favorite content right away, without having to connect additional cable equipment. It features an easy-to-navigate home screen and comes with a simple remote.
With Roku you're able to avoid expensive cable bills, get access to hundreds of different channels, and organize all your streaming services in one place. Roku also comes with a multitude of free channels like Crackle, NewsON, PBS, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel, and gives you access to almost any other type of channel, including on-demand movies, live sports, and numerous other live feeds. You can pick from a variety of devices — depending on your needs — from those designed for beginners to those for the more advanced watchers who are looking for cool technology like the voice remote.
Prime Day Savings Strategies for RokuFirst, let's cover the basics. In order to participate in Prime Day sales, you have to be a Prime member. Sign up for Amazon Prime at $12.99 per month or $119 per year. If you're a student, you can get Amazon Prime at a special discount of $6.49 per month, or $59 per year (as well as a six-month free trial). We highly recommend downloading the Amazon app on your phone so that you can see new and upcoming deals. The app will also notify you when Lightning deals are about to go live. Go to 'Settings,' then click on 'Notifications,' and turn on 'Personalized Notifications' to get the scoop. If you have Alexa, she might be able to save you even more money and tell you about secret Amazon deals. Simply ask Alexa what she knows about Prime Day deals beforehand. Next, a week before Prime Day, start watching the items you're interested in by clicking the 'Watch this deal' button so that you can receive an alert when they go on sale.
Want to know what our Prime Day motto is? 'Add it in!' Lightning deals can disappear in the blink of an eye, as they have a limited quantity of items and run for a limited time. So if you see a deal you like, add it to your cart right away. You will have 15 minutes to purchase it before you lose your spot to whoever is on the waitlist. Spotlight deals also won't last forever, so if you want to get popular items from top brands, throw them in the cart as well. If you're really committed to being a savvy shopper, you can also download Amazon Assistant to get desktop notifications on the deals you're interested in.
One last tip: Sharing is caring. Don't forget that you're allowed to share your Prime membership with one additional adult in your household, and that applies on Prime Day!
Happy Prime Day, Roku Fans!We hope that with some of our tips you are able to get the Roku device of your dreams for the lowest price during this year's Prime Day fun. But, if for some reason you're too late to the Prime Deal party and miss out on a Roku, or if you're not completely sold on the device and want to look at similar options, you might want to check out Amazon's Fire TV Stick and Fire TV devices, which are almost definitely going to have some type of awesome deal on them during the Prime Day sales event. Read our Roku review and Amazon Fire TV review to figure out which device might be better suited to your needs. We'll be tracking Prime Day deals on Fire TV devices, too!
Amazon Fire Tv Prime MembershipIf you don't want to get a Prime membership, you can also opt to wait for the Black Friday deals on Roku, taking place the day after Thanksgiving. And don't forget to check back in with us closer to Prime Day in order to get the scoop on the best deals available.
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Then, you switch to Amazon Prime for a movie, and there's a problem: either the first few minutes of the Prime content is very blurry or 'VHS quality', or the streaming abruptly stops, or else the picture goes from sharp to blurry and back to sharp continuously.
If you're like me, you attribute the problem to something on your end: a problem with your bandwidth, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), or your modem or router. You follow the troubleshooting advice on the web, and remove the Prime channel from your Roku device and re-add it, but nothing works.
Then, you notice that if you stream Prime through one of Amazon's own Fire devices, suddenly there is no problem. Is it possible that the 'problem' isn't a problem at all, but deliberate?
The community weighs inOn a Roku forum, on September 29, 2019, user wawh411 posted: 'Re: Pixelated, blurry video only on Amazon Prime. It is obvious to me that it is something that Amazon is doing or not doing. Run it on Roku or smart TV both show a blurry pic. On Netflix or Hulu HDR [High Dynamic Range] is very sharp. What's the deal with this? Band with (sic) and speed is just fine, as well as the hardware.' An earlier post on this same forum by user atc98092 described Amazon Prime's streaming as 'VHS quality (or worse).'
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On Amazon's own Digital and Device Forum, users are reporting the very same issues. On November 4, 2019, user marietteem posted: 'All my other apps are fine but with amazon prime video the quality begins OK and then degrades very shortly. And degrades to the point of unrecinizability (sic). The only solution I've found is to stop the video and begin playing again. I think you can see how quickly this becomes frustrating. I'm paying for this?! ..'
On November 15, 2019, user swade2 posted: 'Same issue here on Vizio P55-F1, 4k smart tv. Netflix shows start in HD immediately. All Prime Videos start at 480p and take a long time to get to 1080 and rarely will ever reach 2160 for the 4k shows. TV is updated with Vizio software. All other streams have clear video, only Prime fails to reach the desired clarity. Yes, my tv is updated. So what is the next step to solve this issue?'
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Also on December 15, 2019, user Bigmickt posted: 'Same here.. keep getting a message saying the internet connection is slow. Well not my end it isn't, 38Mb at worst to the device and no problems with netflix, skygo, youtube or any other streaming service, only Amazon..'
On December 26, 2019, user J Cole V posted: 'Add me to the list of people with a poor stream. Video stutters every 10 seconds. Netflix= smooth as silk. Youtube= never an issue. Prime video=terrible.'
On December 31, 2019, user suki06 posted: 'Same here, it (sic) streaming with no interruptions but video quality is awful.' And, on January 1, 2020, user Kardrake posted: 'Same here. Terrible streaming. Buffers every minute or so. So bad I can't use it. .. Every other streaming service works flawlessly. Have tried all tricks of making sure all apps and tv (Roku tv) are up to date and reset, rebooted modem and router and tv multiple times. No luck. They have great content but what's the point if you can't watch it?'
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On another Amazon Digital and Device forum, Roku users are describing the exact same problems. On August 28, 2019, user Dr.Matt49 wrote: 'I too am having this issue of my Amazon Prime streaming app not work[ing] on my Roku device after having worked fine previously. I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app; it worked once, then back to not working again. My on-screen messages (which transmits in several languages) indicate that I'm having internet connectivity problems, which can't be totally accurate because Netflix/Vudu work fine and the Roku is plugged into the internet via a hard line un-reliant upon wireless. .. I might guess I'm not so subtly being led to purchase an Amazon fire-stick..'
On August 29, 2019, user ejh1967 wrote: 'Having the same/similar issue. I use Roku with a 2 or 3 year old LG tv. Nary a problem until recently (maybe 2 months ago). Now, Many/most offerings on Amazon Prime, are slow to download and/or kick me back to the Roku home screen at about 30 minutes into the show. Loading back to the program to 'resume' takes me to a scene 4 or 5 minutes earlier. The rest of the program usually plays through until about 2 minutes before the end---then it kicks me out again, and often treats that as a 'finished' broadcast (ie, no way to capture that last 3 or 4 minutes). Most frustrating!!!! And definitely an Amazon Prime issue, as no other streaming services have any difficulty with my equipment. Hoping for a reply/fix sooner rather than later.'
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On September 25, 2019, user lapoodella wrote: 'Amazon Prime becomes more and more expensive as it becomes more and more tedious. My Prime video doesn't work on my Roku device. I am told to call a phone number that doesn't work. I am told to go to Amazon.com/help by the phone number recording. But the website doesn't have any fixes. All my other apps work on my roku. I think Amazon is trying to get me to buy fire. That's not happening ..'
The problems aren't just happening in the U.S. User Saitek posted on an Amazon forum 'Same issues in the UK, suddenly prime video on Roku won't open, click app, goes to load then boots out back to Roku home screen. Tried deleting-reloading prime video app, rebooting router and Roku all to no avail.. Now read it's a problem being faced everywhere. .. As others, everything else on Roku works fine except the prime app.'
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It's also happening on Roku-equipped smart TVsThe same problem seems to be affecting Roku TVs. These are televisions with Roku already built-in. Roku TVs include:
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Users on website product-reviews.net report the same issues with streaming Amazon Prime. A month ago, user Dan reported: 'My Prime video will not stream content on roku devices. I have a Sharp Roku tv and a Roku Premiere Model: 392OX. 'Something went wrong,' message. Prime video does work on my LG tv, after an app update last week that was a total pain. I just reinstalled Prime on the Roku device, still does not work.'
On January 12, 2019, user Debra Gibson posted: 'Every time my movie starts it flips back to my home screen. I have a Sharp Roku TV.' Three months ago, user Bear3825 posted: 'Amazon Prime shuts down and goes to Roku home screen after about 20 min of viewing. Roku Stick 3600X.'
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Amazon Prime Video Roku AutoplayThese problems are even making people think they're going crazy. On the subreddit r/television, in January 2019, user Sarahndipity101 wrote: 'Just this past weekend, I have noticed a significant drop in details [quality] compared to weeks before! So naturally I assumed it was an issue on my end..I started trying different devices, calling support, etc..but nothing really helped. Billions continued to look like a blurry mess, almost like I was watching a standard definition DVD instead of the crystal clear HD I paid for and have experienced in the past! .. Amazon support tells me they don't think nothing (sic) has changed and it's likely a problem on my end so I am hoping it is just this week but I feel like I'm going crazy.. Am I? Is everyone else still experiencing crystal clear quality while I'm getting a blurry product?'
On website isdownrightnow.neta month ago, user Alice posted: 'I have had this problem for months!! Video lagging, voice off, hanging up, out of sync - on every video with Prime! I'm using Roku and have absolutely no problem with Netflix, Hulu, AcornTV or any of the free channels. I have tried every solution on line (sic), on youtube, on this feed - NOTHING works to fix it!!! Thousands of complaints all over the internet. AMAZON.COM TAKE NOTE!!' Best hindi movies on amazon prime 2020.
Prime Video On Roku StickAmazon's response to these complaintsAmazon's response to these posts is pretty much the same: 'Have you checked to see if both your Prime Video app and Roku device are up-to-date with the most recent software versions available?'
Amazon's troubleshooting advice includes the following:
Restart your device
Ensure that your device or web browser has the latest updates
Ensure any external device is connected to your TV or display using a HDMI cable that is compatible with HDCP 1.4 (for HD content) and HDCP 2.2 (for UHD and/or HDR content)
Pause other internet activity – especially if other devices are using the network at the same time
Check your internet connection
If you are attempting to control a device using Alexa, try to unpair then re-pair the device in the Alexa app
Disable any VPN or proxy servers
Maybe the problems aren't a coincidenceIt is perhaps not a coincidence that Amazon Prime competitor Netflix is an investor in Roku. In April 2007, Roku founder Anthony Wood was named a vice president of Netflix, and in February 2008, Roku was re-incorporated, with Netflix investing $6 million. In 2015, Roku began sub-leasing buildings in Los Gatos, California from Netflix.
On January 13, 2020, Interesting Engineering reached out to Amazon for comment on this article, but we have not heard back from them yet.
Roku and Fire devicesRoku sells four devices: Excel combine rows conditionally.
Roku Express - its least expensive model at $24.99, it includes a High-Speed HDMI Cable
Roku Premier - at $39.99, it allows 4K and HDR streaming and includes a Premium High-Speed HDMI Cable
Roku Streaming Stick+ - priced at $49.99, it can be used for 4K and HDR TVs, has 4 times the wireless range and includes a voice remote with TV controls
Roku Ultra - Roku's best streaming device and priced at $99.99, it includes fast channel launch, lost remote finder, and an enhanced voice remote with personal shortcut buttons.
Amazon Fire devices include:
Fire TV Stick with Alexa built-in - at $34.99, it includes an Alexa Voice Remote and HD
Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa built-in - at $49.99, it includes Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, and an Alexa Voice Remote
Fire TV Cube Hands-Free with Alexa built-in - at $119.99, it includes 4K Ultra HD, and a streaming media player.